✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. India has begun implementing a 450 million US dollars assistance package to help Sri Lanka recover from Cyclone Ditwah, moving from emergency relief to reconstruction of damaged roads, railways, bridges and housing, Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha said.
2. Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw
met a team from the American technology company NVIDIA in New Delhi.
3. Indian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has expressed gratitude to the 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson for his solidarity with India’s counter-terrorism efforts following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir in April 2025.
4. India has taken a significant step towards strengthening the global interface between science, technology, and diplomacy with the announcement of the Raisina Science Diplomacy Initiative (RSDI) 2026. The initiative marks a new institutional effort to embed science diplomacy within India’s flagship geopolitical dialogue framework, reflecting the growing strategic importance of science and technology in international relations.
5. Cuban Ambassador to India, Juan Carlos Marsan Aguilera, said that India is trying to resolve the situation regarding Venezuela through dialogue and diplomacy.
6. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a major international drug trafficking network in a swift operation near the India-Myanmar border and seized 7.3 kilograms of high-grade heroin concealed in 638 soap cases. Two traffickers were arrested with contraband valued at around 15 crore rupees in the illicit international market.
7. The Election Commission of India (ECI) will host the inaugural India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 from January 21 to 23, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. This three-day international event marks a major step in positioning India as a global hub for dialogue and cooperation on democratic governance and election management.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. 🇷🇺Russia rejected plans to deploy a Western peacekeeping force in 🇺🇦Ukraine if a peace deal is reached. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
2. In 🇮🇷Iran, two police officers were killed and 30 others injured during clashes in the southwestern part of the country, as nationwide protests over economic grievances entered their 12th day.
3. In Pakistan: A Church vandalised amid rising incidents of violence against minority religions. According to reports, a church in the Raiwind area of Punjab province came under attack recently as a person forcibly entered the Christian place of worship and carried out an act of destruction.
4. 🇩🇪German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticized the USA🇺🇸 foreign policy under President Donald Trump.
Mr. Steinmeier said, global democracy was being attacked as never before. According to the experts, these remarks apparently refer to recent actions such as the ousting of 🇻🇪Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
5. The Election Commission of Nepal has published a list of candidates who have filed their candidacies for the National Assembly election scheduled for January 25. As per the list, 44 candidates of different parties filed their candidacies for the election going to be held for 19 posts.
6. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) affiliated organisation was shot dead, while another man was injured in a shooting incident in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area.
7. Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026, hosted by Masdar under the patronage of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will begin next week, bringing together heads of state, ministers, government officials, business leaders, investors and innovators to address key global sustainability challenges.
8. UN declares 2026 International Year for Rangelands and Pastoralists to highlight overlooked ecosystems critical for carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Addresses forest-centric climate focus gap in UNFCCC negotiations and climate strategies globally.
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