✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. China and Russia have reaffirmed their support for India’s BRICS presidency this year, as New Delhi chairs the grouping for the fourth time.
2. The unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) has taken an international turn through protests by the Kashmiri diaspora to expose state-sponsored terror by the Pakistani establishment. In Belgium, Kashmiri diaspora groups marched from the European Parliament toward the United Nations in Brussels, calling for international scrutiny of the situation in PoJK. In Italy, large diaspora demonstrations were reported in Bologna, condemning deaths and alleged abuses by Pakistani security forces.
3. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia Sara Beysolow Nyanti arrived in New Delhi yesterday. She is on a two day visit to the country. She will meet Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar during the day at Hyderabad House in the national capital.
4. The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) designated the 140-year-old Parichha Weir in Jhansi as a World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS) on 13 August 2026. The structure is linked to the Betwa Canal system, which irrigates land in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington has total control over the Strait of Hormuz.
2. The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) nominated its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as its candidate for the country’s presidency. The presidential election will be held on August 20.
3. Japan protests President Putin’s visit to disputed Kuril Islands: Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the first time, visited the Kuril Islands, a Russian-controlled Pacific island chain also claimed by Japan, in a move that drew a protest from Tokyo. President Putin visited a fish-processing plant, a hospital and a school on Iturup, one of the chain’s southernmost islands.
4. Thailand’s cabinet has approved an Education Ministry’s proposal to elevate school safety to a national agenda, following a mass shooting at a secondary school outside Bangkok last week that killed nine people.
5. Pakistan’s First Lunar Rover Named Jinnah-1 : It is Pakistan’s first-ever lunar rover and has been named by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). The rover is planned for launch in 2029 aboard China’s Chang’e-8 mission and is intended for the Moon’s south polar region.
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