✈️ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. EAM S. Jaishankar will host UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Mumbai on 19-20 October and hold talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio there on 20 October, the MEA said. Jaishankar will also be guest of honour at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of US Independence.
2. India will carry out the first rollover of the ₹3,000 crore currency swap with the Maldives from 23 October, at Male’s request. The facility falls under the RBI’s SAARC currency swap framework; the agreement was signed during President Mohamed Muizzu’s state visit to India in October 2024.
3. The MEA voiced deep concern over a foiled plot to attack the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora near Chicago, and urged the US to ensure the safety of Indian nationals. A 19-year-old has been charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of a weapon.
4. The Central Government has notified amendments to the India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, introducing a principal purpose test to prevent the misuse of treaty provisions for tax avoidance and evasion. Under the revised agreement, tax treaty benefits may be denied if obtaining such benefits is found to be one of the principal purposes of a transaction or arrangement.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. In Bend, Oregon (USA), three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting after a 16-year-old forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School. The attacker was killed after a community member confronted him.
2. China released a draft plan proposing export curbs on 14 technologies in artificial intelligence, biotechnology and solar photovoltaics, and listing 26 more for fresh restrictions. China’s earlier rare-earth curbs had disrupted global supply chains, including in India and the US.
3. The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones. Riyadh International Airport remains closed to flights.
4. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka region near the Kuril Islands at a depth of about 140 km.
5. Pope Leo XIV is recovering at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after surgery on 13 October to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, where tests confirmed adenocarcinoma. The Vatican released his first photo since the surgery as he celebrated Mass in hospital.
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