✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India at the 25th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 19–20 October. The meeting will focus on cooperation in trade, investment, connectivity, innovation and cultural exchanges, and on the organisation’s financial and institutional functioning.
2. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh advised Indians in Saudi Arabia to move to the nearest safe place in case of an aerial attack and not to film or share videos of the ongoing events. Officials are visiting injured Indians in hospitals. Riyadh airport reopened on Sunday, but most airlines have not resumed scheduled flights; Dammam, Jeddah and Medina are operational.
3. US Vice President JD Vance admitted his “indentured servants” remark about H-1B visa holders was imperfect, saying at a CBS town hall that he was targeting US companies and the visa system. India had called the term deeply offensive, given its colonial-era connotations.
4. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, leaving on a six-day visit to Uzbekistan and India, said President Trump’s waiver of Russia sanctions and of tariffs on countries such as India under the Graham Act is a 60-day pause to study its global impact. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said European allies had refused a US request to impose secondary sanctions on India and China over Russian oil.
5. India announced its first round of customs duty concessions on imports from New Zealand under the bilateral FTA, effective 20 October. Fresh, chilled and frozen sheep meat will attract no basic customs duty, kiwi fruit priced at USD 2.50 a kg or more will attract 15% duty, and tariff-rate quotas will apply to some products.
6. The UK’s Debt Management Office rejected a claim by descendants of Seth Jumma Lal of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, that he lent ₹35,000 to the British Empire through the ‘Indian War Loan’ in 1917, saying it could not find evidence of the obligation. The family said it is exploring legal options.
7. Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, described how his co-pilot attacked him in the cockpit of flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on 30 September. He said he hopes to return to flying soon.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Ukraine sent over 1,000 drones into Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks, setting the Petersburg Oil Terminal and Ruchi oil depot in St Petersburg ablaze; one person was killed and 15 were injured in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region. Russia said it destroyed 1,015 drones.
2. US President Donald Trump endorsed PM Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s 27 October parliamentary election, calling him “Strong, Brave, and Brilliant”. It will be Israel’s first national vote since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023.
3. Iran’s Parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi as Minister of Defence by 237 votes to 15. He succeeds Aziz Nasirzadeh, who was killed in US–Israeli strikes on Tehran.
4. Pakistan sealed the nearly 200-year-old Ram Leela Temple in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after Hindu community members protested an attempt to demolish it for a commercial plaza. The Evacuee Trust Property Board took it into custody.
5. Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission filed a charge sheet against Saima Wazed, daughter of former PM Sheikh Hasina, for allegedly giving false information in her application for the post of WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia.
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