✈️ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement comes into force today (20 October), on Vijaya Dashami, giving 100% duty-free access to Indian exports in New Zealand. Both sides aim to double bilateral trade to about ₹35,000 crore by 2030, and New Zealand has committed to facilitate USD 20 billion of investment in India.
2. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Samarkand, said the United States is close to finalising a trade deal with India. He begins a three-day visit to India today, holding talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mumbai and paying tribute at the 26/11 memorial at the Taj hotel.
3. India rejected references to it in the resolutions of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Baghdad on 17–18 October as ‘malicious, biased and false’ and orchestrated by Pakistan. The MEA said the OIC has no locus standi on India’s internal matters.
4. Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal and Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Energy for Electricity Affairs Nasser Al-Qahtani reviewed progress on the proposed India–Saudi Arabia electricity grid interconnection at a virtual meeting.
5. A rescued Sumatran baby orangutan was repatriated from Gujarat to Indonesia, arriving at Kualanamu Airport in Medan. Five more young orangutans rescued in Odisha, now at Nandankanan Zoological Park, are in the pipeline for repatriation.
6. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will visit India from 21 to 23 October and hold talks with PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 22 October, with trade, defence and emerging technologies on the agenda. He will also visit Bengaluru; ties were elevated to a strategic partnership in August 2024.
7. The Indian Embassy in Italy issued an advisory asking Indian nationals to stay cautious, avoid crowded places and protest sites, and follow local news. Emergency helpline numbers +39 331 614 2085 and +39 3881647527 have been issued.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. A Houthi ballistic missile attack on a military training centre in Yemen’s Shabwa governorate killed at least 53 soldiers and wounded about 200 recruits, the Shabwa provincial government said. The Iran-backed rebels fired three ballistic missiles at the al-Alam camp.
2. French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the resignation of Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez after nationwide unrest in which about 2,400 people were arrested. The mayors of Paris, Marseille and Lyon criticised the government’s handling of security.
3. Russia launched fresh strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine again received no early warning from partner countries about the attacks.
4. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi blamed the United States for ‘insecurity’ in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
5. Police recruits of the Kalat Police Training Centre, abducted by gunmen on the Quetta–Karachi Highway in Mastung district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province on 17 October, were freed after two days in captivity, Pakistani media reported. No group has claimed responsibility.
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