✈️ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. President Droupadi Murmu received Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein at Rashtrapati Bhavan and hosted a banquet in their honour. She said the India-EFTA TEPA commitment to facilitate $100 billion of investment and 1 million direct jobs in India over 15 years gives a robust foundation for cooperation.
2. PM Narendra Modi met Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein; the two leaders reviewed progress under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA), which has completed its first year, and discussed ways to boost investment and economic cooperation.
3. Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan met a Russian parliamentary delegation led by State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in New Delhi and expressed confidence that India and Russia will reach their target of $100 billion in annual trade by 2030. He also hosted a luncheon for BRICS presiding officers at Parliament.
4. The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum concluded in New Delhi with a unanimously adopted Joint Declaration voicing deep concern over the escalation in West Asia, urging protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, condemning unilateral coercive measures and backing reform of the UN, including the Security Council.
5. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said in The Hague that India’s FTA talks with Chile are nearing conclusion and negotiations with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have begun. India-China trade rose about 29% to $91.76 billion in April–September, making China India’s largest trading partner in the first half of 2026-27.
6. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav reached Yerevan, Armenia, for the high-level segment of COP17 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity — the first global review of progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. He will highlight India’s conservation achievements at bilateral and multilateral meetings.
7. India has invited Pakistan’s Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, to the inaugural SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum in New Delhi from 20 to 22 November; Islamabad is yet to decide. The forum was proposed by PM Modi at the SCO summit in Tianjin in September 2025.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. Exit polls after Israel’s Knesset election showed no clear winner: Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc was projected at 52–53 seats and PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc at 50, both short of the 61 needed, with Arab-led parties at a record 17–18. Netanyahu’s Likud (24–25 seats) is projected as the largest party, ahead of Eisenkot’s Yashar (21–23). Turnout was the highest since at least 1973; final results are expected by 30 October.
2. US First Lady Melania Trump announced that the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire she brokered for the occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky took effect at 4 am Moscow time on 27 October, two days ahead of schedule, and has been expanded within the Kherson region to give humanitarian convoys safe passage. About 1,700–2,000 mostly elderly residents remain in the city; Russian strikes continued elsewhere in Ukraine.
3. Ethiopia’s Orthodox Tewahedo Church said at least 60 Orthodox Christians were killed in two attacks in the Arsi Zone of Oromia region — 14 in Merti district on 20 October and 46 in Shirka district on 24 October. The regional government blamed the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which could not be reached for comment.
4. A UNFCCC synthesis of 127 new national climate plans (NDCs) found that global greenhouse gas emissions will fall only 6% below 2019 levels by 2035 if current pledges are implemented — far off track from what is needed to limit warming.
5. Bangladesh’s dengue death toll this year has reached 400, with 11 deaths in a single day — the highest daily toll of 2026 — and total cases at 1,28,237. Deaths of children with confirmed or suspected measles have risen to 1,240.
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