✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. At the weekly MEA briefing, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India is working with Uzbekistan to protect Indian medical students there from exploitation, and urged students to read the advisories of the Indian Embassy in Tashkent and the National Medical Commission before going abroad to study.
2. India and Israel were the only countries to vote against a Pakistan–Belarus draft on conventional arms control at the regional level, adopted 180–2 by the UN General Assembly’s First Committee. India’s First Secretary Anmol Sher Bedi said conventional arms control is a global issue, not mainly a regional one.
3. Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck dedicated the 76th of 108 sacred stupas at Gelephu Mindfulness City to PM Modi, honouring India’s support for the project; the King and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju unveiled the plaque.
4. MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George, at the Pre-CHOGM Commonwealth Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, underlined the Commonwealth’s need to focus on tangible, people-centric outcomes, including democratising technology for development, and stressed stronger climate action and disaster resilience.
5. India has set up a national pavilion at ADIPEC 2026 in Abu Dhabi (2–5 November) to present itself as a manufacturing hub for the oil and gas sector and attract investment and technology. The event has over 2,250 exhibitors.
6. The Dubai Future District Fund and Buimerc Corporation, a Dubai-based company with Indian roots, signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the Consulate General of India in Dubai, in the presence of Ambassador Deepak Mittal, to support start-ups and promote India–UAE innovation ties.
7. The Consulate General of India in Dubai held a global Diwali celebration with seven partner countries, including Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Mauritius. Diplomats, UAE officials and over 5,000 members of the Indian community took part.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Voting is under way in the US midterm elections, seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s second term. All 435 House seats, 35 of the 100 Senate seats and 36 Governor posts are at stake; in Ohio, Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy is in a close governor race with Democrat Amy Acton.
2. The US reportedly carried out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, which US officials called defensive. Iran said indirect talks with the US through mediators are intensifying. Brent crude rose 1.7% to about $106.6 a barrel.
3. The death toll in a Russian bombing of a humanitarian aid site and shelter at Komyshuvakha in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region rose to at least 31, including four police officers and two rescuers, with nearly 50 still missing. A combined Russian missile and drone attack on the Kharkiv region injured at least 62 people.
4. Israel’s opposition parties agreed to back former general Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, to try to form the next government. In last week’s election, PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 of 120 seats, short of the 61 needed for a majority.
5. US President Donald Trump said he and Israeli PM Netanyahu had agreed that the US will stop its $4 billion yearly military aid to Israel after the end of this year, saying Israel no longer needs it but will be helped if required.
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