✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali in Antigua and Barbuda and announced a $500-million line of credit for roads, health and defence infrastructure in Guyana. Three agreements were also signed — on Quick Impact Projects, micro and small enterprise manufacturing projects, and digital public infrastructure.
2. On the sidelines of CHOGM 2026 in St John’s, Jaishankar met British PM Andy Burnham to discuss economic cooperation under the India-UK CETA, and Australian PM Anthony Albanese. He also met Antigua and Barbuda’s Governor-General Rodney Williams at an Indian community function.
3. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called on Nepal PM Balendra Shah in Kathmandu at the end of his two-day visit, setting the stage for Shah’s first visit to India as Prime Minister, expected later this month.
4. India, as 2026 Chair of the Kimberley Process, held a stakeholder consultation in Luanda, Angola, on responsible rough-diamond sourcing, governance and compliance, ahead of the KP Plenary in New Delhi from 30 November to 4 December. It was led by KP Chair and Additional Secretary (Commerce) Yashvir Singh.
5. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives launched the Bay of Bengal Network of Ocean Researchers for Fisheries (BOB-NOR) at ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi. Coordinated by the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation, it will use satellite, ocean and climate data to support science-based fisheries management.
6. The US Treasury sanctioned a Chandigarh-based network led by Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid, two associates and nine India-based entities for allegedly helping Iran’s oil trade, under Executive Order 13902 as part of its ‘Operation Economic Outcast’.
7. Indian-American city councillor Nithya Raman, who earlier worked on urban issues in Chennai, was elected Mayor of Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Karen Bass, who conceded on 5 November.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Hoax bomb threats disrupted at least 25 flights across Europe on 5 November, the third day of such threats this week, forcing diversions and emergency landings; some planes were escorted by fighter jets. Security checks found no explosives.
2. Israel’s former Army chief Gadi Eisenkot has won the backing of 67 of the Knesset’s 120 members, including the Arab-led Joint List, to form the next government. President Isaac Herzog is expected to give him the mandate, weakening PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s position.
3. In France, hundreds of thousands of workers joined nationwide strikes and rallies demanding higher wages and backing a month-long student protest. About one-third of high schools were shut or blockaded, public transport was hit and the Eiffel Tower was closed.
4. The Foreign Ministers of Oman and Iran, Badr Albusaidi and Abbas Araghchi, discussed efforts to resume navigation through the Strait of Hormuz without obstacles, and stressed moving from de-escalation to lasting arrangements for maritime safety and energy flows.
5. British comedian and actor Russell Brand was found guilty by London’s Southwark Crown Court of one count of rape and three sexual assaults between 1999 and 2009, and was acquitted of three other charges. He will be sentenced on Monday.
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