✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. Thailand has recently extended a visa exemption initiative for tourists from India and Taiwan, now effective until 11 November 2024.
2. Recently the 26th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting took place in New Delhi, co-chaired by Secretary (East) Jaideep Mazumdar and Permanent Secretary Albert Chua of Singapore. Discussions encompassed the three pillars of engagement—political-security, economic, and socio-cultural—reviewing ASEAN-India relations as outlined in the ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2021-2025).
Key topics included the implementation of the Prime Ministers’ 12-Point Proposal and preparations for the upcoming ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane.
3. India and Nigeria have agreed to finalize the Local Currency Settlement System Agreement to enhance bilateral trade. Nigeria, situated on Africa’s western coast, is a significant economy known for its oil exports. Bola Tinubu currently holds the presidency.
4. Three Indian nationals accused of killing Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year have appeared before a Canadian court through video for the first time to face homicide charges in a case.
5.. United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has started global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was provided in India as ‘Covishield’ in partnership with Serum Institute of India, days after it admitted to rare side-effects of blood clotting and lowering of platelet counts.
6. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Holds telephone talks with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on International Taxation.
7. Foreign Affairs Minister of Maldives Moosa Zameer arrived in New Delhi yesterday evening on a three day visit to India. He is scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar today.
8. In Nagaland, ambassador of Japan to India, Hiroshi Suzuki and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio jointly inaugurated the Kohima Peace Memorial and laid the foundation stone of Eco Park Kohima.
9. Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day official visit to Bangladesh.
10. In Sri Lanka, on the occasion of 163rd Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore, students of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Colombo performed Rabindra Sangeet.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Recently European Union formally adopted groundbreaking legislation designed to combat violence against women across its 27 member states. This legislation includes measures against forced marriages, female genital mutilation, and cyber violence.
2. In a groundbreaking discovery detailed in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers have revealed the Taam Ja’ Blue Hole in Mexico’s Chetumal Bay as the deepest known blue hole on Earth, descending to a staggering depth of 1,380 feet. Surpassing the previous record-holder, the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, by 480 feet.
3. The United States said that it has paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S.
4. World Thalassemia Day is being observed yesterday to raise awareness among people about the prevention and treatment of thalassemia. It is a genetic blood disorder that affects haemoglobin production in the body.
5. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day observed yesterday to pay tribute to the millions of volunteers and staff working alongside people in need of protection, assistance, healthcare, social aid, and solidarity. It is observed every year on the 8 May.
6. The death toll from devastating floods that have ravaged southern Brazil for days reached 100 on Wednesday.
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