✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has called for earnest that peace negotiations in order to resolve the Afghan crisis. Presenting the Indian view at the SCO Contact Group Meeting on Afghanistan at Dushanbe. He added that all want ceasing of violence and terrorist attacks against civilians and state representatives.
2. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar addressed inaugural session of 16th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India & Africa Project Partnership. He said that there are Four domains that should become the focus of our collaborative activities. They are (a) -Public Health, (b) digital delivery, (c) Skilling and capacity building and (d) Green economy.
3. PM Modi will inaugurate the International Cooperation & Convention Centre – Rudrakash, which has been constructed with Japanese assistance during his Varanasi visit today (15 Jul).
4. A parcel train with 20 parcel vans containing 468 tonnes of cotton yarn arrived at Benapole in Bangladesh covering the distance of 1700 Kms after being flagged from the Ambala Cantonment Station on 27 June.
5. MoU signed between ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) and Delhi University (DU) to set up Bangabandhu Chair at DU as a tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.
6. A Pakistani commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) & his two local accomplices were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on 14 Jul (Wednesday).
7. India presents 3-point roadmap to bring peace to Afghanistan.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The death toll in South Africa has risen to 72 as violence continues across the country following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. Mobs looting & setting alight shopping centres. 10 people were killed in a stampede during looting at a shopping centre in Soweto. More than 200 shopping malls had been looted.
2. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called it as some of the worst violent incidents witnessed in South Africa since the 1990s.
3. Nepali Congress Prez Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as PM of the Himalayan nation. The country’s Apex Court on Monday ordered his appointment as prime minister while reinstating the House of Representatives dissolved by his predecessor KP Sharma Oli.
4. The Voice of America (VOA) Bangla service will stop its FM & Shortwave radio transmissions after 63 years of continuous service on 17 July. The move comes as the audience for VOA’s shortwave declined to less than 1% while its social media audience base grew exponentially in recent years.
5. World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on 15 July every year to raise awareness about the importance of technical, vocational education & training and the development of other skills relevant to both local and global economies.
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