International & World News – 13 June 2024

G7 Summit

✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. PM Modi will embark on a visit to Apulia, Italy today to participate in the G7 Summit to be held on 14th of this month. This will be India’s 11th participation in the G7 Summit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fifth consecutive participation in the Summit.

2. In Kuwait, 49 peole have been killed and more than 50 other injured in a devastating fire incident in the city of Mangaf. building.Among the deceased ten are Indian nationals, including five from Kerala.

3. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had earlier raised India’s growth forecast for 2024-25 to 6.8 per cent from 6.5 per cent on the back of strong domestic demand and a rising working-age population.

4. Oxford University’s Ashmolean Museum has decided to return a 16th-century bronze sculpture of Saint Tirumankai Alvar to India, following a formal request from the Indian government. The 60cm-tall statue, believed to have been stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu, was acquired by the museum in 1967 from Sotheby’s auction house.

5. India may be finalising a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Oman within the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term.

6. Indian universities and higher education institutions will now be allowed to offer admissions twice a year on lines of foreign universities with the University Grants Commission giving a go ahead to the plan, UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar said.

🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. A United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry has said, both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and grave violations of international law during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war that started on 7th October 2023.

2. The United Nations has made a big announcement: 2025 will be the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.” The goal of this statement is to make more people around the world aware of quantum science.

3. US President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of another Patriot missile system to Ukraine amid raging conflict with Russia.

4. The talks for a ceasefire in Gaza and the hostage deal were thrown into doubt after Israel characterized Hamas’ response to the latest proposal as a “rejection”.

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