✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PM Modi discuss efforts to deepen US-India global partnership. They discussed regional challenges & cooperation on COVID-19 response efforts, climate change, regional security and shared values & democratic principles.
2. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the Indian government to remove COVID-19 related restrictions on airlines in the country. The body of 290 global airlines wants India to resume operation of international flights along with an end to capacity restrictions and fare capping for domestic airlines.
3. Army Chief General MM Naravane held talks with Commander of US Special Operations Command General Richard D Clarke on Thursday, focussing on various key aspects of bilateral defence and security cooperation
4. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has now deployed recently acquired Rafale fighter jets close to China on the eastern front before the next round of military talks between both the countries, likely to be held soon.
5. OP PAWAN : The intervention in Sri Lanka.
There are few people in India, who know about the Indian military intervention in Sri Lanka, that began on 29th July 1987 thirty four years ago, and lasted for 967 days, having taken the lines of 1155 brave Indian soldiers..
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. China’s foreign minister met with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warm ahead of the US pullout from Afghanistan. A photo posted on the ministry’s website showed Wang Yi posing with senior Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and his delegation in the city of Tianjin.
2. The U.S. Congress on 29 Jul (Thursday) approved emergency funding to replenish the Capitol Police and bolster security after the Jan. 6 riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump and to evacuate Afghans who helped American forces from their country.
3. Israel will roll out a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to older people, citing a drop in protection against severe disease driven by the Delta variant.
4. Tsunami alert issued for Hawaii after 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska peninsula.
5. Israeli authorities have inspected the offices of surveillance outfit NSO Group in response to the Pegasus project investigation into abuses of the company’s spyware by several government clients. Officials from the Defence Ministry visited the company’s offices near Tel Aviv.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
