✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Addressing a UNSC briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said, Whether it is in Afghanistan or against India, groups like LeT, JeM continue to operate with impunity and encouragement.
2. International Bow Day 🎀 is observed on August 19 to cherish the glory of bows and how have they have evolved over the years.
Bows appear in a series of permutations, from gracing the neck of the wisest men to enhancing the looks of gowns or being simply used as a hair accessory. Bows can be made of any material, from ribbons, or latex, to plastic, or even grass.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Deposed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani supports talks between Taliban and former president Hamid Karzai. Ashraf Ghani said from the United Arab Emirates that he supported those negotiations and is in talks to return home.
2. At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad. More than a dozen people injured after Taliban fighters opened fire on protesters in the eastern city.
3. At least three killed, 50 wounded when a bomb explosion ripped through Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan on 19 Aug.
4. The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, son of the former mujahideen commander, one of the main leaders of Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, has pledged to hold out against the Taliban from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley.
5. The Panjshir valley north of Kabul is still littered with the wrecked carcasses of Soviet armoured vehicles destroyed in unsuccessful battles to conquer it, and the region also held out against the Taliban when they ruled Afghanistan in 1996-2001.
6. Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on 16 Aug, the Afghan news agency Ariana said. Zaki Anwari fell from a USAF Boeing C-17 and that the death had been confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport.
7. Pak police arrest 15 people for harassing, molesting YouTuber girl
Hundreds of young men can be seen in the videos throwing the girl in the air for fun, dragging her, tearing her clothes and molesting her. The incident took place on August 14 when hundreds of youngsters were celebrating Independence Day at Azadi Chowk near Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore. Pak PM Imran Khan has also taken notice of the sexual assault of the girl and ordered IGP Inam Ghani to arrest those responsible for the assault.
8. Abu Dhabi has updated its border entry rules for vaccinated people. The emirate’s Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Committee announced those who are inoculated or took part in clinical trials for vaccines can enter the capital if they have green pass status and an active E or star icon on Al Hosn app.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
