✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. Two Indian nationals who were missing after the Taiwan earthquake have been contacted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and they are safe, MEA official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
2. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval held discussions with the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Akbar Ahmadian, in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
3. An Indian Air Force’s Apache helicopter made an emergency landing in Ladakh and sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude, the IAF said on Thursday. It added that the incident took place on Wednesday and both the pilots on board are safe.
4. Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the first batch of people have gone to Israel under the government-to-government (G2G) agreement, stressing that the Indian government has urged the Israeli authorities to take their safety seriously.
5. The political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) organised a protest against Pakistan to highlight the hardships faced by local residents due to various issues, including the increasing presence of terrorism and fundamentalism.
The protest against human rights violations in Pakistan and its occupied Jammu and Kashmir was held during the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
6. The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that deliveries of Russian oil to India are steadily high, with no payment issues encountered.
7. G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant virtually participated in the second Sherpa meeting held under the Brazilian presidency on Wednesday. He expressed India’s support for the Brazilian presidency’s priority of reducing inequalities and emphasised on LiFE, women-led development, digital health, creative economy, mobility of talent and multilateral development bank (MDB) reforms.
8. Nineteen fishermen from Tamil Nadu apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on January 23, have been repatriated from the island nation and are on their way to Chennai.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. 9 dead, over 1,000 injured; Rescue operations underway after taiwan earthquake.
2. Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz met with Chinese Consul General Zhao Shiren on Wednesday to express condolences following the terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district, which resulted in the loss of Chinese nationals’ lives.
3. ISRAEL GIVES NOD TO REOPEN EREZ CROSSING: For the first time after the violent October 7 attacks, the security cabinet of Israel agreed to reopen the Erez crossing between the country and northern Gaza.
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