International & World News – 01 April 2025

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Thailand on the 3rd of April to participate in the BIMSTEC Summit.

The 6th Summit of the Heads of State and Governments of the member States of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is scheduled to take place on 4th April in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the Summit is Prosperous, Resilient, and Open BIMSTEC.

2. The Ministry of External Affairs has informed that NDRF team has begun rescue operations at the ‘U hla thein’ monastery in Myanmar, where around 170 monks are still stuck.

3. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp has arrived in New Delhi on Monday evening on a two-day visit to India. It is his first official visit to India.

4. Recently, India has launched OPERATION BRAHMA to aid rescue and relief work, pitching in with tonnes of ration, tents, medicines. The rescue teams from India are working to extend critical support in search for survivors and medical humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support.

WORLD NEWS
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1. Myanmar declares seven-days national mourning as death toll in Friday’s earthquake crosses two thousand; Indian teams step up relief and rescue operations in affected areas.

2. In Myanmar, Rescue operations are underway in the country in full swing, while international relief efforts are being swiftly mobilised to address the dire needs of the affected population. India, Russia, UAE, the United Nations and others have sent specialist search and rescue teams alongside humanitarian aid.

3. French court imposes jail sentence on far-right leader Marine Le Pen in European Union funds embezzlement case; Bars her from seeking public office.

4. In Thailand, 19 people are reported to have died, while thousands have been evacuated from cracked buildings in Bangkok. Meanwhile, rescue efforts continue in Thai Capital for 75 construction workers trapped under the rubble of a collapsed high-rise building in the capital.

5. In Pakistan, law enforcement agencies have been ordered to arrest and deport thousands of Afghan refugees as the government’s deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country expires yesterday.

6. Israeli military issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.

The military has ordered Palestinians to head to Muwasi, a sprawl of squalid tent camps along the coast.

7. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the Myanmar earthquake as a top-level emergency and urgently sought 8 million US Dollars to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over the next month.

Due to limited medical facilities, many injured people face infection risks. WHO has already sent nearly three tons of medical supplies to hospitals in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay.

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