✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been formally launched at the Eiffel 🗼Tower in Paris, the Indian Embassy in France said on Friday and termed it as part of PM Modi’s “vision of taking UPI global.” The UPI was formally launched at the Republic Day reception held in France.
2. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green on Friday and discussed the bilateral partnership between the two countries.
3. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has launched an investigation into an overnight shooting incident at the South Surrey residence of Simranjeet Singh, a friend of India-designated Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
4. Nobel laureate and Danish Professor Morten Meldal called on Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh and discussed bilateral cooperation in pharmaceuticals and promoting chemistry studies among schoolchildren, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a press release on Friday.
5. Maldives will retain Indian aviation platforms – two naval choppers and a Dornier aircraft – but India will “replace” its military personnel involved in operation and maintenance work by 10 May.
6. India and Oman have taken significant strides in bolstering their strategic partnership through enhanced defence cooperation. The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) underscores their commitment to deepening collaboration in various realms of defence engagement.
7. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan today said that the Centre is continuously making efforts to increase the number of countries that provide visa-free travel, visa-on-arrival, and e-Visa facilities to ease travelling of Indians around the world.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Taiwan’s envoy to the United Kingdom Yao Chin-hsiang has urged the United Kingdom and other Western allies to help deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan, Yao Chin-hsiang made the remarks during a Council on Geostrategy public panel event on January 30.
2. Taiwan’s legislature elected Han Kuo-yu, a politician from the Pro-China, China-friendly opposition Kuomintang (KMT) as its new speaker on Thursday.
3. Despite huge protests by people in Baluchistan against torture and atrocities, the provincial administration in Pakistan has refused to hand over the bodies of 14 people to their families, the Baluchistan Post reported.The bodies of 14 people have been kept in the civil hospital of Quetta.
4. The World Food Program (WFP) recently disclosed in reports that Afghan migrants, forcibly tortured and expelled from Pakistan, are resorting to borrowing money just to survive, lacking any facilities or support.
5. United States on Friday (Feb 2) killed at least 18 pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor released a statement.
This comes as US launched retaliatory air strikes against Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq and Syria after a fatal attack in Jordan claimed the lives of three US troops and wounded nearly 40 others.
6. A Massive blaze & explosion reported in the Embakasi area of Nairobi. The fire from gas explosion in Kenya killed 2 and injured over 300. Kenyan firefighters battle massive blaze.
7. What is Female Genital Mutilation, regressive practice that killed young girls in Sierra Leone?
Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
What is the purpose of FGM?
Psychosexual reasons: FGM is carried out as a way to control women’s sexuality, which is sometimes said to be insatiable if parts of the genitalia, especially the clitoris, are not removed. It is thought to ensure virginity before marriage.
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