✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. PM Modi is set to address the World Government Summit (WGS) in Dubai as the “guest of honour” on February 14. The World Government Summit (WGS) is an annual global gathering that brings together world leaders, policymakers, experts, and thought leaders from various fields to discuss and address pressing global issues.
2. India’s female robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission – Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said.
The name Vyommitra is derived from two Sanskrit words ‘Vyoma’ which means Space and ‘Mitra’ (meaning friend).
3. Amid strained relations between India and the Maldives, cash-strapped Pakistan assured Male of support to address the “pressing development needs” of the island nation during a telephonic conversation between Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and Pakistan’s caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar.
4. The Maldives’ government has formally requested the Indian government to provide “comprehensive details” of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Iran condemns US retaliation strike in Syria & Iraq.
The US military hit Tehran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria were a retaliation for a deadly attack on US troops in Jordan, which killed three US soldiers. A day after that, the US and the United Kingdom unleashed attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthis of Yemen late on Saturday in a joint action.
2. The World Health Organization’s cancer agency recently warned that the number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050, which is 77 per cent higher than the figure in 2022. Tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution are key factors in the estimated rise of cancer cases.
3. 14 soldiers of Myanmar’s paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) took refuge in the wee hours of Sunday in Bangladesh. The soldiers fled their posts to Cox’s Bazar region in Bangladesh amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the rebel resistance fighters in the junta-run country.
4. Namibian President Hage Geingob, (82), died at a hospital in the capital Windhoek.
Hage Geingob was receiving treatment at the hospital after being diagnosed with cancer in January. He had returned last Wednesday from a trip to the United States.
5. Russia has said that at least 28 people have been killed after Ukrainian forces shelled a bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Russia-controlled eastern region of Luhansk.
6. The International Monetary Fund predicted China’s economic decline to continue over the next four years as Beijing continues to tackle a range of challenges, including a rapidly aging population, higher unemployment and a property crisis.
7. The Baloch Raj Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of several Baloch ‘pro-independence’ groups, claimed responsibility for 14 attacks on political party offices and personnel in different parts of Baluchistan.
8. Australia appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for writer Yang Hengjun.
9. 37 people killed in disputed oil-rich African region of Abyei in fighting.
10. Carnival float bursts into flames in southwestern Germany, injuring 5.
11. California storm live updates: Atmospheric river lashes, emergency declared.
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