✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. India has officially extended its condolences to Iran following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, marking a notable evolution in New Delhi’s diplomatic stance.Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited the Iranian embassy in Delhi.
2. External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held a crucial telephonic conversation on Thursday with his Iranian counterpart, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating security environment in West Asia.
3. United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau delivered a compelling address at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on Thursday, framing the US-India relationship as a cornerstone of 21st-century global strategy.
4. The Central Board of Secondary Education – CBSE West Asian Region – has cancelled the 10th Class exam scheduled from the 7th to the 11th of this month. According to the CBSE, examinations of class 10 scheduled on the 2nd, 5th and 6th of March shall also stand cancelled. The mode of declaration of results for Class 10 candidates in the Middle East will be notified separately in due course. The examination of Class 12 scheduled for the 7th of March has been postponed.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. A Pakistani national, Asif Merchant, has claimed in a United States court that he was coerced by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) into plotting the assassination of President Donald Trump. Merchant, facing charges of terrorism and murder-for-hire, insisted during his trial that his involvement was not voluntary but driven by threats to his family in Tehran.
2. A second Iranian ship has requested entry into Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, heightening concerns in Colombo just one day after a US submarine reportedly sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast near Galle. Sri Lankan authorities are deliberating their response with caution.
3. The United States Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman-III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 3 March from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The missile, codenamed GT 255, lifted off at 11:01 p.m.
4. The Pentagon has confirmed that a United States submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
5. The Chinese government has formally announced a significant expansion of its military capabilities, allocating a record 1.9 trillion yuan, or approximately $275 billion, to its national defence budget for the 2026 fiscal year.This latest hike represents an increase of roughly $25 billion over the previous year’s figures.
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