✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said the ongoing negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between India and New Zealand will pave the way for expanding trade, investment, and innovation linkages.
2. India and the United States are set to mark a historic milestone in space collaboration as the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite becomes operational on November 7.
3. In the United States, India-born Ghazala Hashmi has made history by winning Virginia Lieutenant Governor’s race, becoming the first South Asian American, and the first Indian-origin woman to hold the post. The 61-year-old Democrat defeated Republican John Reid, six years after she first made history as a Virginia state senator.
4. Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to formalise a partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink for satellite broadband, aiming to bridge last-mile gaps across remote and underserved regions.
5. India has achieved a new milestone in higher education with seven of its universities featuring among the top 100 in the “QS Asia University Rankings 2026”. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi leads the national list, securing the 59th position overall, followed closely by IISc Bangalore and other IITs.
6. India exports 12 MT of fortified rice from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica, boosting nutrition diplomacy and showcasing food fortification technology.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Zohran Mamdani has been elected Mayor of New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office, and the youngest individual in over a century to win the post.
2. Sweden has officially become the world’s first cashless country, setting a global benchmark for digital financial transformation. The nation’s citizens now rely almost entirely on mobile payments, cards, and phone taps for everyday transactions, effectively replacing physical money with digital convenience.
3. In a groundbreaking achievement in nuclear energy, China has successfully carried out the first-ever thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion within a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR)—the world’s only operational reactor of its kind.
4. China has urged Netherlands to stop interfering in internal corporate affairs and work toward a constructive solution to the issue of the semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, an overseas subsidiary of Chinese company Wingtech.
5. Philippines, at least 66 people have been killed while hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the strongest typhoons this year ripped through the country. The typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, has weakened since making landfall early yesterday.
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