International & World News – 12 August 2024

Smt. Droupadi Murmu

✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu returned to New Delhi this evening after concluding her three nation state visit to Fiji, New Zealand and Timor Leste.

2. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar says, Maldives is a key partner for India and two countries aspire to turn their cooperation into a modern partnership.

3. In the wake of escalating unrest in Bangladesh, an ISKCON center in Meherpur, located in the Khulna division, has been set ablaze. This incident has destroyed the temple, including the sacred deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra Devi. Three devotees residing at the center managed to escape unhurt.

4. The Indian government has formed a committee to monitor the Indo-Bangladesh border and ensure the safety of Indian citizens and minorities in Bangladesh amidst rising tensions and violence following the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

5. Space Minister Jitendra Singh has revealed that 163 foreign customer satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) through its commercial arm between 2019 and 2023.

6. Russia on Saturday (August 10) denied being engaged in any “public or obscure campaigns” in “fraudulent schemes” to recruit Indian nationals in the country’s military amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Bangladesh’s interim government head Muhammad Yunus condemns attacks on minority communities in the country; Urges students to protect them all.

2. Thousands of minority Hindu community members staged massive protest rallies in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and the north-eastern port city of Chattagram for the second consecutive day.

Hindu communities have faced the brunt of the violence and devastation after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister. Several Hindu temples, households and businesses have been vandalised, and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party have been killed in the violence since then.

3. In response to a Ukrainian incursion in Kursk, Russia has introduced anti-terrorism measures in the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions bordering Ukraine.

4. Africa is facing a serious outbreak of mpox, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has held an urgent meeting to decide if this situation should be declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

5. Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam was appointed as acting chief justice of Bangladesh on Saturday.

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