✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu reached Algiers on the first leg of her three-nation visit to Algeria, Mauritania and Malawi.
2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead a parliamentary delegation to the 149th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly being held in Geneva.
3. Amid the escalating tensions in West Asia, Permanent Mission of India to United Nations said that India, as a major troop-contributing country, aligns itself fully with the joint statement issued by the 34 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL).
3. The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) will host its Annual India Leadership Summit 2024, on October 14, in the national capital,
5. The Ministry of Home Affairs has requested all central departments and administrations in states and Union territories to fly United Nations Flag along with the national tricolour atop all important buildings in the country on 24th October this month to mark United Nations Day.
The directive issued by the Ministry states that the United Nations Flag is not to be flown on the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Vice-President’s House, Parliament House, Supreme Court building, Raj Bhawans, Raj Niwases, or buildings housing Legislative Councils, Legislative Assemblies, and High Courts across the country.
6. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his new book, referring to him as a change-maker and recalling how he sensed a curious astral energy during their first meeting. The former British prime minister has written an entire chapter dedicated to India and described ties between the two nations as a relationship as good as it has ever been.
7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed condolences over the demise of industrialist Ratan Tata.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. Mr Macron emphasised during a phone call with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that a ceasefire must be reached immediately in Lebanon.
2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN Chief to move UN peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon out of harm’s way. Mr Netanyahu’s appeal to UN Chief Antonio Guterres comes a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, refused to withdraw from the border area despite five of its members being wounded in Israeli fire in recent days.
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on strongholds of armed group Hezbollah has reached over 1600 since escalation of the conflict in the region in September this year.
3. The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed on 13 Oct. Theme of the Day: Empowering the next generation for a resilient future
Increasing.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 calls on countries to harness the education sector to reduce the disaster risks of school-aged children, especially by investing in two key areas:
(a) Protect children through safe schools
(b) Empower for safe children through age-appropriate education to understand and act on the risks they face.
4. In Poland, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to temporarily suspend right to apply for asylum to combat irregular migration.
5. Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged people of all religions to work together to take Bangladesh forward as the festival of Durga Puja concluded peacefully with the immersion of Goddess Durga’s idols in water bodies across the country.
6. In Pakistan, the Punjab government has imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi till October 17 to maintain the law and order situation during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Islamabad on the 15th and 16th of this month.
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