International & World News – 18 October 2024

First ASEAN India Track 1 Cyber Policy

✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. India has firmly rejected the allegations made by the Canadian government, calling them baseless. In a media briefing in New Delhi yesterday, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, Canada has yet to provide any evidence to support the serious accusations made against India and its diplomats.

2. President Smt Droupadi Murmu reached Malawi yesterday on the third and final leg of her three African nation visit. She as said, there is immense scope for enhancing cooperation between India and Malawi in various fields including agriculture, mining, energy and tourism.

The President is also scheduled to visit places of historical and cultural significance in Malawi such as the National war memorial, Mausoleum, Shree Radha Krishna Mandir and Lake Malawi.

3. The First ASEAN-India Track 1 Cyber Policy Dialogue was held in Singapore. The Dialogue was co-chaired by Joint Secretary, Cyber Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Amit A. Shukla. The Dialogue explored cooperation in capacity building and training to identify specific areas of activities.

4. India has extended a new Line of Credit for 487.60 crore rupees to the Mauritius government for financing a water pipeline replacement project. This is the first-ever rupee-denominated Line of Credit to have been extended by India for project financing to any country under the Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS). The project envisages the replacement of approximately 100 kilometres of obsolete water pipeline in Mauritius.

The Government of India-supported Line of Credit will be financed by the State Bank of India at concessional terms.

5. NITI Aayog is gearing up to host the Second International Methanol Seminar and Expo 2024 on October 17-18, 2024, at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi. This two-day event is a significant part of India’s Methanol Economy Programme, initiated in 2016 in collaboration with the Methanol Institute, USA.

🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍

1. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have claimed that it had killed Hussein Muhammad Awada, a Hezbollah battalion commander in Lebanon.

2. In Yemen, warplanes of the US-UK coalition launched 15 airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the northern city of Saada. According to local media, the strikes hit three Houthi military sites in Al-Jiraf, Hafa, and Jarban. However there were no reports of casualties.

3. In Bangladesh, a three-member tribunal issued an arrest warrant against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including top Awami League leaders, in connection with alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass protests.

4. In 🇵🇰Pakistan, the protests against the rape incident in Lahore turned severe as various incidents of violence, vandalism and arson were reported in various cities. According to media reports, at least 250 protesters were arrested in Rawalpindi.

5. In Sri Lanka, Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted key economic goals for the island, emphasizing the need to raise state revenue to 15% of GDP. Mr. Wickremasinghe said that the revenues need to be raised by 2028 when the country will start repaying its foreign debt.

6. Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 31-year-old was found outside the Casa Sur Hotel in the city’s Palermo neighborhood.

7. In Bangladesh, the interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus announced the cancellation of eight national holidays introduced by Sheikh Hasina, including the Birth and Death anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17 and August 15 respectively.

The ‘student coordinator’ of and adviser to the interim government Bangladesh, Nahid Islam said in a statement on Wednesday in Dhaka that the interim government does not recognise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation.

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