✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. The Government of India has expanded the scope of the Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) by including Egypt and Jordan among the eligible countries. The move comes as geopolitical tensions in West Asia continue to disrupt maritime logistics across the Gulf region and nearby trade corridors.
2. India and Austria have strengthened their economic partnership by launching a bilateral Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM) during the India-Austria Business Forum held in New Delhi. The initiative aims to improve investment flows, resolve business-related challenges, and deepen bilateral trade ties.
3. India and China held their first bilateral consultations under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on April 16–17, 2026, marking another step in the gradual normalisation of ties after the eastern Ladakh military standoff eased in 2024.
4. Union Government has approved the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool with a sovereign guarantee fund of Rs 12,980 crore to strengthen India’s maritime insurance sector.
5. India has summoned the Iranian envoy to lodge a strong protest after Iranian Revolutionary Guards fired upon Indian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about maritime security.
6. The US administration has issued a fresh 30-day general licence allowing India and other countries to continue purchasing Russian crude oil, offering temporary relief to global energy markets rattled by geopolitical tensions.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Australia and Japan have signed a major $7 billion defence agreement for the supply of advanced stealth warships to the Royal Australian Navy, marking one of Japan’s largest military export deals in recent decades.
2. The Philippines has joined the US-led Pax Silica initiative, aimed at strengthening global supply chains for semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals. As part of the partnership, a 4,000-acre industrial hub will be developed in Luzon.
3. In Balochistan, five civilians were killed in extrajudicial actions, while four others were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces. According to the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), the body of 17-year-old student Hatim Baloch was recovered nearly 11 days after he was allegedly taken by Pakistan’s Frontier Corps in the Panjgur district.
4. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that a French soldier was killed and three others were injured in an attack targeting UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
5. Nepal’s Supreme Court has recognised the faction led by Gagan Thapa as the official Nepali Congress, dismissing a challenge from the group led by former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
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