✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. PM Modi yesterday inaugurated the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. He announed that India will contribute one million dollar to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
2. On auspicious occasion of Ashadha Purnima, the Embassy of India in Kathmandu organized a special event to mark Guru Purnima celebration in Nepal. Representatives from various Buddhist sects and monasteries in Nepal participated in this celebration.
3. BSF said that as many as 373 Indian students and three Nepali students crossed over from Bangladesh through the two Integrated Check Posts (ICP) in Tripura. The students are returning back home due to the violent anti-quota stir in Bangladesh since last few days.
4. India cancels 2 trains from Kolkata to Bangladesh amid violent protests: Authorities from the Indian Railways said that the Maitri Express from Kolkata to Dhaka and the Bandhan Express from Kolkata to Khulna, have been cancelled.
5. On the auspicious occasion of Ashadha Purnima, the Embassy of India in Kathmandu organized a special event to mark Guru Purnima celebration in Nepal.
6. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) chose Vinay Mohan Kwatra to be India’s new ambassador to the United States.
7. J&K’s Chenab Bridge, world’s highest arch bridge, to host inaugural train on August 15.
The Indian Railways is gearing up for launching the regular service between Reasi and Sangaldan with efforts being undertaken to flag off the much-awaited service.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said all those seeking to harm the country will pay a very heavy price for their aggression. Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video message on determination to defend Israel on every front.
2. The Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped most of the quota in the government jobs that sparked countrywide clashes between police and university students claiming over 100 lives. With the Top Court’s ruling, just 5 per cent of civil service jobs instead of 30 per cent would remain for the relatives of war veterans of 1971.
3. The Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has termed the High Court verdict illegal and has scaled back the contentious quota system for civil service job applicants. In its verdict, it has also urged student protesters to return to class.
4. Nepal Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli Secures Trust Vote With Two-Thirds Majority.
5. China has shown off a revolutionary passenger train made of only carbon fiber. This is a big step forward in high-speed rail technology.
6. USA President Joe Biden has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
7. Bushra Bibi, the wife of incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, on Saturday expressed grave concerns about her husband’s safety in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, alleging that he was kept in inhumane conditions and given contaminated food.
8. The opposition alliance of Tehreek Tahafuz Aaeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) said on Saturday that it will hold a protest across the nation on July 26 for the release of all political prisoners, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and reclaim the “stolen mandate,”
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