✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Special Session of Parliament of Guyana at Georgetown; Emphasizes that there is no greater tool than democracy for building an inclusive society.
2. PM Modi recently concluded a significant meeting with Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali during his visit to Guyana, marking the first visit by an Indian head of state to the country in over 50 years.
3. PM Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were photographed together during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amidst ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada. The interaction took place during a group photo session at the Museum of Modern Art, where both leaders were seen briefly conversing with U.S. President Joe Biden.
4. India and the United Kingdom are poised to resume negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in early 2025. This decision follows a recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where both leaders expressed a commitment to strengthen bilateral ties, including trade relations.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred prestigious awards by Guyana and Dominica in recognition of his significant contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his efforts in strengthening international ties, especially between India and these Caribbean nations.
6. Armenia has become the 104th full member of the International Solar Alliance. Armenia handed over the Indian Solar Alliance Instrument of Ratification during a meeting between its Ambassador to India, Vahagn Afyan, and the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Abhishek Singh, in New Delhi.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. China’s ambition to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030 is advancing with the successful completion of a fairing separation test for its Long March-10 carrier rocket. This test is a crucial milestone in the rocket’s prototype development, as reported by China Central Television.
2. A Chinese cargo ship, the Yi Peng-3, which is captained by a Russian officer, has been intercepted by the Danish Navy following its suspected involvement in the severing of two critical undersea telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea. The incident has raised significant concerns regarding potential sabotage amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the region.
3. Iraq is conducting its first nationwide census since 1987, under Saddam Hussein’s regime, with a significant operation involving 120,000 researchers. This extensive demographic survey, scheduled over two days, will collect data from households across all 18 governorates of the country. To facilitate the process, the Ministry of Interior has imposed a two-day curfew.
4. The interim government of Bangladesh this week has ordered the cancellation of passports of twenty-two officials who served in the powerful intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). In a notification, the Home Ministry of Bangladesh announced that the passports of these veteran officers were being cancelled as they are currently under investigation for disappearing political opponents during the Sheikh Hasina presidency.
5. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday (21 November 2024) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defence Minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack on Israel respectively.
6. In Pakistan, at least 38 people were killed and 29 others injured when Gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles in a tribal area in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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