✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Indian envoy to Ukraine, Harsh Kumar Jain handed over the 15th consignment of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Embassy of Ukraine in India said.
2. Israeli Consul General to Mumbai Kobbi Shoshani on Monday visited the Shree Ram Mandir in Wadala, Mumbai, said he looks forward to visiting Ayodhya soon.
3. Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Monday met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Kampala, Uganda, on the sidelines of the Third South Summit.
4. The President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Dennis Francis arrived in New Delhi on 22 January morning on a five-day visit to India.
He expressed his happiness as he arrived in India amid Ram Lalla’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya and said that he is looking forward to discussing peace and progress in the country.
5. Tragic death in the Maldives as child dies due to delay in medical evacuation. Controversy arises over the use of Indian choppers.
A 13-year-old in the Maldives died due to a delay in medical evacuation, a result of alleged reluctance on the Maldivian government’s part to use Indian choppers. The young schoolboy died at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in the Maldivan capital on Saturday.
6. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to embark on a significant visit to India in the third week of February.
7. In Janakpur, Nepal Celebrates Ayodhya’s Ramlalla Consecration with Bhar Yatra and Festive Preparations.
8. India to host Miss World pageant : Scheduled to take place between 18 February and 9 March 2024, the festival will be hosted across several spectacular venues, including the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi and the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.
9. Two government schools in California — Horner Middle School and Irvington High School — will launch a pilot programme introducing Hindi as a world language in the curriculum.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. China-Kyrgyzstan border was rocked with a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Monday (Jan 22) evening, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake was registered just after 2:00 am (1800 GMT Monday) at a depth of 13 kilometres in China’s Xinjiang region, west of the city of Aksu.
2. Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second five-year term on Saturday after a landslide victory his opponents have refused to recognise due to widespread irregularities over the December general election.
3. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that he would look to reduce taxes at future fiscal events if it was possible to do responsibly.
4. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Monday (Jan 22) claimed that it carried out an attack against a US military cargo ship off the coast of Yemen.
5. In a diplomatic breakthrough, Pakistan and Iran have mutually decided to restore their respective ambassadors by 26 January. The agreement follows a constructive telephone conversation between Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The joint press statement on Monday (Jan 22) revealed this positive development.
6. Elon Musk on Monday (Jan 22) visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau site of a former Nazi German concentration camp, the European Jewish Association (EJA) announced. The private visit comes after recent criticism over endorsing an anti-Jewish conspiracy theory on his social media platform X. He later apologised.
7. Pakistani authorities on Monday temporarily shut down at least three leading institutions, including the National Defence University, due to the fear of possible attacks by the militants.
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