International & World News – 28 December 2023

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✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. India and the five-member Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU), led by Russia, are likely to soon begin negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

2. India aims to establish its own permanent space station called ‘Bharatiya Space Station’ over the next 25 years. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set a target to launch the first module of this station by 2028.

3. Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) granted prequalification to the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the biotechnology company Serum Institute of India.

4. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited PM Modi to visit Russia next year.

5. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday expressed Russia’s willingness to support India’s initiative to produce military products as part of ‘Made In India’ program.

6. Smita Pant, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

7. Hemant H Kotalwar, who is presently India’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, has been appointed as the next Ambassador to Finland.

8. Israel-Gaza war will continue for months, IDF chief warns Israel’s war with Hamas militants in Gaza will continue for “many more months”, Israel’s army chief has said.
“There are no magic solutions,” Herzi Halevi told reporters. On Monday PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the campaign was “not close to being over”.
Israel says it hit more than 100 sites on Tuesday. It is reportedly extending ground operations to central Gaza.
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says 20,915 Palestinians have been killed in more than 11 weeks of fighting.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. Turkish parliamentary committee has approved Sweden’s application to join Nato, lifting one of the last hurdles to the long-stalled entry bid that the alliance has said is critical for Europe’s security after Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine.

2. Recently the UK Supreme Court has ruled against recognizing artificial intelligence (AI) as an inventor for patent rights. The case involved US computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s attempt to register patents in the UK for inventions generated by his AI system named DABUS.

3. Six people were injured after unknown assailants fired at a passenger van near Saddar police station in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

4. The United States said said that it had shot down twelve attack drones and five missiles, which it claimed were launched by the Iran-backed Houthis.

5. 🇺🇸US officials accuses Pakistan of ignoring letters of protection issued by US embassy to Afghan applicants seeking resettlement.

6. AUSTRALIA: At least 10 people killed after severe thunderstorm ravaged country’s east.
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