International & World News – 3 April 2024

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. China releases fourth list of 30 more names for places in Arunachal Pradesh. India has been rejecting China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the State is an integral part of the country and assigning “invented” names does not alter this reality. Zangnan, is the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh.

2. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday targeted Jawaharlal Nehru and claimed that past mistakes were responsible for the problems such as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and occupation of some parts of the Indian territory by China.

3. Speaking at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ahmedabad, Jaishankar was replying to the question whether India should reconcile itself to the status of POK and Indian territories occupied by China, or work to get them back.

4. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday assured safe return home for Indian citizens worldwide and recalled how India’s foreign policy was at the forefront for the evacuation of Indian nationals under Operation Indravati to evacuate its nationals from the violence-hit Haiti and Operation Ganga in Ukraine.

5. The Embassy of India in Riyadh has issued a public notice cautioning Indian nationals residing in Saudi Arabia about fake social media accounts and email addresses that sought to deceive people by soliciting money for travel arrangements from Saudi Arabia to India.

6. The first batch of Indian construction workers bound for jobs in Israel during the conflict there were flagged off by Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon and government officials on 02 April.

The Israeli government raised an urgent request for construction workers in November 2023 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had discussed fast-tracking the process with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December as the country faced major labour shortages after it banned thousands of Palestinians from working in Israel following the terror strikes by Hamas on 07 October.

🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍

UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Apr 2) spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on phone. They discussed Russia’s war with Ukraine, the issues of cyberattacks and election interference, artificial intelligence, climate issues and efforts to counter illicit narcotics traffic, said media reports.

2. At least 29 people have been killed and around 13 others were injured after a fire broke out at a nightclub in central Istanbul, on Tuesday (Apr 2).

3. Ukraine on Tuesday (Apr 2) claimed to have launched a drone attack on Russia’s third largest oil refinery, which is about 1,300 km from the front lines. The drone reportedly hit a core unit which processes about 155,000 barrels of crude refining per day.

4. One killed, two injured in Finland school shooting near capital; 12-year-old suspect detained: At least one child has died and two others have been wounded in a shooting at a school in the city of Vantaa in Finland on Tuesday (April 2), The incident happened at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb of Helsinki. According to the local municipality, the school has around 800 students in the first to ninth grades and a staff of about 90 people.

5. North Korea fired up an alleged intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday (April 2), South Korea’s military said.

6. Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his wife and former first lady Bushra Bibi was poisoned while incarcerated at his private residence here which was turned into a sub-jail, emphasising that the army chief should be held responsible if she is harmed.

7. Pakistan strongly condemns an Israeli missile strike that hit the consulate building within the compound of the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

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