✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. The University Grants Commission handed over a Letter of Intent to the University of Southampton, which will establish a campus in India under National Education Policy 2020. UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar handed over the letter in New Delhi in the presence of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.
2. India has reaffirmed its commitment to work closely with Pacific partner countries and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). At the PIF Dialogue Partners’ Session in Tonga, the Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita announced that India will fund ‘Quick Impact Projects’ worth 50,000 dollars each in all 14 Pacific island countries.
3. On August 28, 2024, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant awarded Indian citizenship to Joseph Francis Pereira, a 78-year-old Pakistani Christian, under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). This marks the first instance of a Goan receiving citizenship through this amendment. Background of Joseph Francis Pereira Joseph Pereira, originally from Paroda village in South Goa, traveled to Pakistan for studies before India’s liberation.
4. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar received Director General Yaakov Blitshtein of Israel yesterday in New Delhi. In a social media post, Dr Jaishankar said that both sides noted the continued development of India-Israel cooperation and exchanged views on the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
5. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh has issued a clarification, regarding rumours circulating on social media since 25 August which claimed that Bangladesh had been exporting gas to India through pipelines. According to these claims, the previous Awami League government used to export gas to India through pipelines which was allegedly halted by the current interim administration.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. The WHO has declared Dhulikhel Municipality of Kavrepalanchok district as Nepal’s first ‘healthy city’ and second healthiest city in Asia. Since 2014, Dhulikhel Municipality has implemented various programmes to achieve the status.
2. Typhoon Shanshan, which made its landfall in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, has brought heavy rain and strong winds that left three people dead, 82 injured and one missing.
3. An initiative launched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ‘Bring Kids Back UA’, has urged the release of all Ukrainian children detained in Russia during the ongoing conflict in the region. Presenting its first White Paper titled ‘Safeguarding Children from Forced Transfers and Deportation’ earlier this week.
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