✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar called on United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London, where they discussed taking forward bilateral economic cooperation and enhancing people-to-people exchanges.
External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar is on an official visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
2. Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw met a delegation led by Princess Astrid of Belgium in New Delhi and discussed collaboration in clean technology, defence, and electronics.
3. Fourteen fishermen freed from Sri Lankan prisons reached Chennai. This included fishermen from Rameswaram who were arrested on December 23rd last year and February 7th this year.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Christian Stocker on being sworn in as the Federal Chancellor of Austria.
🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. China and Canada moved swiftly to retaliate against newly imposed US tariffs, announcing their levies on American goods that could further disrupt the United States trade with its top three trading partners China, Canada and Mexico.
2. Israel has set conditions for the next phase of a ceasefire deal in Gaza with Palestinian armed group Hamas.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said, Tel Aviv has demanded a demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, an end to the rule of Hamas and the return of their hostages in order to move on to the next phase of the ceasefire deal that took effect in January.
3. In Indonesia, hundreds of people were evacuated after severe flooding hit most areas in Jakarta and surrounding cities due to heavy rain in the region.
4. Nepal’s Parliament passed the Electronic Commerce Bill, giving confidence to consumers and creating a legal framework for regulating the country’s online trade.
5. Sri Lanka, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has warned of a nationwide strike unless the government restores doctors’ holiday allowances to previous levels.
6. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that 99 drones were launched into the country by Russia overnight, causing significant damage and injuries in multiple regions.
7. At least 12 persons, including four children, were killed and 30 injured as two explosive-laden vehicles rammed into the boundary wall of the main cantonment in Bannu in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday while the army personnel neutralised at least six terrorists.
8. Days after his tense exchange with President Donald Trump at the White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated his country’s commitment to achieving lasting peace and expressed willingness to ‘work under Trump’s leadership’.
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