✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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#External affairs Minister: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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1. 🇫🇷French President Macron will begin a two-day visit to India, starting in Jaipur on Thursday (Jan 25), touring cultural landmarks, joining a roadshow with PM Modi, and finally participating in Republic Day celebrations in Delhi on Friday (Jan 26).
2. Serum Institute of India (SII) joins CEPI’s global vaccine network in the Global South, enhancing rapid, agile, and equitable responses to future disease outbreaks.
3. *CANADA CAPS STUDENT VISAS* : In a major policy shift, Canada will cap the number of study permits for new international students to 360,000 for the 2024-25 academic year beginning 1st September.
4. Union Minister for Shipping Ports and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal has said that India will focus on developing and ensuring seamless maritime trade in the eastern maritime corridor with Russia.
5. Saudi Arabia is all set to open its first liquor store in the capital Riyadh, exclusively for non-Muslim diplomats.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
UNO Gen. Secy : António Guterres.
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1. The Israel-Hamas war is still raging and efforts are on to find a solution to this complex problem.
2. A Russian military transport plane crashes near Yablonovo, Belgorod Region, Russia, on 24 January. Russia blames Ukraine after military plane carrying POW crashes, killing all 74 on board.
Russia said on Wednesday (Jan 24) that an IL-76 military transport plane crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, killing all 74 on board. Russian authorities said that the aircraft was carrying at least 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards.
3. A fire broke out in a commercial building in China’s southeastern Jiangxi province on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring nine others.
4. Pakistan reopens border crossing with Afghanistan after deadlock over visa requirements. On April 1, both a visa and passport will be mandatory for the truckers from Afghanistan coming into Pakistan.
5. Pakistan🇵🇰, 🇮🇷Iran envoys to return to their posts days after tit-for-tat cross-border strikes, easing tensions. After recent tensions, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to reinstate their ambassadors by January 26, fostering diplomatic dialogue.
6. Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 rocked Tarapaca, region in northern Chile.
7. Sweden set to become NATO member as Turkey approves its membership bid. Turkey’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO membership bid, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay. Turkey’s general assembly.
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