✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Indian-origin Singapore economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam has won the Presidential election in the country. Tharman Shanmugaratnam defeated two contenders of Chinese origin in the country’s first contested presidential polls since 2011.
In the presidential elections, Tharman Shanmugaratnam secured 70.4 per cent votes. The other contenders – Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian – who contested against Tharman Shanmugaratnam bagged 15.7 per cent and 13.88 per cent votes, respectively.
1. G20 countries under India’s Presidency have agreed on effective and practical approaches to deal with Fugitive Economic offenders.
2. The visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Sri Lanka has been deferred to a later date due to unavoidable circumstances.
3 The 13th round of negotiations for UK-India FTA to take place in September. The twelfth round of negotiations for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement took place from 8th to 31st August.
4. India has announced a significant boost in financial support for ongoing grant projects in Sri Lanka.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. 🇸🇬SINGAPORE votes to elect new President, Indian-origin ex-minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in race.
2. 🇯🇵JAPAN has decided to impose additional sanctions on North Korea following Pyongyang’s repeated attempts to launch projectiles using ballistic missile technology.
3. An Army officers who seized power in a coup in 🇬🇦Gabon on Wednesday have named General Brice Oligui Nguema as the country’s transitional leader.
4. Claire Coutinho, a close aide of 🇬🇧British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle.
5. In 🇵🇰Pakistan, nine soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide bombing in the Mali Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
6. Former 🇺🇸US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week.
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