✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. The Indian and Chinese armies on Monday described as “constructive” the 12th round of military talks on the eastern Ladakh row during which they agreed to resolve the pending issues in an “expeditious” manner, even as no concrete outcome was visible on the much-anticipated disengagement process in the remaining friction points.
2. A 20-year-old Nagsen an Indian student studying in a university in the Chinese city of Tianjin, has been found dead in his room, The Indian Embassy officials in Beijing are working on sending remains to India.
3. The Indian Navy Eastern fleet ships- INS Ranvijay, INS Shivalik, INS Kadmatt and INS Kora will be deploying its task force to South East Asia, the South China Sea & Western Pacific for over two months to enhance military cooperation.
4. Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria met the UAE AF & AD, Major General Ibrahim Nasser M. Al Alawi, on his two days good will visit to the United Arab Emirates in reflection of India’s growing strategic ties with the influential Gulf country.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Afghanistan will change in the next six months, President Ashraf Ghani has said that the Taliban has become more cruel and oppressive in the last two decades.
2. Death toll from China’s Henan floods jumps to 302, up from 99 last week. Vast majority of the victims were reported in the provincial capital Zhengzhou.
3. The Germany on 02 Aug (Monday) sent a warship to the South China Sea for the first time in almost two decades, joining other Western nations in expanding its military presence in the region amid growing alarm over China’s territorial ambitions.
4. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region on 02 Aug (Monday).
5. A recent health bulletin update by the Royal Government of Bhutan stated that it had vaccinated 90.2% of the eligible population with both doses of the vaccine during the drive held between 20 Jul to 26 Jul. Overall, 61.8% of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated.
6. Former Canadian politician & diplomat Chris Alexander has accused Pakistan of being complicit in ‘proxy war & war crimes’ and engaging in an “act of aggression” against neighbouring Afghanistan.
7. Wildfires raged near Turkey’s holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla and in the surrounding countryside for a fifth day as the discovery of more bodies raised the death toll to eight while villagers lost their homes and animals.
8. North Korean Kim Jong Un’s sister warns South Korea-US drills will rekindle tensions. Next month’s annual military drills between South Korean and U.S. troops will undermine prospects for better ties between the Koreas. just days after the rivals reopened their long-dormant communication channels.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
