🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on 02 Jul (Friday), a U.S. defence official said, under an agreement with the Taliban allowing for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the country after a two-decade war.
2. China has begun construction of over 100 new silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles in a desert near the country’s northwestern city of Yumen.
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. India has joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) & G20 Inclusive Framework tax deal of global corporate tax. Around 130 countries, representing more than 90% of global GDP, adopted the global corporate tax rate of at least 15%. The countries also agreed on a fairer distribution of ‘profits and taxing rights’ with respect to multinationals including digital giants such as Amazon and Google.
2. Shares of govt-owned shipbuilding company – Garden Research Shipbuilders – rose as much as 4% to hit an intraday high of ₹ 209.40 after the company announced that it has won an order from the negbhouring govt of Bangladesh for supply of patrol boats.
3. A drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex in Islamabad, Pakistan late last week, prompting India to lodge a strong protest with Pak over the incident, people familiar with the development.
4. Flight between India and Qatar to continue till July 31, under extended air bubble agreement.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
