✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan will be paying an official visit to Guatemala, Jamaica and The Bahamas from 5th to 10th Jul. The Minister’s visit to The Bahamas on 9th & 10th of July will be the first standalone high-level visit from India to this Caribbean island.
2. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu spoke on preservation of languages as it is key to protect one’s cultural traditions. He virtually addressing the first anniversary celebrations of ‘Antharjatiya Samskruthika Sammelanam-2021’, hosted by Sri Samskruthika Kalasaradhi, a cultural organisation in Singapore on 03 Jul.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Russia reported 697 COVID-19 deaths in the previous 24 hours, the fifth straight day the country has set a new record as it battles the surging Delta variant.
2. Due to heavy rains two people dead, 20 missing after homes swept away in Japan landslide. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, emergency services and the military had launched rescue and evacuation missions.
3. Bangladesh received 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID 19 vaccine gifted by the US under the COVAX framework of WHO.
4. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the Myanmar military to release the ousted State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi & President Win Myint immediately.
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