✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit New Delhi in December for the next edition of the India-Russia bilateral summit and slew of deals are expected to be signed during the trip including a document on Military-Technical cooperation for the next decade — 2021-2031 besides mutual logistics pact’.
2. India and Russia are expected to hold their first 2+2 dialogue of defence and foreign ministers in Moscow by mid-November, and this could be followed by the annual summit in December.
3. India and China’s ongoing border dispute is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, according to Nirupama Rao, a former Indian ambassador to China.
4. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine for COVID-19. At G-20 summit, PM Modi pushed for WHO nod for Covaxin, saying India to produce five billion Covid vaccine doses by 2022.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. On 02 Nov, the Taliban made a surprise announcement, banning the use of all foreign currency across the country. The terrorist organisation urged everyone — from shopkeepers to business owners — to conduct all transactions using the national currency, the Afghani. According to the Taliban, anyone who is found violating this order will face legal action.
2. Business owners and traders have preferred using dollars to pay for imported goods and services as well as larger transactions, such as purchasing a home. The ban is also likely to further complicate the process of receiving humanitarian aid from overseas.
3. Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group has denied media reports that its Pegasus software is linked to the mass surveillance of journalists and human rights defenders, and insisted that all sales of its technology are approved by Israel’s Ministry of Defence.
4. *Russia holds Black Sea navy drills with eye on U.S. ships*
: Russia’s Black Sea naval forces practised destroying enemy targets on Tuesday as Moscow bristled at the presence of two U.S. warships in the area.
5. A Russian cargo plane with seven people on board crash landed in eastern Siberia and caught fire, the emergencies ministry said on Wednesday. The Antonov An-12 aircraft disappeared from radars during its final approach outside the city of Irkutsk.
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