✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. India, Bhutan to have 7 additional entry and exit points for trade. The trade between India and Bhutan has more than doubled since 2014. It has reached one thousand 83 million dollar in 2020-21 from 484 million dollar in 2014-15.
2. Australia has recognised India’s Covid vaccine – Covaxin, allowing those vaccinated with it to enter the country. Australia’s recognition to Covaxin comes soon after the US eased travel restrictions for Covaxin-vaccinated travelers by allowing trial participants to enter without having to quarantine. PM Modi has thanked his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison.
3. In the United States, the first-ever 3-day ‘All American Diwali’ Celebrated a fireworks displayed over the Hudson River in New York City. It was organised to encourage Indian Americans to engage their neighbours, coworkers, and friends from all walks of life in meaningful conversations about the festival. The US Embassy in India is also lit up with lights and diyas on the occasion of Diwali.
4. China continues with ambiguous border restrictions policy, no respite from Zero COVID-19 policy yet: China has recently allowed visa applications for the family members of qualified foreign workers from the US and Australia working in Beijing and other Chinese cities. On a question to extend the provision to the families of Indians working in China, foreign ministry spokesperson said it will timely adjust the relevant policies in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
5. UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a new 5-pound commemorative coin celebrating the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi to mark Diwali on 04 Nov.
6. India has raised the issue of Srinagar-Sharjah flight not being given overflight clearance with Pakistan. The route was inaugurated by home minister Amit Shah last month providing direct connectivity between the Indian and Saudi city. Earlier the flight had taken Pakistani airspace, which was later withdrawn.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The Govt of Bangladesh announced a price hike of 15 Taka per litre for diesel and kerosene from 65 taka per litre to 80 taka per litre effective from midnight Thursday.
2. Iran to resume Nuclear Deal talks with US and 5 other Nations in Vienna this month. Iran had agreed to start the negotiations aiming at the removal of unlawful and inhumane sanctions on 29 th November in Vienna.
3. The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR has started airlifting aid into Kabul for the first time since the Taliban overran the country. The Agency’s spokesperson Shabia Mantoo said the agency is using land, sea and air routes to bring humanitarian relief into Afghanistan. She said, a plane carrying 33 tons of supplies for displaced Afghans reached Kabul and two additional flights are scheduled for this month. Further relief supplies have also been prepositioned in Uzbekistan, ready to be trucked into Afghanistan.
4. South African author Damon Galgut bags Booker Prize 2021 for his novel ‘The Promise’. 57-year-old Galgut, has won the award in his third appearance on the shortlist after making the cut in 2003 and 2010.
5. A Russian cargo plane with seven people on board crash landed in eastern Siberia and caught fire. The Antonov An-12 aircraft disappeared from radars during its final approach outside the city of Irkutsk. the aircraft was carrying seven people and travelling from the city of Yakutsk.
6. Antonov planes were manufactured during the Soviet era and are still used throughout the former Soviet Union for civilian and military transport. They have been involved in a number of accidents in recent years. In September, six people died when an An-26 transport aircraft crashed outside the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk. And in July an An-26 flying over the Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula crashed, killing all 28 people on board.
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