World and International News – 06 December 2021

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Delhi today (06 Dec) on an official visit to India for the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

2. Both  leaders will review the state and prospects of bilateral relations and discuss ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. The Summit will be an opportunity to exchange views on regional, multilateral and international issues of mutual interest. Both leaders will also hold one-on-one talks.

3. The Annual Summit meeting between India and Russia is the highest institutionalized dialogue mechanism in the strategic partnership between India and Russia. Our correspondent reports that so far, 20 Annual Summit meetings have taken place alternatively in India and Russia.

1. The eruption of a volcano from Mount Semeru in Indonesia killed at least 14 people and injured dozens.

2. A protest against government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions turned violent after protesters began pelting cobblestones and fireworks at the police in Belgium’s Brussels on Sunday. The police responded by using teargas and water cannons against the protesters. Demonstrators were protesting rules imposed in October that oblige people to show COVID-19 passes to access bars and restaurants.

2. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98.

3. The reluctance of the United States to lift all sanctions on Iran is the main challenge to reviving a 2015 nuclear pact, a senior Iranian official said on Sunday, as Western powers questioned Tehran’s determination to salvage the agreement.

4. US makes it mandatory for all incoming passengers to carry negative Covid-19 test report

5. Pakistani PM Imran Khan on Sunday tweeted that Malik Adnan who tried to save a Sri Lankan national from being lynched by a mob in Sialkot will be awarded Pakistan’s second-highest civil award for bravery, Tamgha i Shujaat.