✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Nobel Peace Prize 2023 awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for her ‘fight to promote human rights’
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi the 2023 Nobel Prize for Peace, “For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all” according to its citation.
In their announcement, the Committee also referred to last year’s protests in Iran against the killing of a young woman named Mahsa Amini while she was in the custody of Iran’s morality police. It said the protests’ motto, ‘Zan – Zendegi – Azadi (Woman – Life – Freedom)’, “suitably expresses the dedication and work of Narges Mohammadi.”
1. The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit India from October 8 to 10.
2. US-BASED LAM RESEARCH PLANS TO SET UP SEMICONDUCTOR LAB IN KARNATAKA: .Minister for Large and Medium Industries, Karnataka Government, MB Patil held a discussion with the company’s management representatives in this regard.
3. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday welcomed his Maltese counterpart, Ian Borg, to the national capital and the two held discussions on India’s increasing trade and commerce and investments in the Mediterranean region.
4. The US Embassy in India has dismissed the claims of a US media outlet that India-US ties may get worse amid the ongoing India-Canada diplomatic standoff saying that Ambassador Eric Garcetti is working hard to advance partnership of US with India.
5. The visit by Dominican Republic Vice President, Raquel Pena Rodriguez to India further bolstered the bilateral relationship between the two nations, which recently celebrated 25 years of diplomatic ties. Rodriguez was on a visit to India from October 3-5 at the invitation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
6. The Ministry of External Affairs said that India’s position regarding the entire Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir being an integral part of the country is well known and New Delhi has raised its concerns with US side regarding US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome’s recent visit to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
US ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome recently undertook a secret six-day trip to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as well as the port city of Gwadar.
7. LuLu group chairman and MD Yusuff Ali MA said that India under the “dynamic leadership” of PM Modi is considered as an emerging power and one of the strongest economies in the world. At the meeting with top business leaders from India and UAE hosted by Abu Dhabi Chamber.
8. Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta Gupta has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science for her work in the field of climate change at a ceremony in the Netherlands.
9. The Consulate General of India in Dubai has helped an Indian national, Mr. Baljit Singh, return home after clearing his civil case and providing him financial assistance for his food and accommodation.
10. The diplomatic tensions between India and 🇨🇦Canada have led to potential economic consequences for Canada, particularly in the education sector, as per research by the Imagindia Institute. A key aspect of this impact is a potential decrease in the number of Indian students choosing Canada for higher education. Even a 5% decline in Indian student enrollments in 2024 could result in a significant economic loss for Canada.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Taiwan is currently conducting an investigation to determine whether four of its companies violated US sanctions or Taiwanese investment regulations by providing services to Chinese firms reportedly assisting Huawei in building semiconductor plants.
2. China has launched a Long March rocket carrying a spy satellite that was reportedly spotted over Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday morning.
3. A drone attack on a military college in Syria’s Homs province during a graduation ceremony has killed as many as 89 people and wounded 300 others. Five children and 31 women were among the dead. Till now no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
4. Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic’s condemnation.
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a special military operation to try to stop it. During his yearly speech to Valdai Discussion Club, in Sochi .
6. Taliban regime in Afghanistan has criticised the Pakistan government’s policy to expel all Afghan immigrants without legal documents by 31st October. Calling it unfair and unjust, Taliban’s acting defence minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid asked Pakistan’s citizens, its religious clerics and political elders to stop the officials from committing such cruelty to Afghans.
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