✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. PM Modi presided over a UN Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate via video conferencing on 09 Aug. The agenda of the discussion was: Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International Cooperation.
2. PM Modi said that, the sea is our shared heritage. Our sea routes are the lifeline of international trade, but Sea routes are being misused for piracy & terrorism.
Calling for a framework to increase maritime cooperation, PM laid down a five-point agenda during his address:-
(a) Removal of barriers to legitimate maritime trade, He termed this principle as ‘SAGAR’ Security and Growth for All in the Region.
(b) Resolution of maritime disputes peacefully in accordance with international law: Citing the example of the resolution of India’s maritime dispute with Bangladesh.
(c) Fight threats from natural disasters, non-state actors: our White Shipping Information Fusion Centre. We have provided support for hydrographic surveying and training of maritime security personnel to several countries.
(d) Conservation of marine resources: it is very important that we keep our maritime environment free of pollutants like plastic waste and oil spills.
(e) Promoting responsible maritime connectivity
3. He also said that we can develop a global roadmap for maritime security cooperation based on these five principles.
4. A High Court judge in London on 09 Aug (Monday) granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order in favour of extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering before the Indian courts on mental health & human rights grounds.
5. Nirav Modi is the subject of two sets of criminal proceedings, with the CBI case relating to a large-scale fraud upon PNB through loan agreements, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.
6. Indian defense forces are expected to receive the first delivery of the Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles (SAM) later this year. , the Biden Administration will soon need to decide whether to sanction India under the U.S. Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA),
7. The ‘no-patrol’ zones in eastern Ladakh mean
As Indian & Chinese troops disengage from Patrolling Point (PP) 17A near Gogra Post, the two sides have followed the template for disengagements from previous points since last year. However, the details of a temporary no-patrol zone differs from location to location.
8. The Indian Navy took part in a bilateral exercise with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy off the coast of Abu Dhabi on 07 Aug Saturday. The bilateral naval exercise– ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’– was designed to enhance interoperability and synergy between the two navies.
9. Health Ministry allows foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on CoWIN portal to take COVID-19 vaccine.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Nagasaki on 09 Aug marked the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the United States and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons.
2. An Afghan Air Force pilot was killed by a bomb in Kabul on Saturday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. The pilot, Hamidullah Azimi, died when a sticky bomb attached to his vehicle detonated.
3. According to reports Over 38 lakh people receive COVID vaccine in special drive in Bangladesh on the first day of the vaccination on Saturday, 7 August.
4. United Nation’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, has released its sixth assessment report. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
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