✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Hawaii wildfire death toll surge to 53, over 1,000 structures burnt. Biden declares Hawaii wildfires a ‘major disaster’, approves federal aid
Officials expect it will become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island. A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing tales of narrow escapes with only the clothes on their backs.
1. India has extended support amounting to USD 2,46,852.71 for project aimed at bolstering early flood warning services to communities in Suriname.
2. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met UK Minister of State Tom Tugendhat in Delhi. Dr Jaishankar said in a tweet that they discussed how India and the United Kingdom could make their partnership more contemporary and productive.
3. G20: Recently China opposes Sanskrit phrase ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ in documents, . ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, which is translated as ‘the world is one family’, has regularly been used by PM Modi in his speeches at various forums including the United Nations.
4. In Nepal: MP Sunil Kumar Sharma arrested on a charge of acquiring a fake academic certificate from India. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested lawmaker Sunil Kumar Sharma from his house in Kathmandu.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. US President Joe Biden signed an executive order banning American investments in key technology industries that could be used to enhance Beijing’s military capabilities.
2. Poland’s Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said that the country is planning to move nearly ten thousand troops to the border with Belarus.
3. Pakistan President Arif Alvi approves premature dissolution of National Assembly at outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice.
4. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja Riaz held a consultative meeting to reach a consensus on selecting a name for the caretaker PM.
5. At least 36 people have died in wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The deaths in the city of Lahaina came as strong winds from a distant hurricane fanned the flames.
6. A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
7. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has replaced its Chief of General Staff, Pak Su Il. Pak was replaced by General Ri Yong Gil, who previously served as Defence Minister.
8. At least 17 people dead after Rohingya boat capsizes on its way from Myanmar to Malaysia.
9. Ecuador was under a state of emergency Thursday after the assassination of a popular presidential candidate just days before an election dominated by concerns over the once-peaceful country’s descent into brutal violence linked to drug trafficking.
10. : Two people were killed on Thursday after Ukraine shelled a small village in the Russian border region of Bryansk.
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