✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites on its website. The permanent delegation of India to UNESCO announced.
2. India got approval of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for export of Indian mangoes to USA.
3. Minister for Trade of South Korea, Yeo Han-Koo meets Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi. Both Ministers hold wide ranging discussions covering the whole gamut of Bilateral Trade and Investment related aspects.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Hong Kong will start offering COVID-19 vaccine to children aged five and above, leader Carrie Lam said. Children over five will be administered Sinovac, while BioNTech vaccine will be available for those aged 12 and older.
2. Yemen govt said that the country’s forces reclaimed the southern province of Shabwa from Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday after a ten-day battle.
3. An airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has killed at least 17 people, mostly women and injured dozen others on Monday,The airstrike occurred amid US President Joe Biden expressing concerns over such airstrikes during a call with Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopia is embroiled in the war between the government and Tigrayan forces.
4. Abid Bashir, the head of the Taliban intelligence agency of Afghanistan’s Bati Kot was killed by Islamic State (IS), reported Russian news agency Sputnik.
5. Israel govt donated $500,000 to the UN for food, medical aid and other assistance for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan.
6. Ready to take decisions on ending war against rebels: Ukraine is ready to take decisions to end war against alleged Russian-backed separatists in country’s Donbas at a new summit of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. Ukraine, which seeks this summit, is reportedly willing to agree on a ceasefire and prisoner swaps in region. Zelenskyy’s comments come amid speculations that Russia may invade Ukraine.
7. The mysterious “hut” spotted by China’s lunar Yutu-2 rover on the Moon’s far side is actually a small rabbit-shaped rock. The rock has been nicknamed “jade rabbit” by the Yutu-2 team, which announced its rover’s closer inspection of the object on January 7. The rock looks like a rabbit crouching down with a couple of carrots in front of it.
8. NEW APPOINTMENT : Alikhan Smailov was appointed as the new PM of Kazakhstan on Tuesday in a move by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev after last week’s violent protests in the country. Smailov had served as First Deputy Prime Minister in the previous Cabinet which Tokayev dismissed amid the protests. Security forces have detained nearly 10,000 people over the unrest.
××××××××××××××××××××××××××
To join daily news send request
*Telegram Link*
For latest news, first Hand written articles & trending news join Saachibaat telegram group.
https://t.me/joinchat/llGA9DGZF9xmMDc1
 |
Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
