✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Amidst the growing violence in Afghanistan as the Taliban continues to make gains, India is participated in a meeting in Qatar on 12 August 2021. The invitation to join the talks was extended by Qatar’s special envoy for counter-terrorism & conflict resolution Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani, who was in New Delhi last week.
2. The 12th Edition of the Indo-Russia joint military exercise called ‘Exercise INDRA 2021’ held at Volgograd, Russia from 01 to 13 August 2021. The aim of INDRA 2021 exercise is to facilitate joint training between Indian and Russian Armies to jointly plan and conduct counter-terror operations under the UN mandate.
3. Sri Lanka is planning to deepen its ties with India in various sectors including defence, connectivity, trade and people to people. On 12 Aug, the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi released a 27 page “Integrated Country Strategy ” that highlighted the complementarities between India & Sri Lanka.
4. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is likely to audit India’s aviation safety mechanism around October of this year.
5. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar addresses 6th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Member States. The Minister in the meeting organized virtually in Dushanbe, Tajikstan stated that the agriculture sector in India performed well even during the severe Covid-19 pandemic. Along with food production, exports have also registered significant growth, contributing to global food security.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The COVID 19 registration software of the Bangladesh government Surokha came under cyber attack recently. The attack was noticed when people were unable to register on the app for some time after the government announced a mass vaccination programme from 7 August. It was shut down for a while for recovery and maintenance.
2. The govt of Bangladesh has announced that all public transport including railways, roadways and waterways will become fully operational from August 19. The Government of Bangladesh lifted most of the COVID 19 restrictions from Wednesday, August 11.
3. The Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government on Thursday has offered a “share of power” to the Taliban in a bid to stop the escalating violence in the war-torn country where the insurgent group has captured 10 provincial capitals so far.
4. Kabul’s chief for reconciliation, Abdullah, has requested for an emergency UN Security Council session at regional conference on Afghanistan in Doha.
5. Death toll from floods in northern Turkey reaches 27. More than 1,700 people have been evacuated, and as many as 330 villages are now without electricity after the floods damaged power lines.
6. Afghanistan is ”heading towards civil war” and terror group Al Qaeda “will probably come back” as the security situation in the region continues to deteriorate, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
