World and International News – 16 December 2022

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said, the world cannot let another ‘9/11 of New York’ or ’26/11 of Mumbai’ happen again. Dr Jaishankar was speaking during UN Security Council briefing on ‘Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.

2. Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi has lost a bid to take his fight to the UK’s Supreme Court against extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering.

3. 8th India International Science Festival 2022 to be held in Bhopal in Jan 2023.

4. India strongly hit back at Pakistan on Wednesday after it raised the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council.

5. The UK and France have reiterated their support for India to secure a permanent member’s seat at the UN Security Council.

6. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the famous Amber fort and Jaigarh fort in Rajasthan’s Jaipur on Thursday.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Lanka, an all-party meeting has been held at Colombo to discuss the 13th Amendment to the country’s constitution to resolve the long-standing demand for political autonomy for the minority Tamils in Sri Lanka.

2. Peru government announces nationwide emergency amid fiery protests that have left at least eight dead.

The protests were sparked by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo on 7th December in an impeachment vote. Castillo, a leftist elected in 2021 was arrested after illegally trying to dissolve the Andean nation’s Congress.

3. The Election Commission of Nepal submitted final results of House of Representatives’ elections to the President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu.

Election held on November 20, a total of 825 people’s representatives were elected, out of this, 275 people were elected under the House of Representative and 550 were elected under the Provincial Assembly.

4. The UN Economic and Social Council have voted to immediately oust Iran from the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls.

5. G7 approves 15.5 billion US dollar deal with Vietnam to help cutting climate-damaging pollution.

6. China has recently raised a dispute with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the US chip sanctions.

The United States issued new export controls preventing the sales and services by the US businesses to Chinese chip manufacturers. The purpose of these restrictions is to prevent China from buying and manufacturing high-end chips with military applications.

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