✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. PM Modi to deliver inaugural address at The three-day Energy and Resources Institute’s World Sustainable Development Summit today(16 Feb) via video message.
The summit is TERI’s annual flagship event and the theme for this year is ‘Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future. It will discuss a wide range of issues including climate change, sustainable production, energy transitions, global commons and resource security.
Summit starting today will be attended by President of Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations, Amina J Mohammed, heads of various intergovernmental organisations and Ministers and Envoys from more than a dozen countries and delegates from over 120 countries.
2. Union Cabinet approved the setting up of a G20 Secretariat and its reporting structures. The Secretariat will be responsible for the implementation of overall policy decisions and arrangements needed for steering India’s forthcoming G20 Presidency. India will hold the Presidency of the G20 from 1st December this year to 30th November 2023, culminating with the G20 Summit in India in 2023.
3. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar concluded his three-day visit to the Philippines on 15 Feb. During the visit, Dr Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. The two Ministers reviewed developments in bilateral relations since the meeting of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation that they co-chaired in a virtual format in November 2020.
4. The 4th India-Australia Energy Dialogue was held today. The dialogue was co-chaired by Power Minister RK Singh and Australian Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor. During the dialogue, the discussion was held on various topics including energy transition, renewable energy, energy efficiency, storage, electronic vehicles, and critical minerals.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Italian govt said all unvaccinated citizens aged 50 and above will be banned from workplaces starting Tuesday. This comes after cabinet approved mandatory vaccination rule for citizens over 50.
2. Norway’s Defence Minister Odd Roger Enoksen on Tuesday said that the Norwegian military will deploy up to 60 troops in Lithuania, amid a crisis in Ukraine. The deployment will be part of NATO forces.
3. The Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie on Tuesday said work is underway to expand the two-way section of the Suez Canal from 72 km to 82 km. The expansion began last year after one of the world’s largest container ships, the Ever Given, got stuck for almost a week in March, causing global disruption to shipping traffic and trade.
4. Greece’s government on Tuesday is seeking parliamentary approval for a $3.4 billion arms deal with France for three new frigates and six new Rafale fighter jets, on top of an existing order for 18 jets. Greece agreed a deal last September to purchase three French-made frigates. Greece’s government currently has 157 seats in the 300-seat parliament.
5. Russia has deployed MiG-31K fighter jets with hypersonic missiles to its airbase in Syria for naval exercises. The naval drill in the eastern Mediterranean comes amid a crisis on Ukraine’s border.
Thousands of nurses on 15 Feb went on a 24-hour strike in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales, demanding better wages and improving nurse-to-patient ratios amid staff shortages.
6. Lady health workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province blocked the Multan-Muzaffargarh Highway demanding their pending salaries and protested against the government’s plan to dismiss 6,000 employees from jobs who had been rendering services for the last 15 years.
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