World and International News – 16-September-2023

india canada fta on pause till political issues resolve

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

India-Canada FTA on pause till political issues resolve.
Nearly a week after the G20 Summit concluded, India-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations have been paused and will only resume once the issues at both ends settled down, sources told Moneycontrol.

“The India- Canada FTA negotiations have been paused due to certain political developments in Canada, which India has raised objection to and will only be resumed once those issues have been settled,” a source said.

1. PM Modi greeted Prime Minister of 🇮🇱Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Jewish community around the world on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah also called the Day of Judgment is a major Jewish observance. During this period, each Jew reviews his relationship with God and commemorates the creation of the world.

2. The Embassy of India in Kathmandu, B. P Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, and Nepal Buddhist Federation jointly organized a two-day Exhibition and Talk on Sambhota or Bhoti script at Nepal Art Council in Kathmandu.

3. Muhammad Sajjad Raja, the International Coordinator of Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) requested the DSS Jammu, Central President to raise the issue of rights of people of Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) with the Indian government.He stated that the people of PoK are protesting against the “high prices” of basic necessities and “undue taxes” imposed by the Pakistan government.

4. The commercial space startup based in Europe, called The Exploration Company, will be taking the services of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to execute its debut demonstration (demo) mission early next year.

The demo flight to Earth orbit and back, using a prototype called Bikini, is reportedly scheduled to take place in January 2024.

5. The US-based consultancy firm’s ‘Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker’ claimed that 76% of people approve of PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, while 18 per cent disapprove of it and 6% did not give any opinion.

6. United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has announced it will hold a hearing on religious freedom in India next week.

7. India has reached out to 🇦🇺Australia for procuring 20 more doses of monoclonal antibody for the treatment of Nipah virus infection amid cases being reported from Kerala, Indian Council of Medical Research director general Rajeev Bahl said.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. A crucial border crossing at Torkham between 🇵🇰Pakistan and 🇦🇫Afghanistan reopened to pedestrians and vehicles today. The border is located on the Durand Line. It was closed for over a week

2. 🇹🇭THAILAND , the head of the Move Forward party, Pita Limjaroenrat announced his resignation on Friday as its chief so the party can appoint a new member to serve as Parliament’s opposition leader. He finished first in the Country’s general election in May but was denied power by Parliament.

3. 🇩🇲DOMINICAN Republic’s government has announced that it is closing all borders with neighboring 🇭🇹Haiti.

4. 🇬🇧Britain, 🇫🇷France and 🇩🇪Germany said that they would retain ballistic missile and nuclear proliferation-related sanctions on 🇮🇷Iran that were set to expire in October. (2015 Iran nuclear deal) .

5. Three terrorists and a soldier of the Pakistan Army in an exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists in Quetta.

6. 🇺🇸US Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday raised the issue of kidnappings by criminals, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and imprisonment of women by authorities without due process in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh.

7. 🇩🇪Germany has blocked a complete Chinese takeover of a satellite startup on national security grounds.

8. Isatou Cessay, the founder and director of Women in the City of 🇬🇲Gambia, recently attended the International Government Communication Forum in Sharjah. Known affectionately as the “Queen of Plastic in Africa”

9. In a controversial note, Vivek Ramaswamy, Indian-American entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate, has recently noted that he would fire over 75% of the federal work force if he is elected the US President. He further asserted that he will make a move to disband some major agencies like Department of Education, the FBI, the Food and Nutrition Service, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

10. World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is an annual event observed on September 15th. It is dedicated to increasing awareness about lymphoma, a group of blood cancers that affect the lymphatic system, a crucial part of our immune system.

Lymphomas come in various forms, with Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma being the two main types.

11. A Russian spacecraft blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome on Friday carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronauts.

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