World and International News – 18 January 2023

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka from 18th to 20th of January.

2. The first Health Working Group meeting under India’s G20 presidency will begin today in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

3. The India-Bangladesh Friendship pipeline (IBFPL) will start supplying diesel to Bangladesh on an experimental basis for June this year.

4. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has approved the extradition of defence middleman Sanjay Bhandari to India.

5. 2nd Hindu temple vandalised in Australia’s Victoria in less than a week : Supporters of the Khalistani movement allegedly vandalised a historic Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs in Australia’s Victoria state on Monday, it was reportedly defaced with anti-India graffiti.

6. World’s longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas is in Patna en route to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh. Thirty-two tourists from Switzerland are reveling in the memorable moments of the journey.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the proposal of President Ranil Wickremasinghe to provide 10 kilograms of rice per month to 2 million low-income families.

2. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist.

3. Mexico tightens ban on smoking in public places.

4. The Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) began at Davos in Switzerland on Monday.

5. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on Monday said, the agency is expanding its presence in Ukraine to provide all possible nuclear safety and security.

6. A nine-member team of experts from France arrived in Pokhara on Tuesday to assist Nepali authorities in investigating the Yeti Airlines plane crash in which 71 have been confirmed dead so far.

7. Davos 2023 : As many as 50 heads of state from a mix of G20 and G7 countries as well as 200 cabinet ministers and 1,500 business leaders are attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.

8. Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska on Tuesday addressed the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos, Switzerland. She urged world leaders and business chiefs to support Ukraine amidst the country’s Russian invasion.

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