✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh will be visiting Russia next week for the Russian Navy Day celebrations. He is the 3rd high-level Indian official to visit Russia after External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla earlier this year.
2. Nepal’s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that he looks forward to working closely with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to strengthen the relations between the two neighbouring countries.
4. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, later this month but no bilaterals with his Chinese or Pakistani counterparts have been planned so far.
4. Afghan Army Chief General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai is scheduled to visit India next week to seek India’s assistance.
5. Canada extends ban on flights from India to August 21 amid Delta variant fears.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Russia successfully test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile systems at a southern training range on 20 Jul and hit a high-speed ballistic target. Russia S500 is expected to have a maximum firing range of 600 kms.
2. Russia is expected to unveil a new Sukhoi fifth-generation stealth fighter jet at an air show near Moscow attended by President Vladimir Putin later on Tuesday.
3. Pakistan PM Imran Khan failed to fullfill his Promise to identify the kidnappers of the Afghan envoy’s daughter within 48 hours, the Pakistan Police has failed to find any evidence in Silsila Alikhail’s assault & abduction case.
4. Britain to deploy two warships in Asian waters permanently, after its Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier & escort ships sail to Japan in September through seas where China is vying for influence with the United States and Japan.
5. More than half of Australia’s 25 million people were under lockdown after a third state adopted movement curbs to rein in the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus.
6. China has unveiled a high-speed maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 kms per hour. As per Chinese official media reports, it is stated to be the world’s fastest ground vehicle.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
