World and International News – 21 October 2022

uk pm liz truss resigns following disastrous economic plan

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Indus Waters Treaty: World Bank appoints Chairman of Court of Arbitration regarding Pakistan’s objections over India’s Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power plants

2. PM Modi has congratulated Ulf Kristersson on his election as the next Prime Minister of Sweden.

3. India, France re-elected as President and Co-President of International Solar Alliance (ISA) at fifth general assembly in New Delhi.

4. 14th Edition of World Spice Congress (WSC) to be held at Mumbai in Feb 2023.

5. PM Modi on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Gujarat’s Ekta Nagar, Kevadia

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned from the post just six weeks after her appointment. Ms Truss becomes the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, just for 45 days. George Canning previously held the record, serving 119 days in 1827 when he died.

Truss’s premiership came under renewed pressure after the Home Secretary resigned and a chaotic vote on fracking. There was fury yesterday around the vote and the methods used to get MPs to vote with the government.

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson may enter the race to replace Liz Truss as the Conservative Party’s leader.

2. Suella Braverman, Indian origin British interior minister, also resigned making her the second senior cabinet official to do so in the past week after finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng.

3. US President Joe Biden announced a series of steps aimed at easing the oil supply crunch and lower gas prices.

4. Central African country, Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency yesterday as the country struggles to deal with exceptional flooding that has affected millions of people.

Around 50 people were killed and dozens were injured on Thursday in the anti-government protests in Chad

5. 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit western Panama on Thursday morning. There was no initial report of damage.

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