✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh on 23 Jul(Friday).
2. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on 23 Jul (Friday) held talks with top Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah on the overall situation in Afghanistan amid a rise in violence there in the wake of quick withdrawal of the US troops.
3. Pakistan on 23 Jul (Friday) voiced “serious concern” over media reports about India allegedly eavesdropping on foreigners, including Pak PM Imran Khan, using Israeli spyware Pegasus & urged the UN to thoroughly investigate the matter.
4. Afghan Army chief Gen Wali Mohd. Ahmadzai’s visit to India next week, the govt said that its ties with Afghanistan would be guided by the strategic partnership agreement (SPA) of 2011.
5. Talks between India & China at the ‘commander level’ to complete the disengagement in Ladakh are likely after the Kargil Diwas functions (July 26).
6. A month after the United Kingdom appointed a liaison officer at the Indian Navy facility to monitors threats in the Indian Ocean, its Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth participated in complex maritime interactions with the Indian Navy.
7. Indian Naval Ship Tabar reached St Petersburg on 22 Jul as part of a five-day goodwill visit to Russia. INS Tabar will participate in the 325th Navy Day celebrations of the Russian Navy.
8. Bharat Biotech cancels Covaxin deals with Brazil firms.
9. United States Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will visit India on 27 & 28 Jul to discuss a range of issues including the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the situation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The U.S. carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents.
2. US House of Representatives votes to evacuate more Afghan allies as US war ends. The bill allows 8,000 more visas for translators and others who worked with US troops and civilians in Afghanistan. Currently, 26,500 of the special Afghan visas are allocated.
3. The European Union has announced that more than half of all European adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
