World and International News – 25 October 2022

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that India will always stand with the Global South and seek to strengthen the United Nation’s effectiveness. On the occasion of United Nations Day.

2. The Queen Consort of the United Kingdom Camilla is undergoing rejuvenation therapy at a wellness retreat in Bengaluru. She arrived at Soukya, a holistic health centre near Whitefield, Camilla has been visiting Soukya since 2010. This is her 8th visit to the wellness centre.

3. John Shaw, the husband of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – founder of biopharmaceutical giant Biocon – has passed away.

4. PM Narendra Modi congratulated Rishi Sunak, who will become the first UK Prime Minister of Indian descent. PM Modi tweeted, “As you become UK PM…I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030.”

5. The One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) was unveiled by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and World Organisation for Animal Health.

6. ISRO used the LVM-3 launch vehicle to successfully put 36 satellites of the UK-based OneWeb satellite communications company in orbit. The launch of the LVM-3 also marked the country’s entry into the global commercial launch service marketWith the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 23 successfully launched its heaviest rocket.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. ‘Unite or die’ – Rishi Sunak’s message to Tory MPs before he meets King Charles III. Sunak is the first UK PM of South Asian heritage. He is also set to be the youngest premier of the country in nearly two centuries.

1. Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s next Prime Minister after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the Tory leadership race. Mordaunt said Sunak has her full support.

2. Priti Patel, a loyalist of former British prime minister Boris Johnson, on Monday came out in support of Rishi Sunak to take over at 10 Downing Street as the Conservative Party leader after her former boss withdrew from the leadership contest.

3. UNICEF has warned that health facilities are reporting alarming levels of severe acute malnutrition among
children in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan.

4. Russia fired missiles and drones into Ukraine-held Mykolaiv and destroyed an apartment block and warned of uncontrolled escalation.

5. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added Myanmar to the list of high-risk countries, known as ‘Black List’ with ‘strategic deficiencies in regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing’. Myanmar is the third country to be added in this list along with North Korea and Iran.

6. 91st Interpol General Assembly to be held in Vienna, Austria in 2023.

7. Pakistan and China agree to launch 3 new corridors besides CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) in agriculture, health and IT sectors.

8. Pakistan has persuaded Saudi Arabia to revive the former’s $12 billion refinery and petrochemical complex, an investment that was shelved during Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s regime.

9. The killing of 50-year-old senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Nairobi was a case of “mistaken identity”, Kenyan police said. Sharif was shot and killed by police after the car he was in sped up instead of halting at a roadblock near Nairobi.

10. Court allows former Pak PM Imran Khan to contest polls: Pakistani court observed on Monday that Imran Khan was not barred from contesting elections in the future as it heard the disqualification case of the former prime minister by the country’s top election body.

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