✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Under Operation Kaveri, the first flight carrying 360 Indian nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived at New Delhi on 26 April evening.
2. The city of Ayodhya has been chosen for a two-year pilot project aimed at producing biodiesel from waste. Belgium-based company Vito is expected to launch the project in Ayodhya soon.
3. IIT Madras is set to establish the first Indian Institute of Technology in Africa in Tanzania, with classes scheduled to begin in October. The new campus marks IIT Madras’ first international campus.
4. PM Modi thanks Australian PM Anthony Albanese for hosting next Quad Summit in Sydney, Australia.
5. The Youth-20 (Y-20) pre-summit under the G20 presidency, hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, officially kicked off in Leh. More than 100 delegates from 30 different countries are attending the summit.
6. The ‘Study in India Pavilion’ at the Global Education & Training Exhibition (GETEX) in Dubai has been inaugurated by the Consul General of India in Dubai, Dr. Aman Puri.
7. Institute institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay’s SHUNYA (Sustainable Housing for Urbanizing Nation by its Young Aspirants) team secured second place in Solar Decathlon Build Challenge in the United States for their innovative zero-energy house designed to address air quality challenges in Mumbai’s hot and humid climate.
8. Sri Lanka will negotiate debt restructuring with India, China and the Paris Club separately, as part of an IMF-backed plan to reduce and manage the nation’s debt, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu has become the 22nd president of Bangladesh, taking over from Abdul Hamid, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
2. To combat the falling value of the Zimbabwean currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced plans to introduce a gold-backed digital currency. The digital gold tokens will be a form of electronic money, backed by gold held at the RBZ.
3. Japan’s health ministry approves first abortion pill in its history: A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available.
4. World Intellectual Property Day is marked on April 26th with the objective of raising awareness about the impact that patents, copyrights, trademarks, and designs have on our daily lives.
5. Central Florida Tourism Oversight District will consider banning future COVID-19 mask or vaccine mandates at Walt Disney World.
6. Elon Musk-led SpaceX and Rogers Communications are planning to link mobile phones to satellite-based services in remote areas in Canada.
7. US Senator Mark Warner urged CEOs of many artificial intelligence (AI) firms to prioritise security measures and responsibly roll out new technologies.
8. China’s Xi speaks with Zelensky for first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Beijing ramps up efforts to position itself as a potential peacemaker in the grinding conflict. Zelensky, who has long expressed interest in speaking with Xi, said he had “a long and meaningful phone call” with the Chinese leader that lasted for an hour.
“There can be no peace at the expense of territorial compromises,” said Zelensky.
In a subsequent briefing Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry said it would send an envoy to Ukraine and other countries to help conduct “in-depth communication” with all parties to achieve a political settlement.
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