✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
UK air traffic control glitch fixed, disruption from cancelled flights to persist
The network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems was “identified and remedied” by Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) but the disruption caused by the cancellation of hundreds of flights is expected to continue into the week.
1. The second G20-Chief Scientific Advisers’ Roundtable meeting concluded today with the release of the outcome document and the Chair’s summary.
2. PM Modi had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed bilateral, regional, and global issues.
3. Indian and U.K. officials will continue their negotiations till the august-end to iron out differences on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA).
4. National Sports Day to promote fitness and to encourage indigenous sports under the Fit India Mission, the Embassy of India in Nepal organized a full-day sports event titled “Aau Khel Khelau” in association with the National Police Training Academy, Kathmandu.
5. The Embassy of India in 🇧🇭Bahrain hosted an open house session on August 25, under the guidance of Ambassador designate Vinod Kurian Jacob.
6. China on Monday officially released the 2023 edition of its standard map incorporating the disputed areas including its claims over Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.
India has repeatedly said that the state of Arunachal Pradesh has ‘always been’ and will ‘always be’ an integral part of the country.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said that they have fixed the issue that has caused a network-wide failure but a significant flight backlog remains. It said, the issue with UK Air traffic control system was ‘identified and remedied’.
2. 🇯🇵Japanese armed forces and the US marines to hold joint Resolute Dragon drills on Taiwan-facing islands in the East 🇨🇳China Sea.
3. 🇫🇷France will ban children from wearing the Abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some of the Muslim women – in state-run schools.
4. Tropical Storm Idalia to strengthen over northeastern Gulf of 🇲🇽Mexico by 30th August. Idalia is forecast to become a hurricane later.
5. 🇵🇰Pakistani court dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. His lawyer Naeem Panjutha disclosed this on messaging platform ‘X’ (Twitter) .
6. 🇿🇼Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term in results announced much earlier than expected.
7. 🇺🇦Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, responding to calls by a 🇺🇸US senator this week to announce elections in 2024.
8. 🇦🇫Afghanistan’s, the Taliban government has banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan province. Acting Minister of Virtue and Vice, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women had not been wearing hijab inside the park. He called on religious clerics and security agencies to forbid women from entering until a solution was found.
9. Russian officials have confirmed the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday’s plane crash.
10. Protests over high electricity bills, which started first in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir on August 3, have spread across Pakistan. People reeling under high prices of essential items have taken to the streets and there are calls for a civil disobedience movement.
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