✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. India got its first ever export order for BrahMos missiles on Friday when the Philippines’ Defence Ministry signed USD 374 million contract with the BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd (BAPL) to supply undisclosed number of missiles.
2. At the first ever India-Central Asia Summit held virtually on 27 Jan to take ties to “new heights”, PM Modi and the Presidents of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan decided to strengthen trade links and connectivity through the Iranian port of Chabahar that is being developed by India and provides sea-land access to land-locked Central Asia and the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
3. India and China agreed at the previous round of corps commander-level talks to stay in close contact and maintain dialogue via military and diplomatic channels to work out a mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues related to the line of actual control (LAC) in the western sector at the earliest, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.
4. Chinese Army hands over missing Arunachal boy to Indian Army: China’s People’s Liberation Army has handed over the missing teenager from Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Army. The youth, Miram Taron, was handed over to the Indian Army at the Wacha-Damai border meeting point in far-eastern Arunachal Pradesh.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Rwanda will reopen its main border with Uganda on Monday, authorities announced on 28 Jan. It abruptly closed the Gatuna-Katuna border in 2019, after accusing Uganda of abducting Rwandans and supporting rebels seeking to topple President Paul Kagame.
2. China has announced plans to build a space centre and satellites for Pakistan as part of its efforts to boost space cooperation with its ally. Pakistan was mentioned many times in a white paper titled “China’s Space Programme: A 2021 Perspective”, released by China’s State Council. In 2018, China had helped Pakistan to launch two satellites.
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron that the West had not addressed Russia’s main security demands amid tensions over Ukraine. Avoiding NATO expansion and not deploying offensive weapons near Russia’s borders were among the concerns mentioned in an official statement about the conversation. Russia has massed its troop near the border with Ukraine.
4. United Nations World Food Programme said that more than one-third of population of Ethiopia’s Tigray are suffering an “extreme lack of food” due to the federal government blockade. The UN also called on all parties in the ongoing 15-month war between the government and Tigrayan rebels to agree to humanitarian ceasefire and “formally agreed transport corridors” for aid.
5. Kazakhstan’s ruling party, Nur Otan on Friday elected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its Chairman.
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