✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Senior military commanders of India and China will be meeting for another round of talks today on July 31 to make yet another attempt to diffuse tensions and ‘pull back’ from the military posturing along the 832-km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) In Eastern Ladakh.
2. China has made it mandatory for every Tibetan family to send one member to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in a bid to strengthen its military deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India.
3. The aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. has received two AL-55I turbojet engines delivered by Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC).
4. Taliban is China’s new friend, because it makes for good business sense : The US military is getting out of Afghanistan by August 31, 2021, and with barely a month to go, a Taliban delegation was already in China on July 28 holding friendly ‘talks’ in Tianjin.
5. India said it has consistently called upon Sri Lanka to fulfil its commitments to protect the interests of the Tamil community & supported efforts to preserve the islad nation’s character as a multi-ethnic & multi-religious society.
6. India extends international flight ban till August 31.
7. United Emirates extends suspension of flights from India until August 7.
8. The 12th edition of Indo-Russia joint military exercise INDRA 2021 will be held this year at Volgograd, Russia from 1 to 13 August. The exercise will entail conducting counter-terror operations under the United Nations(UN) mandate by a joint force against international terror groups.
9. India, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan are likely to hold a meeting under a quadrilateral framework later this year on the joint use of the Chabahar port, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The partnership between Pakistan and China is becoming increasingly important for regional peace and stability in the evolving security milieu, Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said.
2. Nearly 12,000 Rohingyas affected, 11 killed in flash floods & landslides in Bangladesh.
3. The govt of Bangladesh has extended the ongoing closure of all educational institutions till Aug 31 in view of the continuing COVID 19 pandemic in the country.
4. Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf met with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan in Washington during which the two leaders discussed the urgent need for reduction in violence and a “negotiated” political settlement in Afghanistan.
5. Solar Eclipse 2021. After 10 June 2021, the 2nd and last solar eclipse is falling on 4 December 2021.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
