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News Headlines-30/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.New Zealand will offer a one-off resident visa to as many as 165,000 migrants after delays in processing residency applications during the Covid-19 pandemic threatened an exodus of skilled foreign workers.We are providing a way forward for our migrant families who have been long disrupted by Covid-19, while ensuring businesses have the certainty they need to plan into the future,” Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi said in a statement Thursday in Wellington.-hindustantimes.com 2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi would virtually inaugurate the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in Rajasthan's Jaipur district on Thursday (September 30) at 11 am.-dnaindia.com 3.Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla addressed the 76th Unites Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the occasion of International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. He said, "India believes that the goal of nuclear disarmament can be achieved throug...

News Headlines-29/09/2021

News Headlines- 1.North Korea said on September 29 that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile it implied was being developed as nuclear capable as it continues to expand its military capabilities while pressuring Washington and Seoul over long-stalled negotiations over its nuclear weapons.-thehindu.com 2.The Australian government is ramping up pressure on State governments to end pandemic lockdowns by outlining plans to end financial aid.The government says in a September 29 statement that its payments to workers who lose hours due to lockdowns will end two weeks after a State or territory reaches its vaccination benchmark.-thehindu.com 3.Gas station pumps ran dry in British cities on Monday and vendors rationed sales as a shortage of truckers strained supply chains to breaking point.A post-Brexit shortage of lorry drivers as the Covid-19 pandemic eases has sown chaos through British supply chains in everything from food to fuel, raising the spectre of disruptions and price r...

News Headlines-28/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.The base camp of Siachen glacier, the world's highest and coldest battlefield, was opened on Monday for domestic tourists on the occasion of World Tourism Day, officials said.Member of Parliament, Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, inaugurated the opening of the Siachen base camp for domestic tourists, an official spokesman said.-indiatoday.in 2.The foreign minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Prince Faisal bin Farhan was on a three-day visit to New Delhi from Sept 19 to 21. His visit was widely hailed by the Indian press as a great succes.-siasat.com 3.India and Taiwan are in talks on an agreement that could bring chip manufacturing to South Asia along with tariff reductions on components for producing semiconductors by the end of the year, people familiar with the matter said, a move that may spark fresh tensions with China.-livemint.com 4.China’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest...

News Headlines-27/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.Everyone's favourite search engine, Google, is celebrating its 23rd birthday on Monday, and the company made sure to mark the day with a doodle on its homepage. As seen in the image above, the google doodle features a cake with “23” written on top of it, with a birthday candle substituting for “L” in "Google."-hindustantimes.com 2.Friday’s Quad summit of the leaders of India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. in Washington saw the four countries for the first time outline joint principles on technology, underlining their ambition to work more closely together in developing common standards in particularly critical technologies of the future.-thehindu.com 3.Indian envoy to UN, TS Tirumurti said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in-person address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was a message in itself, even as leaders of 70 countries addressed the body virtually. Speaking to WION diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal in New York, Envoy Tirumu...

News Headlines-23/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.Australia's minister for trade and investment Dan Tehan said he will be visiting India next week to intensify discussions for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)."While in India, I will seek to further advance our recent progress towards a free trade agreement, or what is called the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, CECA," Tehan told news agency ANI.-hindustantimes.com 2.The Quad partnership is on track to produce at least a billion vaccine doses in India by 2022, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, asserting that nothing is more urgent than working together to defeat COVID-19 so the world is much better prepared for future pandemics.-ndtv.com 3.Covishield is now an approved vaccine on the UK's revised guidelines for travel after a furious India warned of "reciprocal measures", but double-vaccinated Indians still have to quarantine because of "vaccination certification issues", according to UK officials.Officials have ...

News Headlines-22/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.US President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since taking office. During his address, he spoke about the long-term vision for the global community, defended the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, “additional commitments" on Covid-19, climate change, and relations of the United States with China among other issues.-news18.com 2.The meeting of SAARC Foreign Ministers, which was scheduled to be held on September 25 in New York, has been cancelled due to lack of consent from the member countries over the participation of Afghanistan, a war-torn country that is now being governed by the Taliban, multiple diplomatic sources at the SAARC have confirmed.-news18.com 3.Air Canada, the largest airline of Canada, has resumed its flight operations in India that were suspended four months ago owing to deadly second wave of Covid-19, reported the livemint. The Air Canada flights to India are currently being op...

News Headlines-21/09/21

News Headlines- 1.The National Florence Nightingale Award, the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve, has been conferred upon Brig SV Saraswati, deputy director-General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) for 2020.President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award in a virtual ceremony on Brig Saraswati for her contribution as a nurse administrator.-hindustantimes.com 2.NEW DELHI: The UK said on Monday it is working with India on the recognition of Covid-19 vaccine certification issued by Indian authorities, following criticism of new British travel rules that considered travellers who have received even the AstraZeneca jab, Covishield, to be unvaccinated.-hindustantimes.com 3.The maiden bilateral meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on September 24 will allow taking the relationship between the two countries from strength to strength while helping in reinforcing and giving momentum to the Quad grouping, a White House official has said.-ndtv.com 4.In...

News Headlines-17/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.In view of Expo 2020 Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has eased off procedures and coronavirus protocols for entering the country, Ambassador of UAE to India Dr Ahmed Albanna said on Thursday.Albanna also said that all visitors from India whether they have tourist visas or work visas will be allowed to enter the UAE with eased protocols of coronavirus.-livemint.com 2.The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is set to be held on Friday, September 17, in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the Indian delegation virtually at the annual summit. The Afghanistan situation will dominate the agenda of the summit, for which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Dushanbe.-news18.com 3.Australia and the United States announced expanded military cooperation on Thursday, including rotational deployments of all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia, a day after announcing a submarine deal d...

News Headlines-16/09/2021

 News  Headlines- 1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden on September 24, followed by a meeting of the Quad leaders at the White House, with focus on Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis, according to people aware of the matter.-hindustantimes.com 2.Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that his government could bring back mandatory wearing of face masks, advise people to work from home (WFH) and, make use vaccine passports compulsory if a spike in cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) during this winter threatens to overwhelm the National Health Service (NHS), news agency Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.-hindustantimes.com 3.New Zealand will not lift a decades-long ban on nuclear-powered vessels entering its waters in the wake of key ally Australia's decision to develop a nuclear submarine fleet, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday.-hindustantimes.com 4.President Jo...

News Headlines-15/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.International community has started extending humanitarian assistance to Taliban ruled Afghanistan and in a meet organised by the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, various countries including the US pledged nearly $1 billion in aid, according to reports in Afghanistan media. The US alone announced an additional $64 million in aid to Afghanistan today.-Times of India 2.Indian ambassador to Qatar Dr Deepak Mittal on Tuesday met Qatar's foreign minister Lolwah Alkhater and thanked her for the support to people being evacuated from Afghanistan. Dr Mittal also met the evacuees from Afghanistan and interacted with them in Qatar.-hindustantimes.com 3.The battle against COVID-19 has commenced once again in China after the Fujian province in the country has seen a sudden surge of cases of the delta variant in the past few days. In order to contain this as soon as possible, the government has imposed a lockdown in the southeastern province.-dnaindia.com 4.Indian Prime Mi...

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News Headlines-14/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.US President Joe Biden will travel to New York City on September 21 to address the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said Monday.The largest diplomatic meeting in the world, which was held entirely virtually last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held this year with a hybrid in-person-virtual format.-hindustantimes.com 2.President Joe Biden’s envoy for North Korea said the door remains open for talks, after Pyongyang claimed it tested new long-range cruise missiles that bolster its nuclear strike capabilities against Japan and South Korea.We hope the DPRK will respond positively to our multiple offers to meet without preconditions,” Sung Kim, the State Department’s special representative for North Korea, said in Tokyo on Tuesday.-hindustantimes.com 3.Saudi Arabia foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is expected to visit India this weekend to discuss the unfolding situation in Afghanistan even as Qatar has taken lead in dipl...

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News Headlines-13/10/21

 News headlines- 1.The United States military said Sunday missile tests conducted by North Korea over the weekend posed 'threats' to the country's neighbors and beyond.This activity highlights DPRK's continuing focus on developing its military program and the threats that poses to its neighbors and the international community," the US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement, using the North's official name.-hindustantimes.com 2.With India and Australia holding their first 2+2 ministerial dialogue, there’s no denying that the Quad continues to take shape as a security-plus platform. Earlier this year the group comprising India, US, Japan and Australia held its first leaders’ summit.-Times of India 3.Taliban government's acting prime minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund met with Qatari foreign minister on Sunday, in the highest-level foreign visit to Afghanistan since the hardline Islamist group captured the capital last month.-hindustantimes.com 4.The Tam...

News Headlines-11/09/21

 News Updates- 1.The US National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday confirmed that the chartered Qatar Airways flight from Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) has successfully landed in Qatar.The flight has carried US citizens and lawful permanent residents from Afghanistan, which has been seized by the Taliban to Qatar.-dnaindia.com 2.America’s China policy has resulted in “serious difficulties” in bilateral ties and goes against the core interests of the two countries and the common interests of the world, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US counterpart Joe Biden in a rare telephone call on Friday.-hindustantimes.com 3.Residents from India, Pakistan and 13 other countries, who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with a jab approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), will be able to return to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Monday.-livemint.com 4.President Ram Nath Kovind will lay foundation stones for Uttar Pradesh National Law University and new building comple...

News Headlines-10/09/21

 News Headlines- Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to everyone.. 1.WASHINGTON: A 12-year-old environmental activist from Mumbai has been named as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero in recognition of his efforts to solve tough environmental problems.Ayaan Shankta won the third place in the 8-14 age category for his project Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake, according to a media release issued on Wednesday.-Economic Times. 2.WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline new approaches to control the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, which rages on despite the wide availability of vaccines.In a speech, Biden will focus on six areas, including new plans to get more people vaccinated, enhancing protection for those who already have had shots and keeping schools open, according to a White House official.-The Times of India 3.India on Wednesday told a conference of over 15 Foreign Ministers convened by the US and Germany that the use of Afghan soil to promote terrorism ...

News Headlines-09/09/21

 News Headlines- 1.The Biden administration in the United States has asked 18 members of the military service advisory boards, including 11 officials appointed by former president Donald Trump, to either resign or be fired. These 18 officers from the Air Force Academy, the Military Academy, and the Naval Academy were considered to be allies of Trump, all of who had been named to the US military academy boards in the final months.-hindustantimes.com 2.The supply chain troubles caused by Brexit and the pandemic have been so bad for Satyan Patel that the shelves at his convenience store in central London are seriously lacking water and soft drinks. "Last week I ran out of Coca-Cola. I haven't had large bottles of Evian for three weeks," said Patel.-Times of India 3.Hundred of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Organization officia...

News Headlines-08/9/21

 News Headlines- 1.There is convergence in long term strategic concerns of India and Russia over Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as it will not only destabilise Central Asia but also become a source of terror, opiate drugs, and a major proliferator of conventional weapons.While India has exchanged notes on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan with visiting security chiefs from the US and UK.-hindustantimes.com 2.Joe Biden, president of the United States of America, said on Tuesday (local time) that China has a “real problem” with the Taliban, and thus he has reason to believe that Beijing will work out “some arrangement” with the new rulers in Afghanistan. When asked about the Taliban getting funding from China, Biden responded by saying that China, not unlike Pakistan.-hindustantimes.com 3.The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Cabinet, a day after it took total control over Afghanistan, claiming they have won the key battle for Panjshir Valley, the final resistance holdout. Their return to ...

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