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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 denounced by China as intensifying a regional arms race.-ndtv.com

4.Hours before the US, UK and Australia signed a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific in an attempt to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform him about the pact that was going to be announced.-theindiaexpress.com

5.Kristalina Georgieva risks seeing her authority as head of the International Monetary Fund undermined just weeks before an annual meeting of global finance chiefs, after being accused of influencing a report in China’s favor when she worked at the World Bank.-hindustantimes.com

6.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Dushanbe during which he emphasised that progress in the disengagement process in eastern Ladakh was essential for restoration of peace and tranquillity.-ndtv.com

7.All eyes are set on the 45th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting to be held in Lucknow today. This is the first time in 20 months that the GST council will be doing any physical meeting. After December 18, 2019, all the GST Council meeting was done virtually.-livemint.com

8.Punjab's main opposition party – the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – will observe September 17 (Friday) as “black day" on the completion of one year of the enactment of the Centre's three farm laws. In a statement, the Aam Aadmi Party said that it will also hold candle marches across the state to pay tribute to the farmers who died during the ongoing agitation against the farm legislations.”-hindustantimes.com


9.Fortune Hotels checks into South Goa Fortune Hotels, a member of ITC’s hotel group has inked an operating agreement for a resort in Benaulim, South of Goa. Poised to open in October, this attractive resort is the third alliance of the chain in Goa. With this latest addition, Fortune Hotels now has 50 alliances across 43 cities of India.-hospitalityworld.com

10.Nestled against the Himalayan slopes of Solan, Niraamaya Retreats Suryavilas is witnessing an increase in domestic travel with a demand for wellness tourism, and that shows in the business they are receiving even from agents and OTAs, not to mention the direct business, which accounts for 50 percent of their bookings right now.-hospitalityworld.com

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