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1.Singapore Covid Cases: The number of weekly infections so far this year peaked in the final week of March at over 28,000 cases.Singapore is experiencing a surge in Covid-19 infections as the city-state transitions to living with an endemic virus. The number of weekly infections so far this year peaked in the final week of March at over 28,000 cases, data from the Ministry of Health showed. That’s almost double the previous week’s figure of 14,467.-hindustantimes.com 2.Japan, France and India will announce a new platform for creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday, adding it would be "very nice" if China were to join the effort. As chair of this year's Group of Seven (G7) meeting, Japan has put efforts to address debt vulnerabilities of middle-income countries such as Sri Lanka as among priorities for debate.-livemint.com 3.India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to be on the a...

  1.Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister Emine Dzhaparova said on Tuesday that those backing Russia in the Ukraine war are “on the wrong side of history” and Kyiv plans to launch a counter-offensive in spring to create the grounds for fresh negotiations to end the hostilities. Dzhaparova, the first senior Ukrainian leader to travel to New Delhi since the start of the Russian invasion last year, said Ukraine’s military cooperation with Pakistan was not targeted against India.-hindustantimes.com 2.The World Bank has assured crisis-struck Sri Lanka of continued support to stabilise the island nation's economy and enhance its economic recovery, State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe has said.State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe, who is in Washington to attend the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, said that the global lender extended its support to Sri Lanka, the Colombopage news portal reported on April 11, 2023.-thehindu.com 3.O...

The  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation  ( BMC ) has made it mandatory to wear masks in all BMC hospitals in view of the current Covid situation in the Mumbai and Maharashtra. The decision was taken after a meeting on the issue of Covid rise. BMC has also advised its employees to wear masks in public places. https://www.timesnownews.com/mumbai/mumbai-covid-19-spike-bmc-makes-it-mandatory-to-wear-masks-in-all-municipal-hospitals-article-99381294  

1.The nation is remembering renowned social reformer, thinker, writer and anti- caste activist Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his 196th birth anniversary. Jyotiba Phule, who played a significant role in eradicating untouchability and promoting girl education, was born on April 11, 1827.-hindustantimes.com 2.Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova will begin a four-day visit to India on April 9, the first official visit from the East European country since the Russian invasion began last year.Ms. Dzhaparova will hold talks with Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).-thehindu.com 3.External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on April 10 launched the 'Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' of Varanasi, during his visit to Uganda's Kampala.Taking to Twitter, Mr. Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Uganda, appreciated the initiatives of Overseas Friends of BJP-Uganda's initiative to contribute to further beautifying the oldest li...

1.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Joe Biden in Northern Ireland next week when the U.S. president flies in to take part in events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord.Having helped broker the 1998 deal, the United States remains an influential voice in Northern Ireland's politics and has sought to protect the peace from the strains caused by Britain's exit from the European Union.-ndtv.com 2.Defending their search for the source of the Covid-19 virus, Chinese health officials on Saturday hit out at the World Health Organisation after the global health body’s director-general said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.The director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing, said the WHO comments were “offensive and disrespectful”.- https://www.indiatoday.in/ 3.India has "disengaged" from trade talks with Britain after accusing it of failing to condemn the Sikh extremist group that attacked...

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1.India and Japan on April 5 agreed to diversify their defence cooperation in new and emerging domains like space and cyber as part of an aim to consolidate the overall strategic engagement.The decision to further expand defence ties was taken at the seventh edition of India-Japan Defence Policy Dialogue that took place in Delhi.-thehindu.com 2.Arunachal an integral part of India, says US.-Asked about the China’s move at a White House press briefing on Tuesday, the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “The United States has recognised that territory for a long time. And we strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims by renaming localities. And so, again, this is something that we have long stood by.”-hindustantimes.com 3.Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton (LVMH) and the world's richest man, saw his fortune exceed $200 billion as shares of the company hit a record high, as per a report in The Guardian. He became the third per...

1.Donald Trump, who became the first former US president to be indicted, arrested and arraigned on criminal charges, has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records in person before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M Merchan.-zeenews 2.Finland joined the NATO military alliance on April 4, dealing a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a historic realignment of Europe's post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.The Nordic country's membership doubles Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Finland had adopted neutrality after its defeat by the Soviets in World War II, but its leaders signalled they wanted to join NATO after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine sent a shiver of fear through its neighbours.- https://www.thehindu.com/ 3.US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti will be leading an ambitious effort to deepen America's cooperation with India, including in defence and economic s...

1.As Bhutan’s fifth King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrives in Delhi on Monday afternoon at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu, all eyes will be on his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and any possible discussions on the progress in Bhutan-China boundary talks.-thehindu.com 2.Saudi Arabia led a coordinated production cut by major oil powers on Sunday despite US pressure to pump more crude, saying they were aiming at market stability.Cuts by the Saudis, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Algeria and Oman from May to the end of the year will total more than one million barrels per day -- the biggest reduction since the OPEC+ cartel slashed two million barrels per day in October.-ndtv.com 3.Russia will move its tactical nuclear weapons close to the western borders of Belarus, the Russian envoy to Minsk said on Sunday, placing them at NATO's threshold in a move likely to further escalate Moscow's standoff with the West. In one of the Russia's most pronounced nucl...