1.Acting DGP of Himachal Pradesh, Satwant Atwal Trivedi, on Tuesday said that 15 Russian tourists were reportedly stranded in Kasol, and Police are trying to establish contact with them. “We received info from the Russian Embassy that 15 Russian tourists are stranded in Kasol. We are trying to establish contact and once we will be able to contact the tourists we will inform the Embassy about their well-being,” said Acting DGP, Satwant Atwal Trivedi.-https://www.ndtv.com.
2.All six people, including five members of a Mexican family, were killed in a fiery crash of a private commercial helicopter near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal on July 11, a senior airport official said.The Manang Air NA-MV chopper took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 a.m. for Kathmandu and suddenly lost contact at an altitude above 12,000 feet at 10:13 a.m., said Gyanendra Bhul, Manager at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)-https://www.thehindu.com/
3.US envoy John Kerry will travel to China on Sunday, the State Department said, as the world's two biggest polluters work to restart talks on climate change.The July 16-19 trip will be Kerry's third since taking the special climate envoy position under President Joe Biden, and he will also become the third top administration official to head to the country in recent weeks.- https://www.ndtv.com/
4.Ramping up their cooperation in the area of space, India and the UK will connect their space clusters, starting with Leicester space park, UK's Minister for Science, Research and Innovation George Freeman has said.He said India and the UK are also discussing how they can better harness Lower Earth Observation orbits and the regulation of satellite communications.According to Freeman, both countries are also keen to work together in the field of nuclear energy and looking forward to collaborating on nuclear fission and fusion.- https://www.ndtv.com/
5.A two-day visitor’s conference, hosted by President Droupadi Murmu and visitors of about 160 Centrally sponsored educational institutions, discussed diversity, equality, inclusivity and wellness in higher education institutions in the country. Representatives and academics from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and Central Universities attended the conference along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior Ministry officials.- https://www.thehindu.com/
6.New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with top CEOs, thought leaders and influencers on July 13 in Paris even as he makes a day visit to Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates on his way back to India. While the list of CEOs, leaders and influencers is on the verge of being finalized, the French Republic is ready with a royal treatment for the visiting dignitary as President Emmanuel Macron awaits the visit from his friend and close ally Prime Minister Narendra Modi.- https://www.hindustantimes.com/
7.Google doodle on Wednesday celebrated a popular South Asian street food ‘pani puri’ as on July 12, 2015, a restaurant in Madhya Pradesh's Indore achieved the world record for serving the most flavors of pani puri by offering 51 options.-hindustantimes.com
8.Rains for a fourth consecutive day led to several deaths, landslides, and destruction across North India. The scale of the damage in the entire region has been captured in visuals of bridges being swept away, boulders tumbling down hills due to rain-induced landslides, and vehicles swallowed by the gushing waters.Himachal Pradesh has been the worst hit with the torrential rains turning roads to rivers and rivers to angry seas washing away everything on its path - cars, houses, or bridges.- https://www.ndtv.com/
9.Digital travel platform, Agoda, unveils the user preferences of Asian travellers and the choices they make while booking hotels. The insights collected over the past two months reveal that almost half (46%) of the travellers from Taiwan opted for breakfast included, followed closely by Vietnamese (43%), and Indian travellers (42%). On the other end, the statistics found South Korea (29%), Japan (27%), and Malaysia (23%), ranking 8, 9, and 10 respectively on the breakfast requirement popularity table.- https://www.hotelierindia.com/
10.The Abu Dhabi Global Market, one of the region's fastest-growing financial hubs, issued new tourism regulations that aim to boost the tourism infrastructure and offer an improved regulatory framework for hotels and tourism establishments in ADGM.The new ADGM Hotel and Tourism Regulations 2023 also adopted the Abu Dhabi onshore tourism legislation, including the regulations regarding hotels and tourism sectors administered by the Department of Culture and Tourism, into ADGM’s legislative framework.- https://www.thenationalnews.com/
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