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NASA To Launch Rescue Mission To Bring Home Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore.- The National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) is all set to launch a mission on September 28 to facilitate the return of astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore. SpaceX is preparing to send a two-person crew to the International Space Station (ISS) where the two astronauts have been stranded since June. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/sunita-williams-rescue-mission-spacex-launch-today-to-bring-home-two-astronauts-stuck-on-iss-6670100 Focus On UK Visas For Indians .-The two frontrunners in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader and take his place in the House of Commons as Leader of the Opposition have thrown the spotlight on cutting immigration into the UK, with visas for Indians being singled out in heated debates. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/focus-on-uk-visas-for-indians-as-tory-leadership-contest-enters-last-leg-6677299#pfrom=home-ndtvworld_world_top_scroll Nepal floods: Death ...

 Hurricane Helene upgrades to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm: Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/hurricane-helene-upgrades-to-extremely-dangerous-category-4-storm-state-of-emergency-in-florida-georgia-and-more-101727395154141.html External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with his BRICS counterparts to affirm its role in a multipolar world. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).“Underlined its significance for multi-polarity and global diversity,” Mr. Jaishankar said on social media site X. The group, originally comprised on Brazil Russia India China South Africa, expanded at the start of this y...

 President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack. The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer to deliberations in the United States and Britain about whether or not to give Ukraine permission to fire conventional Western missiles into Russia. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/russias-putin-threatens-nuclear-action-against-west-if-ukraine-attacks-101727309476535.html India ranks third in the annual Asia Power Index, released by an Australian think-tank, surpassing Japan on the back of strong post-COVID 19 economic growth, while China's power appeared to plateau just below the United States.The Sydney-based Lowy Institute has put the US at the top of its Asia Power Index with a score of 81.7, followed by China with a score of 72.7, India (39.1), ...

In final address at U.N. Assembly, Joe Biden says world is at an ‘inflection point’.-In his fourth and final address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as U.S. President, Joe Biden said the world was at an inflection point . He asked the warring parties in West Asia to accept the peace deal and urged continued support for Ukraine.Mr Biden used his speech to outline some of his decisions in office and to warn of future challenges, even as he expressed optimism about facing them. Addressing the 79th session of the Assembly, Mr Biden also used his speech to explain his decision not to run for a second term. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/in-final-speech-to-un-assembly-joe-biden-says-world-is-at-inflection-point/article68679154.ece Harini Amarasuriya, an alumna of Hindu College, new Lanka PM.- A 54-year-old first-time lawmaker and university professor who once walked the lawns and sat on the dusty benches of Hindu College in Delhi was on Tuesday named Sri Lanka’s 16...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is new Sri Lanka President, calls win 'vote for change'.-Sri Lanka on Saturday elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning leader, as its new President, entrusting him with the task of combating corruption and revitalising the economy after the nation's worst financial crisis in decades.Dissanayake, 56, won the presidential election, calling it a "vote for change". This was the first election since the island nation's economic collapse in 2022. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/sri-lanka-election-result-anura-kumara-dissanayake-new-president-npp-sajith-premadasa-2604526-2024-09-22 Biden to meet Vietnamese president on Wednesday, White House says.- U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Vietnam's President and ruling Communist Party Chief To Lam on Wednesday, the White House said on Sunday. The meeting, reported first by Reuters, is expected to take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in ...