Relations with Asian countries
- India, Bangladesh traders demand trial run of vessels through protocol route on Gomati river this month
Key points:
- Traders of India and Bangladesh have demanded a trial run of vessels on the Gomati river this month to operationalise the Indo-Bangla protocol route between Sonamura in Tripura’s Sipahijala district and Daudkandi in the neighbouring country, officials said.
- A high-level team of officials of the Bangladesh Shipping Ministry surveyed the riverine protocol route on Tuesday, Sonamura sub-divisional magistrate Subrata Majumder said.
- The Tripura government had launched a floating jetty on the Gomati river as part of the Indo-Bangla international inland waterways connectivity project on July 4 this year.
(Times of India, 12 August, 2020) News Link
Relations with Middle East
- India sending more relief, humanitarian materials to explosion-hit Lebanon
Key points:
- India is sending more relief and humanitarian materials, including medicines and foodstuff, to Lebanon after a massive explosion last week devastated parts of Beirut, killing more than 160 people and injuring 6,000 others.
- India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti offered deep condolences on behalf of the Government and people of India to Lebanon on “this terrible human tragedy”.
(Times of India, 12 August, 2020) News Link
Relations with European countries
- Air India shuts down five offices in Europe amid COVID-19 crisis
Key points:
- Air India on Wednesday announced that it will shut down its five offices in five countries across Europe due to zero flight operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline will shut its offices in–Vienna (Austria), Milan (Italy), Madrid (Spain), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Stockholm (Sweden).
- There are no Air India flights under Vande Bharat Mission there and regularly scheduled flights are also not operating currently.
(Zee News India, 12 August, 2020) News Link
Relations with Pakistan
- ईशनिंदा पर फांसी देने वाले पाक ने भारत को दी नसीहत, BJP-RSS पर साधा निशाना
Key points:
- बेंगलुरु हिंसा पर पाकिस्तान ने भारत के सामने दर्ज करवाया विरोध, बीजेपी आरएसएस पर साधा निशाना
- पाक विदेश मंत्रालय ने कहा- ये घटनाएं आरएसएस-बीजेपी गठबंधन की एक्सट्रीम हिंदुत्व की विचारधारा का प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण है
- अपने देश में अल्पसंख्यकों का हाल भूला पाकिस्तान, ईशनिंदा पर गैर मुस्लिमों को दी जाती है मौत की सजा
(Navbharat Times, 13 August, 2020) News Link
Arise Bharat 