1. Blast by Maoists killed 10 police men in Chhattisgarh : Atleast 11people including 10 district reserve guards of CRPF and a driver killed in IED blast . Maoist blew goods van used for travel by security personal with Improvised Explosive Device
2. China arrest Taiwan based publisher : China has arrested the publisher on security ground . China is investigating the publisher for ‘endangering national security ‘ LI Yanhe used to publish books critical of Beijing . Taiwan has condemned the arrest as arbitrary and breach of human rights.
3. Singapore executes Tangaraju Suppiah : He was hanged for trafficing cannabis in spite of clemency by his family and UN activists . Singapore authorities stated that they have given fair trail . Singapore has one of the world’s toughest anti drug laws .
4.Potential ‘germ bomb ‘ in Sudan seized laboratory : World health organization warned presence of ‘ huge biological risk as Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital Khartoum . Sudan is now in US brokered cease fire. The lab taken over by RSF forces has samples of diseases and other biological material . In case of any armed confrontation in the lab it may lead to germ bomb .
5.Export of electronics from India grew by 50% in FY23: It may over take drugs and pharma . Smart phones accounted for 23% of the raise. Indian merchandising exports in FY23 has increased by 31% over the previous year with merchandise exports hit 447 billion dollar FY23,an increased by 25 billion dollar . In this increase in smart phones and iphone exports contributed 23% and 15% respectively .
6. ISIS – K leader responsible for bombing kabul airport killed : The ISIS -K leader was the master mind of horrific attack in 2021 was killed by Taliban . On the final days of US withdrawal from Afghanistan there was a suicide bombing at Kabul airport and that attack killed 13 US service persons and 170 persons of Afghanistan . ISIS – Khorasan is active in Afghanistan region .
