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May 2016

Sep 17, 2022

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson Announces Resignation after Losing Election

Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced her resignation after losing the election.
Andersson, also leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party, conceded defeat at a press conference following the election.
She handed in her resignation notice after it emerged that the opposition blue bloc consisting of the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Sweden Democrats, had won 176 of the 349 seats in parliament.
Meanwhile Andersson's red bloc, consisting of her Social Democratic Party, the Left Party, the Green Party, and the Centre Party, won 173 seats.

Iran Signs Formal MoU to Join SCO

Iran signed a memorandum of commitments to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), giving boost to India's focus on an inclusive connectivity agenda in the Eurasian region that would function parallel to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
Iran and the SCO started a formal process for Tehran's accession to the bloc in March. Iran's membership was later approved by the Iranian administration. Iran would attend the SCO as a full member from the Summit to be hosted by India in 2023.
Iran is central to India's plan to increase engagement with Russia and Central Asia, besides the remaining part of Eurasia.

Sep 16, 2022

World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022 Held in Copenhagen

The 2022 World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, engaged stakeholders and key contacts within the conventional water sector and beyond. Held from 11-15 September, 2022, the event brought together core water sector groups, such as those focused on urban water and urban water services, as well as participants from industry and agriculture, architects and urban planners, soil and groundwater experts and hydrologists, social scientists, the ICT sector, the financial sector, and others.
The Congress reported on the water sector progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The emphasis was on SDG6, which is dedicated to water and sanitation. The event also highlighted and explored the interwoven relation of water with all 17 of the global SDGs. The World Water Congress was organised by the International Water Association (IWA).

Sep 15, 2022

President Murmu to Join 500 World Leaders at Queen's Funeral in London

President Droupadi Murmu will be among an estimated 500 world leaders and foreign dignitaries, including kings and queens and heads of state and government, who will attend Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19.
The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed the President's three-day UK visit as India's head of state invited for the state funeral in London. It marks the first state funeral in the UK in 57 years, last held at the Abbey for Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.

Sep 14, 2022

Dr. Renee Wegrzyn Appointed as the Director of ARPA-H

The US President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of the ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health).
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, is a biologist and former government scientist.
The ARPA-H Director's tenure would last for five years.
The purpose of the ARPA-H is to seek innovative solutions to biomedical problems.

'Village Boy' William Ruto Sworn in as Kenya's President

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's President after narrowly winning the August 9 election in East Africa's most stable democracy.
The Supreme Court had rejected a challenge by losing candidate and long-time opposition figure Raila Odinga of the official results, completing a markedly peaceful election in a country with a history of troubled ones.
Ruto had been the deputy to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Sep 13, 2022

Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives Stand Neck-deep in Chinese Debt

According to Forbes, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives are among the biggest debtors of China. Pakistan owes USD 77.3 billion of external debt to China.
Maldives' debt to 31 per cent of its Gross National Income (GNI). Maldives' total debt amounted to MVR 86 billion by the end of 2020, MVR 44 billion of which is external debt.
Forbes, collecting data from The World Bank report as of 2020, said that 97 countries across the globe are under Chinese debt. Countries heavily in debt to China are mostly located in Africa, but can also be found in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

North Korea's New Law Allows For Nuclear 1st Strike, Makes Policy Irreversible

North Korea officially enshrined the right to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes to protect itself in a new law that leader Kim Jong Un said makes its nuclear status "irreversible" and bars denuclearisation talks.
The move came as observers said North Korea appears to be preparing to resume nuclear testing for the first time since 2017, after historic summits with then-U.S. president Donald Trump and other world leaders in 2018 failed to persuade Kim to abandon his weapons development.
The North's rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, passed the legislation as a replacement to a 2013 law that first outlined the country's nuclear status.

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