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Over 1,000 Tibetans and friends of Tibet gathered in Frankfurt on July 6 to mark the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with a grand celebration, as reported by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The event was held in the gracious presence of the chief guest, Michael Brand, a Member of the German Bundestag, and special guests, including Prof. Dr HC Roland Koch, former Minister-President of Hesse, and Phuntsok Topgyal, UN Advocacy Officer from the Tibetan Bureau in Geneva.

Russia has launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv and its surrounding region, deploying 741 aerial weapons, including 728 drones, seven Iskander-K cruise missiles, and six Kinzhal missiles, marking one of the largest attacks since the conflict began in 2022.

India is creating new infrastructure, which makes the "efficient movement of goods from ports and within the country a priority," said India's High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, highlighting the country's development of its logistics infrastructure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a two-day visit to Malaysia, during which India and Malaysia announced initiatives to strengthen cooperation in defence, trade, semiconductors, digital payments, education, culture and security, further deepening their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Malaysia visit saw India and Malaysia review ties across key sectors and sign multiple agreements covering defence, technology, trade and people-to-people links. The talks reaffirmed strong bilateral relations and advanced cooperation under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

"With the support of friendly countries like Malaysia, India will further broaden its engagement with ASEAN. We are in agreement that the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) should be completed at the earliest," PM Modi said in his joint press statement here today with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim.