Current Affairs - International

India and Italy signed a Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement to facilitate the movement of workers, students, and professionals between the two countries.

India and the UAE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance educational collaboration. The agreement covers various aspects, including student and faculty mobility, exchange of information, capacity development, and academic collaboration between educational institutions in both countries.

Thailand announced visa-free entry for Indian citizens from November 10, 2023, to May 10, 2024, to boost tourism. This move is expected to attract more Indian tourists to Thailand and help revive the country's tourism industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rafah border crossing is the only land crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Gaza Strip, near the city of Rafah.

Today, there are between 450,000 and half a million Chileans of Palestinian descent, many of whom reside in Santiago, the capital of Chile some 13,220 km away from Jerusalem. Through 150 years and a complex history of integration, persecution, and negotiation of identity, there has emerged a distinct identity of ‘Chilestinian’.