FGN7 UN-INDIA-UNSC **** India calls out attempts to introduce new parameters such as religion, faith as basis for representation in reformed UNSC United Nations: India has called out attempts to introduce new parameters such as religion and faith as the basis for representation in a reformed UN Security Council, asserting that this runs completely counter to the accepted basis of regional representation. **** FGN21 US-CHINA-TARIFF **** China now faces up to 245% retaliatory tariff: White House Washington: China now faces tariffs up to 245 per cent on imports to the United States due to its retaliatory actions, the White House has said, as the trade war escalated between the world’s two largest economies. **** FGN25 RUSSIA-AFGHAN TALIBAN **** Russian court expected to lift ban on Afghan Taliban Moscow: The Russian apex court is expected to pronounce its verdict on Thursday on an appeal filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office seeking to lift a ban on the Afghan Taliban, a move towards full diplomatic recognition of the Kabul regime. **** FGN24 BANGLA-BNP-YUNUS **** Not satisfied at all: BNP after meeting Bangladesh chief adviser Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed dissatisfaction over his meeting on Wednesday with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and said his party demanded elections by the end of this year. **** FGN23 CHINA-PANDEY-AIIB **** Former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey takes over as VP, AIIB Beijing: Former Finance Secretary and CEO of Aadhaar Ajay Bhushan Pandey has taken over as Vice President of Investment Solutions for the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in which India is the second largest shareholder after China. **** FGN18 US-INDIAN-STUDENT-LAWSUIT **** Indian student, three others file lawsuit against possible deportation from US New York: An Indian was among four students at Michigan public universities who have filed a lawsuit against their possible deportation after their student immigration status was terminated “unlawfully”. **** FGN8 US-INDIAN-LD STUDENT **** US federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deporting Indian student New York: A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a 21-year-old undergraduate Indian whose student visa was cancelled. **** PY PY