Following are the top foreign stories at 2020 hours

    
     FGN65: UN-INDIA-AFRICA
     *India underlines importance of making African voices stronger in multilateral organisations
     United Nations: India has underlined the need for making African voices stronger in multilateral organisations to ensure they can argue their case and call out external interferences.

    
     FGN59: MALDIVES-CHINA-LD WATER
    
China sends second consignment of glacial water from Tibet to Maldives
     Male: China has gifted 1,500 tonnes of water from the Tibetan glaciers to Maldives, the second such donation in less than two months, a media report said on Friday.

    
     FGN54: BANGLA-MP-MURDER-SUSPECTS
    
Bangladeshi court sends 3 suspects of Awami League MP murder case to 8-day police remand
     Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Friday sent three suspects to an eight-day police remand for their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of the ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar while he was in India.

    
     FGN49: SINGAPORE-SIA-SAFETY
    
SIA to continue review of inflight safety processes following the turbulence incident
     Singapore: In-flight meal services will now be suspended when the seatbelt sign lights up on a Singapore Airlines plane to better manage turbulence in the air, an airline spokesperson has said, days after severe weather forced a flight to make an emergency landing in Bangkok with one dead and 60 injured.

    
     FGN43: CHINA-TAIWAN-MILITARY-DRILL
    
Chinese military practice control, occupation as part of 'strong punishment' drill around Taiwan
     Beijing/Taipei: China's military on Friday tested its ability to “seize power” as the People’s Liberation Army said its forces kicked off a second day of large-scale exercises around Taiwan in retaliation to its new President Lai Ching-te’s remarks rejecting Beijing's sovereignty claims over the self-ruled island.

    
     FGN30: UK-INDIA-BANKNOTES-AUCTION
    
Rare Indian banknotes from 1918 shipwreck to be auctioned in London
     London: A pair of rare 10-rupee banknotes that were recovered as they floated away from a shipwreck on their way from Bombay to London in 1918 are to be auctioned next Wednesday.

    
     FGN11: SINGAPORE-TURBULENCE-LD INJURED
    
22 passengers suffered spinal cord injuries, 6 had head trauma from turbulence-hit SIA flight
     Singapore: Twenty-two passengers from a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by severe turbulence on Tuesday have spinal cord injuries and six others, including a two-year-old child, have brain and skull injuries, according to media reports on Friday.
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