Morning Digest: India, Spain condemn attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon; Israel passes two laws to restrict the work of UN agency’s operations in Gaza, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on October 29, 2024

India and Spain on Monday (October 28, 2024) condemned the attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and highlighted that the safety and security of peacekeepers are of “paramount importance and must be ensured by all.” The two countries are major troop-contributing nations to UNIFIL.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Union Home Ministry has issued an alert against illegal payment gateways created using mule bank accounts by transnational organised cyber criminals facilitating money laundering as a service.

One militant was killed as security forces foiled a militant attack in Jammu’s Sunderbani Sector on Monday (October 28, 2024) after a group of militants targeted an ambulance of the Army around 7 a.m.

More than 60 flights of Indian carriers received bomb threats on Monday (October 28, 2024), sources said.

In 15 days, over 410 domestic and international flights operated by the Indian carriers have received hoax bomb threats. Most of the threats were issued through social media.

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday (October 28, 2024) that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and deeming it a terror organization.

With just 24 hours remaining for filing nominations for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the ruling Mahayuti and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have still not been able to decide on seat-sharing in nine and 20 seats respectively.