Morning Digest | Srinagar gears up for G-20 tourism meet; South Korea moves to ‘normalise’ military pact with Japan, and more

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Invitations posted, Srinagar gears up for G-20 tourism meet

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, is all set to host a working group meeting of tourism delegates from the G-20 nations in the last week of May. The city is undergoing a major makeover amid a stringent security plan for the high-profile event.

78 arrested in action against pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, supporters

In a major crackdown against pro-Khalistan propagator Amritpal Singh and his supporters, the Punjab Police on March 18, 2023 arrested 78 persons and launched a hunt for him. While Internet services were suspended across the State till March 19 noon to prevent any incitement to violence, it was not clear whether the preacher has also been detained.

South Korea moves to ‘normalise’ military pact with Japan

South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a Defence Ministry official told  AFP on March 18, as the two countries move to thaw long-frozen relations and renew diplomacy to counter Pyongyang.

At a fence-mending summit on Thursday, the neighbours agreed to turn the page on a bitter dispute over Japan’s use of war-time forced labour.