A bride in Vietnam has been gifted 100 civet cats by her parents. The world’s most expensive coffee ‘Kopi Luwak’ is made from the feces of these cats. These cats eat ripe coffee cherries, and this expensive coffee is prepared by roasting the seeds deposited from their feces. Apart from this, civet cat meat is considered a luxury food in Vietnam and China and is also used in traditional Chinese medicines. The price of a female civet cat in Vietnam is around $ 700 (about Rs 58,000). If the cat is pregnant, its price can be more than $ 1,000 (Rs 84 thousand). The price of 100 female civet cats given to the bride is around $ 70,000 (about Rs 58 lakh). Along with the bridal cats, the dowry also includes 25 gold bars, $20,000 (about Rs 16.5 lakh) in cash, company shares worth $11,500 (about Rs 9.5 lakh), and seven properties. Other big news related to international events… Indian student in America duped of Rs 4.50 lakh, thugs cheated by posing as fake immigration officers. Some people posing as fake Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the US duped an Indian student Shreya Bedi of $5,000 (about Rs 4.50 lakh). Shreya had gone to Indiana University Bloomington from India on an F-1 visa in 2022 to pursue a master’s degree (human-computer interaction). According to media reports, on May 29, Shreya received a phone call in which the caller introduced himself as an ICE officer. He claimed that Shreya did not register her immigration number and she was breaking US immigration laws. The caller gave his name and badge number and asked Shreya to check the Maryland office number on the ice.gov website. Shreya saw that the call was coming from the same number. The caller told Shreya that her phone was being monitored, so she should not disconnect the call. After this, another caller introduced himself as an officer of the Olympia Police Department and told Shreya that there was an arrest warrant against her. The thugs frightened Shreya and asked her to buy Apple gift cards worth $ 5,000, so that she could avoid arrest and deportation. Shreya said – I was completely scared and was crying. The thugs asked her to share the codes of the gift cards on the phone. They also said that a police officer would come to collect the cards and bond papers, but this did not happen. Iran claims – Israel’s secret nuclear documents obtained, cyber attack revealed Iran’s state media claimed on Saturday that its intelligence agencies have obtained many sensitive documents of Israel, including documents related to Israel’s nuclear plans and facilities. According to media reports, these documents were stolen during a cyber attack on a nuclear research center in Israel last year. According to Iran’s state news agency, this cyber attack took place some time ago, but the news was kept secret until the documents were safely brought to Iran. Pakistan had sought chairmanship of 4 UNSC panels related to terrorism, got only one Pakistan had demanded chairmanship of four terrorism-related committees from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). But other members rejected it. Pakistan got chairmanship of only one 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee. Pakistan is a temporary member of the UNSC. It had sought chairmanship of 1267 Sanctions Committee, 1540 (Non-Proliferation) Committee, 1988 Taliban Committee and 1373 Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC). Apart from the Taliban Committee, it was also given the vice-chairmanship of the CTC. India believes that this is much less than Pakistan’s big expectations and claims. Due to Pakistan’s demands, consensus could not be reached in the UNSC, which delayed the allocation of committees by about five months. According to the media report, “This allocation should have been done by January 2025, but due to unreasonable demands of Pakistan, the agreement could not be reached till June 2025.” ———————————— Click here to read World Updates of June 7…
