Portal:Current events/2021 October 12
October 12, 2021 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Indian government forces kills three suspected rebels during a gunfight in Shopian. Troops also blasted a civilian house. Another security operation is carried out hours later at an apple orchard, resulting in the death of two more militants. The raids came a day after five Indian soldiers were killed by suspected rebels. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Economy of France
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces a €30 billion plan to re-industrialize France, to address what he called "a kind of growth deficit" and make of France reclaim its crown as a "global leader in innovation and research". (CNA)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 25 people are killed and several more are injured during a bus crash in Mugu District, Nepal. (BBC)
- At least 9 people are killed in the Philippines during floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Kompasu. (Reuters)
- A train strikes and kill three people and injures a fourth, all of whom were lying on the tracks in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France. (Deutsche Welle)