First Citizenship Amendment Bill of Nepal: The Parliament of Nepal recently passed the first ever “Citizenship Amendment Bill”. Background: The bill has been under discussion in the House of Representatives since 2020 because it could not bring a consensus among political partie ...
I2U2 Leaders’ Virtual Summit: The first India-Israel-UAE-USA (I2U2) Leader’s Summit was organised on July 14, 2022, in virtual mode. Key Facts: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by United States President Joe Biden, Israeli PM Yair Lapid and UAE President Mohammed bin Zaye ...
Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum: The Government of Japan decided to honour former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, posthumously. Key Facts: Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving PM of Japan. He is the fourth former prime minister to get Japan’s ...
State of Emergency in Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka has declared an indefinite state of emergency as massive protests gripped Colombo after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country. Key Highlights: Rajapaksa, 73 fled the country to the Maldives along with his wife on July 12, 2 ...
Leaders' Summit of I2U2: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be participating virtually in the first I2U2 Summit, along with Prime Minister of Israel Yair Lapid, President of the UAE Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President of the USA Joseph R. Biden. The meeting will be held on on ...
World Population Day: World Population Day is observed on the 11th of July every year. The main objective of the day is to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. Theme of World Population Day 2022: The World Population Day 2022 was celebrated u ...
UK Political Crisis: Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, recently announced his resignation. Key Highlights: He will remain in office until the Conservative Party selects his successor. Boris Johnson resigned as prime minister after more than 50 members of his Cabinet and lower-lev ...
Former PM of Japan Assassinated: Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Nara on 8th July 2022 while campaigning for the upcoming election. Key facts: The 67-year-old world leader was shot dead while making a speech in the western city of Nara. The police arrested a sus ...
Sherpa of G-20: Former CEO of Government’s think tank NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, has been selected to serve as India's new G-20 Sherpa. Key Points: He will be replacing Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as G-20 Sherpa. Shri Piyush Goyal was appointed as G-20 Sherpa in September 2021 ...
Yair Lapid officially became the 14th Prime Minister of Israel at the stroke of midnight between 30th Thursday and 29th Friday. On 2 June 2021, a coalition agreement was signed between Yesh Atid, Blue and White, Yamina, the Labor Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, New Hope, Meretz, and the United Arab List ...
European Union Candidate Status: The European Parliament recently approved the EU candidacy status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in a convincing vote. Key Points: This was announced by European Council President Charles Michel after discussions among leaders of the EU's 27 member sta ...
Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme: India and UK recently announced the establishment of a joint Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme. Key Points: The meeting was held by both the Foreign Ministers of India S Jaishankar and of the UK Liz at Kigali, Rwanda, where the heads of the ...
Fair Repair Act: The U.S. state of New York recently passed the Fair Repair Act. Key Points: According to US’s Fair Repair Act, manufacturers must provide repair manuals, equipment, and supplies to independent repair shops and not just their own stores or partners. This provides con ...
International Olympic Day 2022: International Olympic Day is observed annually on June 23 across the globe to celebrate sport, health and being and together. Key Points: The main reason for celebrating this day is also to commemorate the beginning of the modern Olympic Games. The day mark ...
Khuvsgul Lake National Park: UNESCO recently added the Khuvsgul Lake National Park of Mongolia to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves along with 10 more new biosphere reserves in 8 countries, including three countries for the first time: Chad, Georgia and Zambia. Two existing biosphere reserv ...
Way Finding Application: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently approved the proposal for signing of an agreement between the Government of India and the United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office ...
IMD's World Competitiveness Index 2022: The annual World Competitive Index (WCI) was recently released by the Institute for Management Development (IMD). Key Highlight: India witnessed the sharpest rise among Asian countries with a six-position jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual ...
I2U2 Summit: The new I2U2 grouping of India, Israel, UAE and the US will soon hold its first-ever I2U2 virtual summit in July 2022. Key Details: The United States is the latest addition to the grouping which is now being termed I2U2 (India, Israel, US and UAE). As per the White House, the ...
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative: The United States (US) Department of State recently launched the Gandhi King Scholarly exchange initiative. Key Details: This initiative announced by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is a first-of-its-kind ...
Summit of the Americas 2022: The ninth Summit of the Americas 2022 recently took place from June 6 to June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles (L.A.), United States (US). Key Highlights: This year, the main focus of discussion was on immigration, including discussions on what can be done to prevent illeg ...
Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Ivan Duque said on Monday. Key Details The San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth bil ...
The Federal Court found that Google, which owns YouTube, earned thousands of dollars by hosting two videos attacking the former Australian lawmaker. Google to Pay Penalty An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that ...
President Volodymyr Zelensky told Luxembourg lawmakers about 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory was now in Russian hands. Ukraine War Status Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia's invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow's forces are tight ...
Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901, have had silver, golden and diamond events to mark their 25th, 50th and 60th years as monarch. But Elizabeth is the only one to celebrate her 70th year on the throne. 1977 Silver Jubilee The festivities saw nationwide stree ...
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed to send Ukraine nine billion euros to support its economy in the face of Russia's invasion, EU chief Charles Michel announced on May 30th. Strong and concrete support to Ukraine EU will continue helping Ukraine with its immedia ...
The Nepal plane was carrying four Indians, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers, besides a three-member Nepali crew. Air crash key details The Tara Air plane was crashed in Nepal's mountainous Mustang district on Sunday with 22 people on board, including four Indians, minutes after taki ...
Some 3 million euros have been raised in just three days - out of the 5 million euros needed - largely in small amounts Ukraine's support from ordinary people Hundreds of Lithuanians are clubbing together to buy an advanced military drone for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Some 3 ...
Texas police faced angry questions Thursday over why it took an hour to neutralize the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers in Uvalde, as video emerged of desperate parents begging officers to storm the school. Facing rapid-fire questioning by journalists on the police response, ...
Elon Musk on Wednesday pledged an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing to fund the $44-billion offer for Twitter Inc, reducing the billionaire's margin loan against his Tesla Inc shares to zero. Musk in working to complete the deal with Twitter Musk said on May 25th, he was ...
The World Health Organization has revealed that there are now 131 confirmed cases of monkeypox, and a further 106 suspected cases, in 19 countries. Experts describe the event as "random" but "containable". What is monkeypox? It's an orthopoxvirus, like other well-kno ...
