Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua in Central America night and has developed into a a category five storm. NHC notes that due to heavy rainfall associated with the storm, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding is expected across portions of Central America. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Iota was spotted as a tropical […]
India and Kazakhstan held the seventh round of Foreign Office Consultations (FoC) via digital video-conference and reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation within the framework of their Strategic Partnership. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the consultations, the two sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation within the framework of their Strategic
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia, under the theme Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the 12th Summit, held in the backdrop of the 75th Anniversary of UN and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders would be discussing intra-BRICS
The United States left the Paris Climate Agreement, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intention to undo what had been seen as a key achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama. Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has announced that his administration would rejoin the landmark accord in 77 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
The United States territory of Puerto Rico has voted in favour of statehood, and thus be treated at par with the current 50 states of the country. On November 3, the same day US voters chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US election, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted yes in a non-binding
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United States is considering withdrawing as many as 4,000 troops from South Korea if Seoul does not pay more money to maintain the U.S. deployment there. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Trump wants allies to pay more to compensate the United States for its protection. Trump’s antagonism toward NATO members has received the most
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Fifteen countries on 15 November, 2020 have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, which includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points RCEP is the world’s largest trade pact in terms of GDP. First proposed in 2012, the deal
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The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministers of the BRICS grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) met on November 13 through a virtual platform to discuss S & T cooperation among the member countries. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia organized the meeting, Russian Federation
India has lodged a strong protest over unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control by Pakistan. The Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Charge Affaires of the High Commission of Pakistan and a strong protest was lodged over unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces, on multiple sectors along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir
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Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died at the age of 84 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1935 – 2020) was a Bahraini royal and politician who had served as the Prime Minister of Bahrain from 19 January 1970 until his death
