International Current Affairs

The head of Kabul’s peace council reported that the Afghan government and the Taliban are “on the verge of peace talks” after thousands of prominent Afghans approved the release militant prisoners. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Thousands of prominent Afghans approved the release of about 400 contentious militant prisoners. The resolution was passed at […]

India gets ready to participate in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise. All the bilateral and multilateral military exercises had been put on hold due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and now their resumption is starting gradually. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Kavkaz 2020 – also referred to as Caucasus-2020 –

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the country’s prime minister for the fourth time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that cemented his family’s hold on power. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He will be administered the oath by his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Mahinda

Recently, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing some federal agencies to prioritise purchasing certain drugs and medical materials when made in the United States. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scope of the order issued remains unclear because it will direct the Food and Drug Administration to produce a list

A disease called Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), caused by a tick-borne virus, has killed seven and infected at least 60, setting off alarm bells among health officials in East China’s Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SFTS is caused by the Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) which

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring federal agencies from hiring H-1B visa holders and other foreign workers in place of US citizens or green card holders. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows USA companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that

Multiple explosions have occurred in the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon on 4 August 2020. The blasts occurred at the Port of Beirut and left at least 100 people dead more than 4,000 injured, and many more missing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The explosion, according to the Lebanon government, was of

UAE became the first country in the Arab World to produce nuclear energy as the Barakah Nuclear Plant’s 1st Unit got operational. The new plant is part of the UAE’s graph to become less reliant on oil and gas, the current source of the vast majority of its energy. UAE is among the world’s biggest

Recently, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718MW gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The plant is proposed to be located on land allotted by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), in Meghnaghat,

Recently, China has convened a rare quadrilateral dialogue with the Foreign Ministers of their friendly countries – Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan, pledging to strengthen cooperation among the four nations in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as boosting their economic recoveries, including through regional connectivity projects. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points China also