Turkey’s Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has opened to Muslim worship after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The centuries-old structure, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, was originally a cathedral in the Byzantine empire before it was […]
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China claims to the Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in Eastern Bhutan and has doubled down, including Bhutan’s “Eastern sectors” to the boundary dispute between the two countries for the first time. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The boundary between China and Bhutan has never been delimited. Bhutan has always maintained a discreet silence on its
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Japan has recently renamed an area, including islands disputed with China and Taiwan. The local assembly of Ishigaki city approved a plan to change the name of the area covering the Tokyo controlled Senkaku Islands known currently by Taiwan and China as the Diaoyus from “Tonoshiro” to “Tonoshiro Senkaku”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
The Defence Ministry of Japan reported sighting an unidentified submarine around Amami Islands in the island nation’s contiguous zone o June 20. Japenese Maritime Self-Defence Force identified a submarine northeast of the Amami Islands on the evening of June 18. The same submarine was spotted to the west of Yokoate-jima island on the outskirts of
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Meeting of the Heads of Tax Authorities of the BRICS countries, namely the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa was held on May 29, 2020. The authorities discussed the response of BRICS Tax Authorities to the COVID-19 pandemic and
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Central Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has been elected as the chairman of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Executive Board. He will assume the charge on 22 May 2020. He will succeed Dr. Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, who is the current Chairman of the WHO Executive Board. The proposal to appoint India’s nominee to the executive
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India participated in the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) on 18 May. WHA addressed Global Vaccine Plan, polio eradication, and neglected tropical diseases other than COVID-19. On this platform, the health leaders committed to fighting COVID-19 pandemic together, in unity, in solidarity. Australia initiated the COVID-19 investigation during the conference. China showed its opposition to
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister has participated in the second G-20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting which focused on immediate and concrete actions that can ease the distress being faced by people all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second G20 Ministers Virtual Meeting was held under the Saudi
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External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar participated in the virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries on 13 May where foreign ministers and diplomats from eight different countries attended the meeting. The Meeting aimed to discuss the cooperation to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion on the global challenges, preparedness,
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China space agency completed a vital test launch when the first launch of its heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket went off without a hitch. Long March-5B is a 176-foot-long rocket. It has been designed to shuttle astronauts to low-Earth orbit or even around the moon. The new-generation spacecraft was developed for the operation of China’s
