International Current Affairs

Khuvsgul lake of Mongolia added to UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Khuvsgul Lake National Park of Mongolia has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO. This decision was made during the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme taking place in Paris, France. Location of Khuvsgul Lake: Northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border. The lake is 1,645 […]

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Japan to attend NATO summit for first time in Madrid, Spain

Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida will attend North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, which will be held in Madrid and becomes the Japan’s first leader to join NATO summit. Sweden and Finland will also send delegations to the summit and South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol will also become the first leader from his country to join the meeting.

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Hamza Abdi Barre appointed as PM of Somalia

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed a former chairman of the Jubbaland state election commission, Hamza Abdi Barre as the Prime Minister. The 48-year-old Hamza Abdi Barre from the semi-autonomous state of Jubaland replaced Mohamed Hussein Roble. Barre served in a number of public and political roles and from 2011 to 2017 was secretary-general of the Peace and Development Party

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World’s biggest plant discovered off Australian coast

The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia. The sprawling seagrass, a marine flowering plant known as Posidonia australis, stretches for more than 112 miles (180 kilometers) in Shark Bay, a wilderness area protected as a World Heritage site. Using genetic testing, scientists have determined a large underwater meadow

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India ranked 3rd in REN21’s renewables 2022 global status report

India ranked third in the REN21 Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) globally. India’s total renewable power capacity additions in 2021 was 15.4 GW Top performer of the report: China (136 GW) and US (43 GW). India installed 843 MW of hydropower capacity in 2021, brings the overall capacity to 45.3 GW, India was the 2nd-largest market for new solar

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China launches third most advanced domestically built aircraft carrier ‘Fuj

China has launched its third aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’, which is the most advanced as well as the first fully domestically built naval vessel of China Its launching ceremony was held at the Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard. Fujian is the name of eastern coastal province of Fujian, China China’s first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, is so far the only Chinese aircraft

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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer retired after 27 years on 15th June

Microsoft has announced the retirement of 27-year-old Internet Explorer (IE) as the firm’s oldest browser will be completely phased out from June 15. Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995 as an add-on package for Windows 95, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser, Netscape Navigator. Microsoft Edge is “faster and more secure” on Windows

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UNGA adopts India sponsored resolution on multilingualism

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time. The resolution urges United Nations to continue spreading vital communications and messages in both official and non-official languages, including Hindi. For the first time, Hindi language is mentioned in the resolution besides Bangla and Urdu. Multilingualism is acknowledged

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WTO Ministerial conference 2022 is being held at Geneva

The twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference will begin from 12th June 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland after a gap of almost 5 years. Indian delegation will be led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. Key areas: WTO’s response to the pandemic, Fisheries subsidies negotiations and Agriculture issues including Public Stockholding for Food security. India is a founding member

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Britain’s Queen becomes the world’s second-longest reigning monarch

As of Monday, she has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days, second only to Louis XIV of France who became king at the age of four. She overtakes Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016, having equalled his reign on Sunday. Last weekend, the 96-year-old’s Platinum Jubilee was marked with

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