International Current Affairs

TEPC organizes exclusive International Business Expo ‘India Telecom 2022’

Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has organized Exclusive International Business Expo titled as ‘India Telecom 2022’. It is being held from 8th to 10th February. Aim: to provide opportunities to the Indian telecom stakeholders to meet qualified overseas buyers. It will be held under Market Access Initiative Scheme (MAI) of Department of Commerce and with support of Department of […]

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Scientists develop new technology platform to detect SARS-CoV-2

A team of Indian scientists have developed a new technology platform for fluorometric detection of pathogens such as viruses by measurement of fluorescent light emitted. The new technology has been demonstrated for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. It can also be used to detect other DNA/RNA pathogens like HIV, influenza, HCV, Zika, Ebola, bacteria, and other mutating pathogens. This

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RBI emerged as the second-largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has emerged as the second-largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021. The largest buyer, the Central Bank of Thailand, bought 90 metric tonnes of gold while RBI bought 77.5 metric tonnes taking its total gold reserve to 754.1 tonnes at the end of December 2021. Central Bank of Thailand (Bank

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Instagram launches ‘Take a Break’ campaign to encourage breaks from social media

Instagram has announced a new campaign named ‘Take a Break’ that will alert users scrolling on Instagram to periodically take breaks from the platform and focus on other things. The ‘Take a Break’ feature essentially gives users an option to set up reminders to take a break after a certain amount of time. Instagram head Adam Mosseri had

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NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced its plan that the International Space Station will be kept operated until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo. NASA says it plans to retire the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it

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Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar

Cyclone Batsirai has killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar. It is 2nd major storm in two weeks – made landfall on the east coast, with gusts of 235km/h (146mph) and high waves hitting coastal areas. Madagascar was already reeling from Tropical Storm Ana, which killed 55 people when it hit the Indian Ocean island nation last month. Cyclone Batsirai has compounded the

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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation: 06 February

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 every year to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM). It was first held in 2003. This year’s theme is Accelerating Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation — investing in programmes to provide services and response for those

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Foundation Stone of World’s Third Largest Cricket Stadium laid in Jaipur

The world’s third-largest cricket stadium is going to be built in Jaipur, and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on February 05, 2022 laid the foundation stone of the project virtually. The International Cricket Stadium in Jaipur will be the second-largest cricket stadium in India and the third-largest in the world.

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Nasa plans to plunge the ISS into South Pacific Ocean in 2031

The International Space Station (ISS) will continue working until 2030, before plunging into the Pacific Ocean in early 2031, according to Nasa. Mission control of ISS will first lower its altitude, before spacecraft begins its descent into South Pacific Oceanic Uninhabited Area (SPOUA) in an area known as Point Nemo. ISS: modular space station in low Earth

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International Day of Human Fraternity: 04 February

The ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ is celebrated across the world on 4th February. The first International Day of Human Fraternity was held in 2021. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare 4 February as International Day of Human Fraternity on 21 December 2020. The day aims to raise awareness about different cultures and religions, or beliefs, and

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