International Current Affairs

The United States will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) protection for COVID-19 vaccines. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization […]

The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s second-biggest dam after months of fierce fighting in their former bastion of Kandahar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Dahla Dam, which provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water for the provincial capital, is now under Taliban control. The dam’s capture comes after clashes

China has suspended an economic dialogue with Australia, stepping up a pressure campaign that began over Australian support for a probe of the coronavirus and has disrupted exports to the country’s biggest foreign market. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Relations have plunged to a multi-decade low since Beijing blocked imports of Australian coal, wheat and

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs and Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Governor for India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the Governor’s Seminar on “Cooperation for a Resilient Future”, held as part of ADB’s annual meeting 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Other participants included Japan, Georgia, China, Philippines and Netherlands. The virtual seminar was

Several people have been killed in heavy clashes at its disputed border with Tajikistan, as officials from the two ex-Soviet countries in a bid to defuse tensions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 More than a third of the two impoverished, mountainous countries’ border is disputed, with the area surrounding the Vorukh, where recent conflict erupted,

Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base near the border with Thailand, representing a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover of the country’s civilian government in February. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The KNU, which controls territory in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border, is a close ally of the

An UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled to reach more than 50 million children who have missed lifesaving jabs against measles and other diseases because of COVID-19 disruption. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 WHO, along with UNICEF and the vaccine alliance Gavi, said their new global strategy has the potential to save 50 million lives

China launched the core module of its space station, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on