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 ...

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 ...

The European Union and its partners are hosting an international pledging conference starting on Monday 4 May 2020 where we aim to raise €7.5 billion in initial funding to kick-start the global cooperation. The conference highlighted the requirement of global responsibility for the global ...

Iran’s government debated changing the national currency, the rial, by basically slashing four zeros off its face value, an acknowledgment of how American sanctions and economic mismanagement have contributed to inflation in the country. The move by the Iranian government aims to simplify ...

The Saudi G20 Presidency has welcome the launch of “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator”, a landmark, global and timely collaboration for the accelerated development, production and equitable access to new COVID-19 tools. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ACT Accelerator ...

US President Donald Trump has nominated senior Indian-American diplomat Manisha Singh as his envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Manisha Singh is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for ...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will join his counterparts from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa on Tuesday, as the BRICS grouping goes into a major brainstorming session to forge a joint response to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

The Pakistan Navy successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea. The missile test was witnessed by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The anti-ship missiles were fired from surface ships, ...

Iran has successfully launched the nation’s first military satellite, another move in the heightened tit-for-tat fight between Washington and Tehran over the regime’s missile programs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The satellite took off on top of a relatively unknown rocket ...

Lebanon became the first Arab country to legalize cannabis farming in the hopes that sales from the plant will provide some relief to its debt-ridden economy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The legislation stated that marijuana cultivation will be considered for medicinal and ...