Recently, a Prominent Taliban scholar was killed in a bombing attack at a seminary in Kabul, Named?
- A. Zabiullah Mujahid
- B. Sirajuddin Haqqani
- C. Hakimullah Mehsud
- D. Rahimullah Haqqan
Correct Answer: D. Rahimullah Haqqani
A prominent Taliban religious leader, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, has been killed in a bombing attack at a seminary in Kabul, Taliban officials have said. “Very sadly informed that respected cleric [Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani] was martyred in a cowardly attack by enemies,” said Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration, on 11 August 2022.
Correct Answer: C. Switzerland
Switzerland has launched the world’s longest passenger train with 100 coaches, and 4,550 seats, measuring 1910 meters. Rhaetian Railway, a Swiss transport company, has set a world record for the longest passenger train, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first railway. The record-breaking train was formed of 25 new ‘Capricorn’ electric trains, which passed through the landscape in the Swiss Alps.
Correct Answer: C. Nicaragua
Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crown the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday night in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand place as first runner-up. Palacios’ win marks the first-ever time a Nicaraguan woman has won Miss Universe. She had previously represented Nicaragua in the 2017 Teen Miss Universe pageant, placing in the top 10, and in the 2021 Miss World pageant.
Correct Answer: B. Japan
Correct Answer: C. 86 million
On May 27, 2020, a joint study by Save the Children and UNICEF showed that Covid-19 pandemic puts 86 million children at risk of poverty by the end of 2020. Nearly two-thirds of those children overall live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. That would bring the total number of children affected by poverty worldwide to 672 million, an increase of 15 percent over last year.
Correct Answer: D. France
On June 4, 2020, French troops killed Abdelmalek Droukdel Al Qaeda`s North Africa wing chief in northern Mali near the Algerian border.
Correct Answer: A. Libya’s interim government
Government of National Accord and Turkey had recently inked the military and maritime agreement. It is feared by many that it may escalate the war in Libya