Which country, also the world’s second largest arms producer, is set to join the UN Arms Trade Treaty?
- A. India
- B. United States
- C. China
- D. Germany
Correct Answer: C. China
China recently announced that it will join the United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty. China’s top legislative body voted to adopt a decision on joining the treaty. Earlier, the United States had rejected to join the treaty, which has been designed to control the flow of weapons into conflict zones.
Correct Answer: D. Medication Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2022 will be celebrate on 17 September 2022. World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days. It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work toward global solidarity and action by the Member States to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. It is in this context that medication Safety’ has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’. The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm launched by WHO in 2017.
Correct Answer: B. Iran
Iran has launch a satellite carrier rocket ‘Simorgh’ bearing three research devices into space, as per the country’s media. ‘Simorgh’ translates to ‘Phoenix’ in the Iran language. The country has launched the devices at an altitude of 470 kilometers (290 miles). The United States unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions against Iran.
Correct Answer: B. 04 March 2020
Correct Answer: B. Dubai
The completion of the trial make Fakeeh University Hospital the first healthcare provider in the Middle East to leverage drone technology for medication delivery. Dubai saw the completion of the first successfully trial of medical delivery via drones at the Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), in yet another unique public-private sector partnership that raises the city’s global competitiveness as a hub for advance technologies and smart applications.
Correct Answer: C. Roza Otunbayeva
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named former Kyrgyzstan president Roza Otunbayeva as the UN`s new special representative for Afghanistan, his office said. She is replacing another woman, Canadian Deborah Lyons, as head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, where the rights of women and girls have been drastically curtailed since the Taliban`s return to power last year.
Correct Answer: B. Italy
Italy has withdrawn from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), more than four years after becoming the only Group of Seven (G7) nation to sign up. After months of uncertainty regarding Italy’s involvement in the ambitious project, Rome conveyed its decision in a recent letter to Beijing, news agencies Reuters and AFP reported on Wednesday.