In August 2023, A new variant of Covid-19 found, name as?
- A. Omicron
- B. Eris
- C. Alpha
- D. XBB
Correct Answer: B. Eris
A new Covid-19 variant call Eris or EG.5.1 is rapidly spreading across the United Kingdom. Identified as a variant on July 31, Eris has now become the second-most prevalent strain, leading to around 1 in 7 Covid-19 cases in the European country, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Correct Answer: B. Mohamed Muizzu
Mohamed Muizzu has won the presidential election in the Maldives after a second-round run-off against incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, which was seen as a test of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s nascent democracy as well as its ties with China and traditional benefactor India.
Correct Answer: D. Russia
A Russian hacking team, known as Cold River, targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, five cyber security experts allege. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend its territory, Cold River targeted the Brookhaven (BNL), Argonne (ANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL), according to internet records that showed the hackers creating fake login pages for each institution and emailing nuclear scientists in a bid to make them reveal their passwords.
Correct Answer: C. China
Chinese researchers have developed autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that can carry out plateau lake investigations, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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: A. 118
As many as 118 countries DUBAI, signed a pledge to triple installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 during the ongoing COP¬28 climate summit The pledge committed to tripling worldwide installed renewable energy generation capacity to at least 11,000 gigawatts(GW) and to double the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements to more than 4% by 2030.
Correct Answer: A. Eastern Libya
On Sunday,10 September 2023 storm Daniel made landfall in Libya causing severe weather conditions, including strong winds and sudden heavy rainfall affecting several northeastern areas of Libya Death toll is estimated to be over 5,300 and many missing.