Which country becomes the only country in South Asia to achieve the G4 status?
- A. India
- B. Pakistan
- C. Bangladesh
- D. Turkey
Correct Answer: B. Pakistan
Pakistan has been ranked as the 4th Generation Regulator (G4) by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). After this ranking, Pakistan has become the only country in South Asia to have achieved this goalpost.
Correct Answer: A. Russia
Russia on 7 November 2023 formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty that limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with the enlargement of the NATO military alliance. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), signed a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, placed verifiable limits on categories of conventional military equipment that NATO and the then-Warsaw Pact could deploy.
Correct Answer: A. USA
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament endorsed the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now awaits President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.
Correct Answer: C. Significant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won a promise of “significant” new air defence weapons from the White House but he warned Kiev could lose the war with Russia if Republican lawmakers cut the flow of billions of dollars in US military aid.
Correct Answer: A. 11-12 Feb 2020
Correct Answer: C. Saudi Arabia
The sixth edition of the Future Investment Initiative, a Saudi economic forum regularly referred to as the “Davos of the desert”, came to an end on 27 October 2022. Punctuated by strong announcements, notably on environmental issues, the event, which brought together no less than 520 speakers from more than 50 countries and some 7,000 visitors, reinforces its position as a key meeting place for decision-makers from around the world