The 2023 G20 summit is to be held in which country?
- A. USA
- B. Saudi Arabia
- C. India
- D. Japan
Correct Answer: C. India
The 2023 G20 New Delhi summit is the upcoming eighteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a summit scheduled to take place in International Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC), Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in 2023. It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be held in India as well as in South Asia.
Correct Answer: A. Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman
Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on 2 October 2023, Monday.
Correct Answer: A. 95
Germany returned Remains of 95 Maori and Moriori people to New Zealand, including six mummified tattooed heads, were returned by German institutions. The remains of 95 Indigenous New Zealanders as well as artefacts and cultural treasures have been returned to New Zealand from museums and universities in Germany. New Zealand Ambassador to Germany Craig Hawke said the remains were being repatriated after “more than a century away from their homeland” and in a manner that demonstrated the “mature and close relationship” between Berlin and Wellington.
Correct Answer: C. Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the third president of the United Arab Emirates since 14 May 2022. After the death of Sheikh Khalifa on 13 May 2022, Mohamed became the ruler of Abu Dhabi. He was elected to the presidency of the United Arab Emirates the next day.
Correct Answer: C. Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines was on Friday, January 25, 2020 fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes. In its consent order, the department said it found Delta “engaged in discriminatory conduct” and violated anti-discrimination laws when it removed the three passengers.
Correct Answer: C. Israel
The US and Israel signed a new security pact on July 14, 2022, reinforcing their common front against Iran, as President Joe Biden pledged to use all American power to stop the Islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons. The declaration was inked by Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Biden, who was making his first trip to the Middle East as president.
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.