The 49th G7 summit was held in:
- A. Okayama
- B. Hiroshima
- C. Osaka
- D. Yokohama
Correct Answer: B. Hiroshima
The 49th G7 summit was held from 19 to 21 May 2023 in the Hiroshima city of Hiroshima Prefecture.
Correct Answer: B. September 21, 2022
Raju Srivastav and often credited as Gajodhar, was an Indian comedian, actor, and politician. He had been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014. He was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and moved to Mumbai in the 1980s to work in the Hindi film industry. His condition was stated to be critical ever since he suffered the heart attack. On the morning of 21 September 2022, he died during his treatment in Delhi.
Correct Answer: D. Global Shield
Pakistan and six other nations facing climate risks called pathfinder countries will be the first recipients of Global Shield funding, it was announced at the COP27 summit in Egypt on November 14, 2022. Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, the Philippines and Senegal were identified as the other recipients of the package by the Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) of 58 climate-vulnerable economies and the Group of Seven (G7). The Global Shield initiative for pre-arranged financial support has been designed to be quickly deployed in times of climate disasters.
Correct Answer: A. World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched a new initiative named ‘COVID-19 Law Lab’, to ensure that laws are adhered to protect health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. It is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WHO, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
Correct Answer: C. October 13, 2020
Indian authorities on October 13, 2020, released a top Kashmiri politician from detention more than a year after New Delhi scrapped Indian-controlled Kashmir`s special status, a move that triggered widespread anger and economic ruin amid a harsh security clampdown.
Correct Answer: B. China
As per the recent report of the Sweden-based think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China is developing a nuclear triad for the first time, made up of new land and sea-based missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft. China is in the middle of a significant modernization of its nuclear arsenal. China’s pace of growth of its nuclear weapons has increased in recent years with the fielding of new weapon systems, according to the report.
Correct Answer: C. USA
NASA’s ‘Oceans Melting Greenland airborne mission’ has found that Greenland’s glaciers that empty into the ocean, such as Apusiaajik Glacier, are at greater risk of rapid ice loss. It revealed that ice loss from Greenland’s ice sheet contributes more to the global rise of the oceans than any other single source. If all of Greenland’s ice sheets were to melt, global sea levels would rise by about 24 feet (7.4 meters).