Which country is named the President of the UN Security Council for August 2021?
- A. Russia
- B. China
- C. India
- D. Norway
Correct Answer: C. India
India, which has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council recently, will serve as its president for the month of August 2021. Tunisia will begin 2021 as the President of the Council in January. India was elected as the non-permanent members of the 15-nation-UNSC for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2021.
Correct Answer: C. 70%
Correct Answer: D. China
China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Sunday. The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket. A multifunctional test satellite and another satellite named Tiantuo-5 were also launched via the rocket. Sunday’s launch was the 343rd mission of the Long March rocket series, state-run Xinhua news agency reported
Correct Answer: C. 71
US President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, has died after being hospitalized in New York, the President said in a statement. He was 71 years old. The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday. He died on 15 August 2020
Correct Answer: C. Both A and B
Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed their commitment to “collective and individual voluntary adjustments” to oil production, the Saudi state news agency said on Sunday. Furthermore, the ministers reiterated the willingness of the Declaration of Cooperation (DoC) countries to take additional measures at any time in their continued efforts to support market stability, building on the strong cohesion of the OPEC plus,” Saudi state news agency SPA said, as per the Reuters report.
Correct Answer: B. Food safety, everyone’s business
This year, the theme of the World Food Safety Day campaign is “Food safety, everyone’s business” celebrated on June 7, 2020. This year is the second edition of Food Safety Day
Correct Answer: C. Jakarta Indonesia
The 43rd ASEAN Summit held in Jakarta Indonesi On the occasion, President Jokowi emphasized the importance of ASEAN solidarity and stability in the region to face global challenges and to realize ASEAN as the epicentrum of growth. Particularly, President Jokowi also higlight the importance of the implementation of Five Point Consensus to resolve Myanmar conflicts. “We hope that issues in Myanmar can be resolved immediately since it is related to humanity and the people of Myanmar. In fact, the issues are very complicated, not only involve one or two parties but three, four, or five parties. Therefore it takes time. It can only be resolved once all stakeholders in the country have common will to resolve it, otherwise it will be very hard,” he said.