What is the theme of World Aids Day 2023?
- A. Global solidarity – shared responsibility.
- B. End inequalities. End AIDS
- C. Let Communities Lead
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: C. Let Communities Lead
On 1st December, WHO, together with communities and partners will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, under the theme “Let communities lead”. Communities living with, and affected by, HIV, networks of people from key populations and youth leaders have been, and continue to be, essential for progress in the HIV response.
Correct Answer: B. Taftan Bazarcha Business Gateway
The government has decided to reopen Taftan Bazarcha Business Gateway on a trial basis from April 8, 2023 (today), almost nine years after it was closed in 2014 over security reasons. According to officials, the high-ups of Pakistan Customs, National Logistic Cell (NLC), and business leaders of Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) have reached Taftan to make arrangements for the reopening of the gateway.
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: D. 66
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced recently that its planet hunter TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has found 66 new exoplanets or worlds beyond our solar system.
Correct Answer: C. China
The Global Times report said that AR500C, China’s first unmanned helicopter drone made its first successful flight recently. It has been designed to fly in plateau areas and capable of firing and conducting the investigation from a high altitude. AR500C can take off at an elevation of 5,000 metres and has a ceiling of 6,700 metres.
Correct Answer: D. Giorgia Meloni
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the Brothers of Italy (FdI) political party since 2014, and she has been the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020
Correct Answer: C. Japan
Japan launched its new space defense unit on May 18, 2020 to monitor and counter threats to the country`s satellites. The role of the unit is mainly to monitor and protect Japanese satellites from enemy attacks or space debris. The launch of the new unit comes amid growing Japanese concern that China and Russia are seeking ways to interfere, disable or destroy satellites.