When did Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Turkey for the first time since Khashoggi murder?
- A. June 16, 2022
- B. June 18, 2022
- C. June 20, 2022
- D. June 22, 2022
Correct Answer: D. June 22, 2022
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has landed in the Turkish capital, Ankara, for a first visit to the country since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. The visit began with a welcome ceremony and will be followed by a one-on-one meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the crown prince.
Correct Answer: A. UAE
Technology Innovation Institute, Abudhabi, UAE has launch Falcon LLM, a large language model (LLM) with 40 billion parameters. The model outperforms GPT-3 and requires only 75% of its training compute, as well as lower percentage of other large language models’ training compute. The UAE is aligned with the UAE’s National AI Strategy, which aims to make the country a leader in the knowledge economy, driving progress and prosperity.
Correct Answer: C. She-Guard
Pakistan-based cleantech startup She-Guard secured the top position at the ‘ClimateLaunchpad Asia-Pacific’ finals, presenting their innovative biodegradable and plastic-free sanitary product. The startup’s mission revolves around converting banana crop waste into affordable and eco-friendly sanitary napkins, effectively addressing the interconnected challenges of climate change, public health, and solid waste management in Pakistan.
Correct Answer: B. Sweden
Sweden has become the first country in the world to manufacture fossil-free steel which is also known as green steel. Green steel has been developed by HYBRIT Technology and the first delivery was done to Volvo AB as a trial run. This initiative was in process since the year 2016 and the full-scale production will begin in 2026.
Correct Answer: D. Japan
Japan has signed its largest-ever loan package worth dollar 3.1 billion for Bangladesh. Announcing this in Dhaka on Wednesday, the embassy of Japan said that the loan under its Official Development Assistance (ODA) will be given for seven projects of Bangladesh under concessional terms.
Correct Answer: B. Kosovo
Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties, US President Donald Trump said on September 4, 2020, hailing what he called a `major breakthrough` more than a decade after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
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.