When ICJ starts hearing of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?
- A. January 06, 2024
- B. January 05, 2024
- C. January 11, 2024
- D. January 17, 2024
Correct Answer: C. January 11, 2024
The International Court of Justice started hearing South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the Hague today. A seventeen-member bench with ICJ president Joan Donoghue hearing the case. South African Advocate told the court that Israel’s genocide intent against the Palestinians in Gaza is evident from how Israel’s military attack is being conducted. He demanded an emergency suspension of Israel’s aerial and ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The court will meet tomorrow to hear Israel’s arguments. South Africa filed the lawsuit in December, in a move welcome by several countries amid a global chorus for a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, pro-Palestinian demonstrators held protests outside the court and called for an end to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza that have killed more than 23,000 Palestinians.
Correct Answer: C. 76%
Correct Answer: C. China
China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on 10 February 2022. China has criticized the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs.
Correct Answer: A. MS Dhoni
Dhoni is the only captain in the history of the game to win three ICC trophies – 2007 World T20, 2011 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy
Correct Answer: B. Amina Mohammed
The UN deputy secretary general met Afghanistan`s acting foreign minister on January 18, 2023 to discuss women`s education and jobs after Taliban authorities ordered most female NGO workers to stop work and barred women from attending universities. Amina Mohammed was in Kabul as part of a series of meetings that had included stops in Pakistan, Turkiye, and Qatar to discuss the situation in Afghanistan with diplomats, Afghan diaspora and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Correct Answer: C. USA
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-T satellite. It was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. GOES-T is the latest spacecraft of the GOES- R series. It will be used by the researchers to study Earth’s weather and climate.
Correct Answer: B. Bangladesh
The International Children’s Film festival was recently inaugurated in the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. It is one of the biggest film festivals in the country and the only international festival which is celebrated exclusively for children and young adults since 2008.