Which country launched e-passport facility on January 22, 2020?
- A. Pakistan
- B. China
- C. Indonesia
- D. Bangladesh
Correct Answer: D. Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched e-passport facility for all citizens of the nation in Dhaka on January 22, 2020. The e-passports will have an embedded chip in them that will contain all the required bio-metric data of the passport holder including photograph and other information that isthere on the regular passport. The facility will also have digital security features.
Correct Answer: D. Russia
A Russian hacking team, known as Cold River, targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, five cyber security experts allege. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend its territory, Cold River targeted the Brookhaven (BNL), Argonne (ANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL), according to internet records that showed the hackers creating fake login pages for each institution and emailing nuclear scientists in a bid to make them reveal their passwords.
Correct Answer: C. India and Indonesia
According to the World Malaria Report, India accounted for 66% of malaria cases in the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia region in 2022. India and Indonesia accounted for about 94% of all malaria deaths in the region last year in 2022, the World Health Organization said.
Correct Answer: B. March 2, 2022
The European Union on March 2, 2022 cut seven Russian banks from the Swift payment system and banned Kremlin-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik from broadcasting into the bloc. The measures, effective immediately, were the latest ratcheting up of the Western-coordinated sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Correct Answer: B. Bangladesh
Bangladesh will host the 24th Asian Archery Championships in 2025 after winning by 14-10 votes in the bid at the World Archery Asia Congress held on Friday in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of twenty four member countries of the Asian continent participated in the congress.
Correct Answer: A. 59
On June 29, 2020, India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Correct Answer: A. Haishen
As per the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon Haishen hit Japan and released fierce winds and rains. Haishen means Sea God in Chinese and the typhoon unleashed winds of speed over 180 kilometers per hour and damaged some parts of Okinawa, Kyushu island. The typhoon is estimated to approach some regions of South Korea.