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: A. 95
Germany returned Remains of 95 Maori and Moriori people to New Zealand, including six mummified tattooed heads, were returned by German institutions. The remains of 95 Indigenous New Zealanders as well as artefacts and cultural treasures have been returned to New Zealand from museums and universities in Germany. New Zealand Ambassador to Germany Craig Hawke said the remains were being repatriated after “more than a century away from their homeland” and in a manner that demonstrated the “mature and close relationship” between Berlin and Wellington.
Correct Answer: B. China
Long March is a flagship series of rockets launched by China. The ‘Long March 5B Rocket’ recently crash-landed near the Indian Ocean. It was launched in June to deliver the solar-powered Wentian experiment module to China’s Tiangong Space Station. In a statement, NASA said that China did not share specific trajectory information as the Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth.
Correct Answer: A. Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoed a big European Union aid package for Kyiv on 15 December 2023 and said he could still halt Ukraine`s accession after EU leaders approved the start of lengthy membership talks. Leaders of all 27 EU states, except Hungary, agreed at a summit on Thursday to start accession talks with Ukraine despite Russia`s invasion of its neighbor, bypassing Orban`s grievances by getting him to leave the room.
Correct Answer: B. Australia
Australia has sent a delegation of industry, government, academic, media and arts representatives to Beijing for a dialogue with their Chinese counterpart to stabilise its relationship with China, Canberra’s foreign ministry said Saturday. Trade, investment, people-to-people links as well as regional and international security are among the issues up for discussion Foreign Minster Penny Wong’s office said. In a statement, Wong added that the talks represent “another step towards increasing bilateral engagement and stabilising our relationship with China”.
Correct Answer: D. All of these
The defense chiefs of the US, South Korea and Japan agreed to start a new mechanism to share data on North Korean missile launches. The agreement, reached in a trilateral meeting between the ministers in Seoul on Sunday, will “facilitate the exchange of real-time missile warning data and improve each country’s ability to monitor missiles” launched by North Korea, according to a Pentagon statement.
Correct Answer: B. Ixchiq
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ixchiq, the first chikungunya vaccine. Ixchiq is approved for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to chikungunya virus. The chikungunya virus is primarily transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. Chikungunya is an emerging global health threat with at least 5 million cases of chikungunya virus infection reported during the past 15 years.