Who becomes Australia first hijab-wearing Senator?
- A. Khubra Khan
- B. Manahil Shah
- C. Dua Ilyas
- D. Fatima Payman
Correct Answer: D. Fatima Payman
Fatima Payman is an Afghan-born Australian politician and Senator of the Australian Senate after the 2022 Australian federal election. A member of the Labor Party, she was declared elected to the Senate for Western Australia on 20 June 2022 and began her term on 1 July.
Correct Answer: C. Spain
Spain’s lower house of Parliament passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical supervision. Under the law, minors aged 12 or 13 will need a judge’s authorisation to make the change, while those between 14 and 16 will have to be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians. The law also banned conversion therapies, established fines and punishments for attacks on LGBT people.
Correct Answer: B. China
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said Padma Bridge Rail Link is a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative, and also the largest infrastructure project in Bangladesh using Chinese preferential loans. As one of the most important infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, he said it is estimated to directly benefit 80 million people and boost economic growth by 1.5%.
Correct Answer: D. Medication Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2022 will be celebrate on 17 September 2022. World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days. It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work toward global solidarity and action by the Member States to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. It is in this context that medication Safety’ has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’. The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm launched by WHO in 2017.
Correct Answer: C. $180 million
The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on March 21, 2022, signed framework agreements to extend $180 million loans to Pakistan to finance Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP). The financing agreements were signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Mian Asad Hayaud Din and Special Adviser to the President IsDB Mohammad Jamal Al-Satti. The signing ceremony was also witnessed by IsDB President Dr Muhammad Al Jasser, who is in Islamabad on a three-day visit to attend the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.
Correct Answer: B. Vladivostok
Eastern Economic Forum is an international forum held each year in Vladivostok, Russia, for the purpose of encouraging foreign funding in the Russian Far East. It is held each year since 2015 in September, at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia. The 7th Eastern Economic Forum 2022 will take place on 5–8 September 2022 in Vladivostok on the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) campus.
Correct Answer: A. March 17, 2023
The International Criminal Court on March 17, 2023, announce an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. The Hague-based ICC said it had also issue a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia`s presidential commissioner for children`s rights, on similar charges. The Kremlin dismissed the orders as void. Russia is not a party to the ICC so it was unclear if or how Putin could ever be extradited.