World Photography Day 2023 celebrated on?
- A. 18 August
- B. 20 August
- C. 19 August
- D. 23 August
Correct Answer: C. 19 August
World Photography Day is observe on August 19 every year globally. The day celebrate the process of documenting memories. Also, it aims to bridge the gap between photographers and photo lovers from all over the world so they can learn and earn on a common platform. This year World Photography Day will be celebrate on the theme, ‘Landscapes.’ According to the worldphotographyday.com, “On World Photography Day this year, feel free to share the best photos you’ve taken of landscape and don’t forget to tag #WorldPhotographyDay and #WorldPhotographyDay2023 on the social media platform of your choice. ”
Correct Answer: B. SpaceX
Qatar Airways has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide Starlink-powered Wi-Fi on board its flights, allowing passengers to access high-speed internet. While the official launched date, initial routes, and aircraft have yet to be announce, Qatar Airways plans to make the service available on its entire fleet
Correct Answer: B. UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has establish a federal gaming body that will create a regulatory framework for a national lottery and commercial gaming across the Gulf Arab nation, according to a report by the state-operated Emirates News Agency.
Correct Answer: A. Fitch
Top rating agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’s credit rating over its rising debt and a “deterioration in standards of governance”, prompting protests from the White House. Fitch, one of the big three rating agencies, on Tuesday dropped the credit rating to AA+, down one notch from the highest rating AAA.
Correct Answer: C. Gaslighting
“Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740 percent in 2022 over the year before.
Correct Answer: C. Both A & B
The Nobel Foundation has reverse its decision to invite ambassadors from Russia and Belarus to this year’s Nobel awards ceremony in Stockholm after the invitation spark anger. On Saturday the foundation said Thursday’s decision had been based on a belief “that it is important and right to reach out as widely as possible with the values and messages that the Nobel prize stands for”. It noted, however, that the strong reactions “completely overshadowed this message”. “We, therefore, choose to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – that is, to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel prize award ceremony in Stockholm.”
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament inscribe the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now expected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.