CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 24, Dec 2021

US President Joe Biden last night signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act that bans import of goods into the US made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang province. White House said, US President signed into law, which bans imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 23, Dec 2021

World Health Organization chief has warned that blanket booster programmes of COVID-19 vaccines are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage. Addressing a media briefing at Geneva, WHO

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, Dec 2021

Russian president Vladimir Putin has pledged to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He becomes the first major western leader to indicate his attendance. His remarks came in a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who said he looked forward to a get-together.It comes

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 16, Dec 2021

United Nations’ nuclear watchdog and Iran have reached a deal to reinstall cameras damaged at an Iranian site that manufactures centrifuge parts. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has been given access once again by Iran to a centrifuge parts manufacturing fa

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 15, Dec 2021

India, Iran and Uzbekistan have stressed on the important role played by Chabahar Port during humanitarian crises as well as in enhancing regional connectivity. The second Trilateral Working Group Meeting between three countries on the joint use of Chabahar Port was held virtually yes

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 13, Dec 2021

Group of Seven nations has warned that Russia will have to face massive consequences and pay severe costs if President Vladimir Putin attacks Ukraine. The G7 Foreign Ministers meeting was held in the northern English city of Liverpool. During the meeting that concluded yesterday, the

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 10, Dec 2021

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended distribution of food aid in two northern Ethiopian towns after gunmen looted its warehouses. The United Nations said, looters from rebel Tigrayan forces held aid staff at gunpoint in the town of Kombolcha. They stole large quantities of ess

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 10, Dec 2021

International Maritime Organization council has awarded Certificate of Commendation to Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and Master along with crew members of tugboat Ocean Bliss. The award has been given for exceptional and courageous efforts towards rescue operation of M/T New Diamond

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 09, Dec 2021

Indian-origin physician, Anil Menon has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has announced. 45 years old Menon, a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force,   was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, helping to la

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 09, Dec 2021

United Kingdom, Canada and Australia have joined the US-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over concerns about human rights in China.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that no UK government minister will attend the Winter Olympics. Britain will