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Peru Environmental Emergency

Peru is a South American country. The Government of Peru recently declared an environmental emergency due to oil spill. The emergency is to last for 90 – days!...

January 25, 2022

Australia Online Safety Bill

Australia’s Online Safety Act has come into effect from January 23, 2022. The act was passed in July 2021. Highlights The act allows adults to report cases of...

January 24, 2022

Kirbati Island: Maiden COVID Cases

Kirbati is one of the most isolated islands in the world. It is located in Pacific Ocean, at 4,800 kimlometres from North America. So far Kirbati had recorded...

January 24, 2022

Japan’s Renkoji Temple offer

A new translation of a letter to the Indian Government in 2005, written by chief priest of Tokyo’s Renkoji temple in Japanese language, reveals that Justice MK Mukherjee...

January 24, 2022

Twitter: NFT Profile Picture feature

On January 21, 2022. Twitter announced a new way for users to authenticate their profile pictures, which is fuelled by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Key Points It is significant...

January 24, 2022

Shortage of Lithium for EV batteries

Recently, the Serbian Government cancelled licenses for a major lithium project, which is owned by Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Plc. Highlights Lithium is in hot demand because of...

January 24, 2022

Airstrikes in Yemen

The Saudi – led coalition recently conducted airstrikes in Yemen. More than hundred people were killed during the attack. About the airstrikes The airstrikes were conducted in Saada...

January 24, 2022

What is Five-alarm global fire?

The United Nations recently announced that the world is to face five major risks in 2022. These risks are referred to five – alarm global fire. The five...

January 23, 2022

UNSC 3-D Virtual Diplomacy

On January 20, 2022, members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) went on a virtual field trip to Columbia, with the help of Virtual Reality (VR) technology. 3-D Virtual Diplomacy...

January 22, 2022

Chinese bridge at Pangong Tso

Amid the ongoing standoff between India and China in eastern Ladakh, China is building another bridge on the Pangong Tso. Construction of new bridge was spotted in satellite...

January 22, 2022

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