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Australian Aboriginal flag

January 25, 2022

Government of Australia has bought copyright of Aboriginal flag, in order to free the identity symbol from fights over who can use it. Highlights The Aboriginal flag was created by indigenous artist Harold Thomas in 1971 as a protest image. ..

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Peru Environmental Emergency

January 25, 2022

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! What happened? Around six thousand barrels of oil were spilled into the ..

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Australia Online Safety Bill

January 24, 2022

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 online bullying in Australia, to the eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. With ..

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Kirbati Island: Maiden COVID Cases

January 24, 2022

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 only two COVID-19 cases. Recently, Kirbati is facing community transmission. What happened? ..

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Japan’s Renkoji Temple offer

January 24, 2022

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 was given permission to conduct DNA test of ashes and bone fragments, ..

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Twitter: NFT Profile Picture feature

January 24, 2022

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 for NFT owners who have been uploading their digital assets as profile ..

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Shortage of Lithium for EV batteries

January 24, 2022

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 rapidly growing production of electric vehicles, which use lithium-ion batteries. However, there ..

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Airstrikes in Yemen

January 24, 2022

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 of Yemen. The Saada region has a strong hold of Houthis. The ..

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What is Five-alarm global fire?

January 23, 2022

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 alarms are COVID-19, lawlessness in cyberspace, climate crisis, bankrupt global financial system ..

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UNSC 3-D Virtual Diplomacy

January 22, 2022

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 On the virtual trip, they listen, watched and got insights into the ..

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