Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Current Affairs, GK & News
August 9: Nagasaki Day
On August 9, Japan is commemorating the Nagasaki Day. On this day in 1945, the United States had dropped “Fat Man- atomic bomb” on Japanese city, Nagasaki. The atomic bomb was named so, due to wide, round shape of the bomb. Fat man was dropped from US B-29 bomber. It took the life of over ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Fat Man • First World War • Hiroshima • Japan • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Day • Second World War
NASA publishes images of a huge meteor explosion
NASA published the photos of the most poerful meteor explosion, 10 times than that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The explosion appeared just above the Bering sea. Previously such a huge meteor explosion occured in 2013 in a Russian ton injuring 1000s of people. This explosion that occured in the water is said to be ..
Topics: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Bering Sea • Bodies of water • Bomb • Current Affairs – October, 2019 • Explosion • Hiroshima • Oceans • Seas
Sumiteru Taniguchi, prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner of Japan, passes away
Sumiteru Taniguchi (88), the prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner and peace activist, has passed away in Nagasaki, Japan on August 30. He was the survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and a prominent activist for a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, and chairman of the Nagasaki Council of the A-Bomb Sufferers. He was 16 when ..
Topics: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Contents • Decades • Hibakusha • Nagasaki • Nobel Peace Prize • Nuclear disarmament • Nuclear technology • Nuclear weapon • Sumiteru Taniguchi