Bahrain Current Affairs, GK & News
World’s Longest Serving Bahrain PM Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa passed away
World’s longest serving Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain PM, died on November 11. He was 84. He died at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States. He became the Prime Minister of Bahrain on 19 January 1970 but took office on 5 August 1971 after the country’s independence. Key Points Khalifa ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: Bahrain • Persons in News • United Nations
Sudan joins UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel
On October 23, 2020, Sudan became the third country to join UAE and Bahrain in recognizing Israel. The United States recently brokered pacts between Israel and UAE and Bahrain. Under the agreement, UAE and Bahrain agreed to recognise Israel as an independent state. Key Highlights In September 2020, UAE, Bahrain and Israel signed the first ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Abraham Accord • Arab Country • Bahrain • Balfour Declaration • israel • Palestine • UAE • United Nations
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to set up Permanent Base in the Indian Ocean
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that it will set up its permanent military base in the Indian ocean by March next year. The announcement was made by Alireza Tangsiri on 23rd June 2020. Alireza Tangsiri is the Navy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Navy Commander informed that the move of ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Bahrain • Indian Ocean • Iran • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps • Saudi Arabia • United States
PM Modi launches $4.2 million redevelopment project of temple in Bahrain
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched $4.2 million redevelopment project of 200-year-old Shreenathji or Lord Sri Krishna temple in Manama, capital of Bahrain, during his two-day visit to Gulf nation. This is 1st ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Bahrain. Key Highlights PM Modi unveiled the plaque in temple premises, thus officially launching redevelopment ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Bahrain • Gulf nation • Manama • oldest temple in gulf region • Prime Ministers of India Narendra Modi • redevelopment project • Shreenathji Temple • Sri Krishna Temple • Thathai Bhatia Hindu community
2018 Report on International Religious Freedom
The 2018 Report on International Religious freedom has been released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The report makes the following observations: Religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate in countries across the globe in 2017 It cites ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, the persecution of Tibetan Buddhists in China, the ..
Topics: Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Burma • China • Country of Particular Concern • Cuba • Egypt • Hindu extremist groups • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Kazakhstan • Laos • Malaysia • North Korea • Pakistan • Religious freedom • Report on International Religious Freedom • Rohingya Muslims • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Tibetan Buddhists • Turkey
India s Conservation Diplomacy
Prime Minister Modi during his visit to the Maldives announced that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will undertake restoration work of Friday Mosque under the Indian grant. Friday Mosque Friday Mosque also known as Hukuru Miskiy is a unique place of worship made of coral stones. The heritage place of worship built in 1658 during ..
Topics: Bahrain • Bhutan • Cambodia • Conservation Diplomacy • Coral • Egypt • Friday Mosque • Hukuru Miskiy • Ibrahim Iskandar I • India-Maldives • Laos • Maldives • Mohamed Bin Abdullah • Myanmar • Nepal • Soft power • Sri lanka • UNESCO World Heritage cultural list