Britain Current Affairs, GK & News
UK Organization to Conduct First-Ever British-Indian Census
The India League, a UK-based diaspora group which was established in 1916, announced the launch of a first-ever British Indian Census to collect data points around Britain’s estimated 1.5 million Indian-origin population. This will be conducted completely online in collaboration with the University of Oxford. The census is expected to give a panoramic view of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Britain • British-Indian Census • India League • UK
Britain bans Huawei from its 5G network
After a lot of pressure from the United States, Britain has finally taken the call that phased removal will be implemented for the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, from the 5G network of the country. This comes even after repeated warnings from China regarding the dire consequences. Background of the ban on Huawei In January 2020, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: 5G • Britain • China • Huawei
China plans to Establish National Security Bureau in Hong Kong
On 28th May 2020, Beijing passed legislation that empowered the Chinese Parliament to draft security laws for Hong Kong. Now China continues to tighten its grip on Honk Kong by planning to establish a ‘Special Bureau- National Security Office’ in Hong Kong that will have the rights to deal with criminal cases and analyze intelligence ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Beijing • Britain • China • Hong Kong • Special Administrative Region
Election Ink allowed to stamp Corona Patients
The Election Commission recently allowed the use of Election ink for stamping “home quarantined” on infected or symptomatic patients. The Corona Virus infected patients are to be stamped on hands. The ink is also called indelible ink, election ink, phosphoric ink, electoral ink. Election Ink The ink is semi-permanent. It is used during elections to ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Britain • Corona virus • COVID-19 • Diseases • Election Commission of India (ECI)
How the Hong Kong Protests Started?
Hong Kong is a special administrative region under the People’s Republic of China since 1997. In 1842, after the end of the First Opium War, Hong Kong became a part of the British colony. After the end of the Second Opium War in 1860, the British colony was further expanded up to the Kowloon Peninsula ..
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Britain • british colony • China • extradition bill • fugitive offenders • Hong Kong • kowloon peninsula • Macau • opium war • Taiwan