Cairo Current Affairs, GK & News
First Commercial Flight from Yemen to Egypt
The first commercial flight from Sanaa Airport, Yemen to Cairo, Egypt has been welcomed by the United Nations. The first commercial flight between both took off on 1st June 2022. This was the seventh flight that was operated under the terms that were brokered by the United Nations for two months of nationwide truce. How ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Amman • Cairo • Egypt • Sanaa • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates • Yemen • Yemen civil war
ISSF World Cup 2022- Highlights
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022 was held in Cairo, Egypt from 26th February to 8th March 2022. Overview: With a total of seven medals, the Indian team took first place in the medals tally, with four gold, two silver, and one bronze. Norway, won six medals which include three gold, one ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Cairo • Egypt • International Shooting Sport Federation • ISSF World Cup • ISSF World Cup 2022
World’s oldest Fossil Forest found in US
Researchers have found an extremely rare fossil site that shows evidence of wood and leaves from the Devonian Period, the site located in Cairo, New York stretches up to Pennsylvania in the United States of America. According to the National Geographic team, the site discovered is about 416 to 359 million years old, about 2 ..
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Biology • Cairo • National Geographic • New York • Pennsylvania • United States of America
Egypt named as host of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Egypt between 15th June and 13th July, after original host nation Cameroon was stripped of due to delays in preparations and concerns over security. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad has recently made the announcement in Senegalese capital Dakar. With this, the ..
Topics: Africa Cup of Nations • Cairo • Cities in Africa • Continents • Dakar • Egypt • Geography of Africa • Ismailia
Egypt openes West Asia’s largest cathedral in its New Administrative Capital
Egypt has recently opened West Asia’s largest cathedral in its New Administrative Capital, 45km east of Cairo. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the newly-built Cathedral of Nativity and a mosque on the eve of Coptic Christmas in a symbolic message of tolerance in the predominantly Muslim nation. The newly built Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque will be ..
Topics: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi • Cairo • Cathedral of the Nativity in Cairo • Continents • Countries • Egypt • Egyptian coup d'état • Geography of Africa • New Administrative Capital of Egypt • Nile Delta
The 2018 cultural festival ‘India by Nile’ to be held in Egypt
The mega annual cultural festival ‘India by the Nile’ will be held in Cairo, Egypt from March 6, 2018 with main focus on classical culture. The 12-day event will host a wide range of events to celebrate Indian culture and its diversity. It is the biggest foreign festival in Egypt which provides audiences an Indian ..
Topics: Abul Kalam Azad • Cairo • Continents • Countries • Eastern Mediterranean • Egypt • Geography of Africa