Sri Lanka topped WBTi ranking, India at 78th Place

Published: January 25, 2020

Sri Lanka has been ranked first among 97 countries on breastfeeding rate as per the new survey conducted by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi). The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) was launched in the year 2004 by the experts at the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, based in Delhi. 120 countries across the world ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Bangladesh • Bolivia • Cuba • Delhi • Gambia • Sri lanka • World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative

Manuel Marrero Cruz appointed as Cuba’s first PM in more than 40 years

Published: December 23, 2019

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has appointed Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in more than four decades (40 years). Marrero Cruz who was named prime minister for a five-year term, has served as Cuban tourism minister for 16 years. He is an architect by trade and has helped boost Cuba’s economy by ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Cuba • Cuban Communist Party • Fidel Castro • Manuel Marrero Cruz • Prime Minister of Cuba • Raúl Castro

Cuba appoints new Prime Minister after more than 43 years

Published: December 22, 2019

Located in the Northern Caribbean with a population of approx 1.2 crores, the Republic of Cuba has named its new Prime Minister on Saturday, 21st December 2019 after a gap of more than 43 years years. The incumbent Tourism Minister of Cuba, 56-years-old Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new and the 17th Prime ..

Topics: Caribbean • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Government of Cuba • Manuel Marrero Cruz • Miguel Diaz-Canel • Prime Minister of Cuba • Tourism Minister

2018 Report on International Religious Freedom

Published: June 24, 2019

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 • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

UK’s historic Royal visit to Cuba

Published: March 24, 2019

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited Cuba on sunday. It is the first ever royal visit by the members of the family to Cuba. This is happening at a time when majority of the western world is denouncing Cuba’ s political and humanitarian crisis. President TRump reversed many of Obama’s policies towards Cuba is ..

Topics: Countries • Cuba • Current Affairs – November, 2019 • Donald Trump • Eastern Bloc • Republics • Spanish Caribbean

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