Jordan Current Affairs, GK & News
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
The Israeli Armed forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque recently. The fight in the country has been increasing since mid-April. The Hamas in the Gaza Strip attacked Israel for its actions. They were engaged in Air strikes. During the air strikes, Israel used IRON DOMES to defend itself from the missiles launched from Gaza. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: air-strikes • Al-Aqsa Mosque • Gaza Strip • Hamas • Israel-Palestine • Israeli Jews • Jerusalem • Jews • Jordan • UNESCO World Heritage Site
What is Jordan Crisis?
Jordan is a unitary state that is ruled under a Constitutional Monarchy. Unitary state is a state that is governed as a single entity where the central government is ultimately supreme. In a Constitutional monarchy, a monarch (ruler or king) exercises authority in accordance to a written or unwritten constitution. What is Jordan Crisis? The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Government of Jordan • Israel-Palestine Conflict • Jordan • Monarchy • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • UAE
WHO: “Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco” to help people quit smoking launched
On July 11, 2020, the World Health Organization launched “Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco”. The initiative is to help 1.3 billion global tobacco users to quit the habit of smoking. Highlights The initiative is to provide free access to people that need resources to quit tobacco such as nicotine replacement therapy. It will also provide ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco • Jordan • Non-communicable disease • Smoking • United Nations • World Health Organisation
Denman Glacier: Deepest Point on Land found in Antarctica
The deepest point on the land of Earth has been identified under the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. The glacier is a canyon completely covered with ice that reaches 3.5Km (11,500 ft) below the sea level, making it the deepest point on the land of our planet. Until today, the deepest point found on the ..
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Antarctica • Challenger deep • Denman glacier • israel • Jordan • Mariana Trench • Pacific Ocean
Jordan: Underwater Museum Of Military Vehicles unveiled
Jordan has unveiled its 1st Underwater Military Museum on the bed of Red Sea off the coast of Aqaba. As part new underwater military museum the kingdom submerged several military vehicles, including tanks, troop carriers and even a decommissioned Jordanian Armed Forces’ AH-1 Cobra helicopter into the waters of the Red Sea. Before the vehicles ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Gulf of Aqaba • Jordan • Red Sea • Underwater Museum Of Military Vehicles