Laos Current Affairs, GK & News
11th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation meeting held
On July 21, 2021, while addressing the 11th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) meeting, S Jaishankar India’s External Affairs Minister has called for a “collective and collaborative” response to effectively deal with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, saying that national boundaries are not respected by this virus. Key Points India considers the Mekong region of great importance ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: 11th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation • Cambodia • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar • India • Laos • Mekong Ganga Cooperation • MGC initiative • Myanmar • Thailand • Vietnam
Where is Plain of Jars located?
The archaeologists recently found that the jars in the “Plain of Jars” were used as burial sites. They have also found that though the jars could be 3,000 years old, the human remains suggest that people were buried along side these jars 700 years ago, which is relatively recent. About the recent Discoveries According the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Laos • Plain of Jars • sandstone • UNESCO World Heritage Site
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 • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
New Species of Frog Discovered in North-East
Researchers from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India in association with researchers from Indonesia and the US have discovered a new species of paddy frog from Assam in Northeast India. Aishani The new species has been named Aishani derived from the Sanskrit word which means North East. Aishani belongs to the genus Micryletta ..
Topics: Assam • Delhi University • Indonesia • Laos • North East • Northeast • Paddy frog • River Brahmaputra • Thailand • US • Vietnam • Wildlife Institute of India
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