Mozambique Current Affairs, GK & News
Appointments made on 2nd December 2019
Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar, took over as the Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) on Monday, 2nd December 2019. Lt Gen Rajeshwar is a graduate of the Indian Military Academy (IMA). In December 1980, he was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery. He had taken part in Operation Rakshak and Operation Meghdoot ..
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Asian Development Bank • Indian Military Academy • Lieutenant general • manila • Masatsugu Asakawa • Mozambique • Persons in News • Podali Shankar Rajeshwar • Rwanda • Takehiko Nakao • United Nations
Zimbabwe ripped apart by Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai which had hit Zimbabwe earlier this month had caused massive flash floods and landslides which have completely destroyed huge tracts of cornfields in Zimbabwe’s main agricultural provinces like Manicaland and Masvingo. This has led to the increasing issue of food insecurity in the African country. Farmers in the villages of Chipinge and Chimanimani, ..
Category: Uncategorized
Topics: Africa • Chimanimani • Chipinge • Countries • Cyclone Idai • Geography of Africa • In Zimbabwe • Manicaland Province • Member states of the African Union • Member states of the United Nations • Mozambique • Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai
Tropical Cyclone Idai has caused huge deaths and economic losses in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Cyclone Idai made landfall on Mozambique and later moved in a westerly direction. Idai is the deadliest Tropical cyclone witnessed in 2019. Idai originated from a tropical depression that formed off the eastern coast of Mozambique and made landfall in Mozambique. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Cyclone Idai • Malawi • Mozambique • Mozambique Channel • South Africa • Tropical Cyclone • Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai hits Zimababwe
31 people have been confirmed dead in a massive cyclone which has come to hit parts of eastern Zimbabwe. Idai, a huge cyclone has also caused havoc in the neighbouring states of Mozambique and Malawi. It has been reported that over 1.5 million people have been hit by the Cyclone in three different countries. Heavy ..
Category: Uncategorized
Topics: Africa • Beira, Mozambique • Chimanimani • Continents • Cyclone Dineo • Cyclone Idai • Geography of Africa • In Zimbabwe • Mozambique
AFINDEX-19
Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African nations will be conducted in Pune from March 18 to 27. Features of AFINDEX-19 10 personnel, each from the participating nations from the African continent and personnel of Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army will participate in the joint exercise. The joint exercise would be held ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: AFINDEX-19 • Africa • Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise • Democratic Republic of Congo • Egypt • Ghana • India-Africa • Madagascar • Maratha Light Infantry • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • South Africa • Sudan • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia