North Korea Current Affairs, GK & News
North Korea fires Two Cruise Missiles
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), North Korea has fired two cruise missiles off the West Coast on March 21, 2021. It marks first missile test of Pyongyang since April 14, 2020. Highlights Firing of two cruise missiles is being seen as testing administration of the US President, Joe Biden. North Korea ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: North Korea • North Korea Missile Test • North Korea–United States relations • Nuclear Weapons Program • United States
Global Firepower Index, 2021
The Global Firepower Index ranks the countries based on their potential military strength. India was ranked fourth in the index. The Global Firepower Index ranked 138 countries. The countries were evaluated based on prolonged offensive and defensive military campaigns. Rankings The United States topped the index with 904 attack helicopters and eleven aircraft carriers. Also, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Defence Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Global Firepower Index • Helicopter • Military • North Korea • Pakistan • Submarines
First-ever EU cyber sanctions imposed on Russian, Chinese, North Korean agents
The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions over cyber-attacks, slapping them on alleged Russian military agents, Chinese cyberspies and organizations including a North Korean firm. Details of Sanctions The six people and three groups hit with sanctions include Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. The EU baled them for the 2017 WannaCry ransomware and NotPetya ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: China • EU • European Union • GRU • North Korea • Ransomware • Russia • WannaCry
$1 Million Medical Assistance Provided by India to North Korea
India has extended medical assistance worth about $1 million to North Korea in response to a request from the World Health Organization. India is sensitive to the shortage of medical supply situation in the country and that is why it decided to grant humanitarian assistance of $1 million in the form or anti-tuberculosis medicines to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-tuberculosis medicines • humanitarian assistance • India • India-North Korea • North Korea • WHO • World Health Organization
North Korea Most Unsafe for Nuclear Material Safety: NTI Report
According to a report published by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a Washington-based group working to curb the threat of nuclear terrorism and accidents, North Korea ranked the last among the 22 countries reviewed in terms of the security of its nuclear materials. The country scored only 19 points out of a total of 100 in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: North Korea • NTI • Nuclear Threat Initiative • Nuclear weapons