Peru Current Affairs, GK & News
Why did the Peruvian President Manuel Merino resign?
On November 15, 2020, the Peruvian President Manuel Merino was forced out of power (meaning forced to resign). What is the issue? On November 9, 2020, Martin Vizcarra, predecessor of Manuel was impeached by the Peruvian Legislature. He was impeached on the grounds of unproven charges of corruption. Vizcarra is not affiliated with any political ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Democracy • Manuel Merino • Martín Vizcarra • Persons in News • Peru • President • Unicameralism
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru: Giant Cat Drawing found
The Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37 metre long cat on the famous Nazca lines of Peru. It is a world known UNESCO Heritage site. Key highlights The Nazca lines consists of hundreds of gigantic geoglyph that date back more than 2000 years. The newly discovered cat Geoglyph is older than the ones discovered earlier. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Geoglyph • Nazca plate • Peru • Peruvian current • tectonic plates • UNESCO • UNESCO World Heritage Site
Former UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar passes away
Former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar recently passed away at the age of 100, in his native country Peru. The veteran diplomat served as United Nations Secretary General from 1981 to 1991 and led the UN during the Iran-Iraq war and the El Salvador civil war. Recently, Javier Perez celebrated his 100th birthday.
Topics: Peru • UN Secretary-General • United Nations
Global Potato Conclave 2020 Begins at Gandhinagar
The third Global Potato Conclave commenced at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Tuesday, 28th January 2020 and will conclude on Friday, 31st January 2020. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi addressed the conclave through video-conferencing on Tuesday and informed that the central government has transferred a record Rs 12,000 crore directly into the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Gandhinagar • Global Potato Conclave • Gujarat • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • Indian Potato Association • Mahatma Mandir • Narendra Modi • Peru • Prime Minister of India • Shimla
Abu Dhabi named World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination 2019
The capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi has been named as the World’s leading sports tourism destination for the seventh time in a row. The award was declared at the 26th edition of the annual World Travel Awards(WTA). The World Travel Awards was founded in 1993. Awards were presented in over 50 ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Chile • Kenya • Oman • Peru • United Arab Emirates • World travel awards