U.S. Current Affairs, GK & News
Zozibini Tunzi crowned Miss Universe 2019
26-year-old Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi was crowned as the Miss Universe 2019 on Sunday, 8th December 2019. In the finals, Zozibini defeated Miss Puerto Rico, Madison Anderson, who finished as the Runner-up. Miss Mexico, Sofia Aragon finished in third place. This year marked the 68th edition of Miss Universe competition and was held at ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Atlanta • Georgia • Madison Anderson • Mexico • Miss Diva 2019 • Miss Universe 2019 • Puerto Rico • South Africa • U.S. • Vartika Singh • Zozibini Tunzi
World Athlete of the Year 2019
Men’s- Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner has been awarded the World Athlete of the Year 2019. 35-year -old also won the award in 2018 making him the 4th athlete to win the World Athlete of the Year award in consecutive years. Eluid Kipchoge became the world record holder in the marathon with a timing of ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Dalilah muhammad • Eliud Kipchoge • Kenya • Marathon • rio olympic • U.S. • Usain Bolt • world athlete of the year • world athletics • World championships
Mark-45 Naval Artillery Gun worth $1 billion to India approved by U.S
The U.S government have approved the biggest defence deal with India in last four year worth $1 billion for the sale of 13 MarK-45 5inch/62 calibre naval artillery guns. The deal would also include spare parts, personnel training and equipment, technical data and publications, ammunition, technical assistance and other logistics support from the contractor and ..
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: China • Indian Navy • mark-45 • Narendra Modi • Pakistan • U.S.
Global Drug Survey
The Global Drug Survey (GDS) is an anonymised, online survey based on a detailed questionnaire to assess trends in drug use and self-reported harms among regular drug users and early adopters of new trends. The survey which encompassed nearly 1,00,000 respondents from 30 countries on recreational drug use for the first time polled respondents from ..
Topics: Australia • benzodiazepines • Canada • Cannabis • cocaine • Denmark • Global Drug Survey • ketamine • magic mushrooms • Nitrous oxide • prescription opioids • Tobacco • U.K • U.S.
Mission Shakti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has successfully test-fired an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile by shooting down a live satellite. The project named as Mission Shakti was led by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was aimed at strengthening India’s overall security. Key Facts about Mission Shakti DRDO-developed A-SAT system successfully destroyed a live ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 1967 Outer Space Treaty • A-SAT • anti-satellite missile • China • Defence Research and Development Organisation • DRDO • Mission Shakti • Odisha • Russia • U.S.