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Daniel Lewis Lee: First Federal Execution in US in 17 years
The United States Justice Department has stated that Daniel Lewis Lee (47), convicted of murdering three people of a family, was put to death by lethal injection. This is the first federal execution in the country in the last 17 years. Daniel is the first of the three federal convicts who are going to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Capital punishment • United States • US Military
China running Campaign to Slash Birth rates among the Muslim Minorities
An investigation conducted by the United States-based news agency Associated Press (AP) has found that the Chinese Government has been running a number of in-human campaigns to slash the birth rates among the minority Muslim population in its country. Experts have labeled this Campaign of China as ‘Demographic Genocide’. Among the Muslim minorities in China, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: China • United States • Uyghur • Xinjiang
Cleared of Doping Charges, K. Sanjita Chanu to receive Arjuna Award
Secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) has informed on 25th June 2020 that K. Sanjita Chanu will receive the Arjuna Award for 2018. The two time Commonwealth Games Gold medalist was cleared of doping charges earlier this month by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The Secretary of IWF has also informed that the Sports Ministry ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Commonwealth Games • Indian Weightlifting Federation • International Weightlifting Federation • Manipur • Sanjita Chanu • United States • World Anti-Doping Agency
Russia’s Energia plans to take First Tourist on Space Walk in 2023
On 25th June 2020, Russian Company- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (also known as RSC Energia) has announced that it will take the first tourist for a spacewalk in 2023. The announcement came after RSC Energia has signed a deal with Space Adventures (space tourism company in the United States). RSC Energia is ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dennis Tito • International Space Station (ISS) • Roscosmos (Russia) • RSC Energia • Russia • Soyuz Spacecraft • SpaceX • SpaceX Falcon 9 • United States
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to set up Permanent Base in the Indian Ocean
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that it will set up its permanent military base in the Indian ocean by March next year. The announcement was made by Alireza Tangsiri on 23rd June 2020. Alireza Tangsiri is the Navy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Navy Commander informed that the move of ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Bahrain • Indian Ocean • Iran • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps • Saudi Arabia • Sea of Oman • United States