India has signed MoU with which country on cooperation in the field of human resource development in civil services on April 22, 2024? -- Cambodia |
Where is the 5th edition of joint military exercise DUSTLIK being held between India and Uzbekistan from April 15, 2024? -- Termez, Uzbekistan |
Indian Army has received the first batch of 100 missiles along with 24 Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence System made by which country? -- Russia |
Where is the Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 being organised during April 2024? -- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
Which country has recently conducted a power test of a "super-large warhead" for a strategic cruise missile? -- North Korea |
To which country did India hand over BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles on April 19, 2024? -- Philippines |
In which country the broadcasting of Hindi radio has been started for the first time on April 21, 2024? -- Kuwait |
Which organisation has launched the Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety? -- WHO |
In which city has International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach light the flame for Paris Olympics 2024? -- Ancient Olympia, Greece |
A special report titled “New Era of BRICS - Horizons in Tech and Business for Women Empowerment” has been released by which organisation? -- BRICS CCI WE |
On April 10, 2024, the World Trade Organisation has reduced the trade growth projection for 2024 to what percent? -- 2.6% |
Which organization has released the 'Subject-based QS World University Rankings 2024' on April 10, 2024? -- Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) |
Who has issued Expression of Interest on April 9, 2024 to enhance collaboration between startups working in battery recycling technology for electric vehicles? -- European Union and India |
Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Ireland on April 9, 2024? -- Simon Harris |
Which organisation has recently released the Global Hepatitis Report 2024? -- World Health Organization (WHO) |
South Korea's second domestically built spy satellite has recently been launched into space from which place? -- John F Kennedy Space Center in Florida |
With which country has India started the seventh round of talks for a trade agreement on April 8, 2024? -- Peru |
With which theme has World Health Day been celebrated across the world on April 7, 2024? -- My Health My Right |
Who has recently won the presidential election held in Slovakia? -- Peter Pellegrini |
According to a study published in The Lancet on April 4, 2024, how many years of the average global life expectancy has increased between 1990 and 2021? -- 6.2 |
What is the theme of International Mine Awareness Day, 2024? -- Protecting Life, Building Peace |
Which country has successfully test-fired medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile on 3 April 2024? -- North Korea |
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took oath as the President of which country for the third time on April 2, 2024? -- Egypt |
To which country has India handed over two 'Dornier-228 aircraft' as part of the credit line? -- Guyana |
Who has won the Miami Open tennis tournament in men's singles by defeating Grigor Dimitrov? -- Jannik Sinner of Italy |
Romania and Bulgaria have partially joined which region of Europe? -- Schengen Zone |
Judith Suminwa Tuluka has become the first woman Prime Minister of which country? -- Democratic Republic of Congo |
Who has been declared the new President-elect of the country by the Constitutional Council of Senegal? -- Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
Which title has the British government announced to give to Oppenheimer filmmaker Christopher Nolan for his 'services to film'? -- Knighthood |
Which European country has recently announced that it is considering building a plant to enrich reprocessed uranium to reduce its dependence on Russia? -- France |
Where has the India-Mozambique-Tanzania trilateral exercise (IMT TRILAT 24) organized from March 21-28, 2024? -- Nacala, Mozambique |
Recently former international footballer Larry Lloyd passed away; Which country did he belong to? -- England |
According to the recently released ‘Food Waste Index Report 2024’, about 1.05 billion tonnes of food waste was generated in the year 2022; This report has been released by which international organization? -- United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) |
Where was the second G20 Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting held? -- Brasilia, the capital of Brazil |
Where was the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held from March 23-27, 2024? -- Geneva, Switzerland |
Which British explorer has become the first person to reach Nemo point, the most remote location on Earth? -- Chris Brown |
Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar discussed Indo-Pacific and West-Asia with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of which country on March 25, 2024? -- Singapore |
Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cuba? -- T. Armstrong Changsan |
What is the name of the operation initiated by India to evacuate its citizens from Haiti? -- Indravati |
Which bank ended the policy of negative interest rates on March 19, 2024 and announced its increase for the first time in 17 years? -- Bank of Japan |
Where was the fourth edition of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Startup Forum organized on March 19, 2024? -- New Delhi |
Where was the Third Summit for Democracy organized from March 18-20, 2024? -- In Seoul, South Korea |
Which organisation released the report titled “Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour” recently? -- International Labour Organization (ILO) |
Who has registered a historic victory in the Russian Presidential election for the 5th term? -- Vladimir Putin |
When was the 41st Steering Committee meeting of 'International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy' (IPHE) started in New Delhi? -- March 18, 2024 |
Where did the 10th edition of the joint military exercise ‘LAMITIYE’ between the Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces begin on March 18, 2024? -- Seychelles |
Bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) military exercise ‘Tiger Triumph-24’ started between which two countries on March 18, 2024? -- India and America |
In which peninsula of Iceland, a state of emergency has been declared in Southern Iceland after the volcanic eruption? -- Reykjanes Peninsula |
Which African country has suspended its military agreement with America with immediate effect? -- Niger |
According to which report, India remains the world's largest arms importer? -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) |
Who became the 14th President of Pakistan? -- Asif Ali Zardari |
With which organisation did India sign the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement in New Delhi on March 10, 2024? -- European Free Trade Association |
Who received the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Engineering Award in Texas? -- Ashok Veeraraghavan |
Who was appointed as the director of the World Bank's Office of Independent Assessment of Global Environment Facility? -- Gita Batra |
Which services did India recently introduce in Sri Lanka and Mauritius during a virtual ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi? -- UPI and RuPay Card services |
Who has been awarded the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Engineering Award, one of Texas' top academic honours? -- Ashok Veeraraghavan |
Which highest civilian award did Shashi Tharoor receive from France? -- Legion of Honour |
Which organization is facilitating the export of bananas from India to Moscow, Russia, via sea route? -- APEDA |
What service did Dubai launch, making history at the World Government Summit 2024? -- Air taxi |
What is the name of the 7th edition of Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 that recently concluded in the Bay of Bengal? -- JIMEX 23 |
What is the theme for this year's World Population Day, observed on July 11th, 2023? -- Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite possibilities." |
Recently, which country conferred the prestigious award of the Order of the Nile upon the Indian Prime Minister, making him the first Indian to receive this honor? -- The Arab Republic of Egypt. |
Which country has agreed with the Border forces of India to collaborate on the construction of a bailey bridge over the River Sona? -- Bangladesh |
In which state, the G20 Supreme Audit Institutions-20 (SAI20) Summit is being held from 12th to 14th June 2023? -- Goa |
Sreeshankar Murali won bronze medal at Paris Diamond League in which game? -- Long jump |
Recently, an annual exercise was conducted between the navies of India and Maldives. What is the name of this exercise? -- Exercise Ekatha |
Which International organization has released its 11th edition of the World of Work report? -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
With which naval force was the bilateral exercise 'Al Mohed Al Hindi 23' conducted by the Indian Navy? -- Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) |
Who has been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organisation (WHO) from 2024 to 2027? -- Girish Chandra Murmu |
India has taken an initiative to aid those affected by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar by launching which operation? -- Operation Karuna |
What is the theme of World Telecom Day 2023? -- Empowering the least developed countries through information and communication technologies |
Samudra Shakti-23 is a bilateral exercise between which two countries? -- India & Indonesia |
In which sport did Deepak Bhoria, Hussamuddin, and Nishant Dev win medals at the recently held Men's World Championships in Tashkent for the first time ever? -- Boxing |
Maiden ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME 2023) begins in which sea? -- South China Sea |
Who has been elected as the President of the World Bank for a five-year term effective from June 2, 2023? -- Ajay Banga |
Who has been re-elected as President of Germany for a second term? -- Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
Which Indian movie won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition category in the recently concluded 20th Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka? -- Koozhangal |
Which two films from India have found a place in the shortlist of 276 films which are in contention to get nominated at the 94th Academy Awards? -- ‘Jai Bhim’ and ‘Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham’ |
‘Nusantara’ will be new capital city of which country? -- Indonesia |
Who has won the Best FIFA Men's Player for 2021, beating Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah- other nominees? -- Robert Lewandowski |
Which country has placed first order to purchase shore based anti-ship variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system from India? -- Philippines |
Who will replace Gita Gopinath as IMF’s new Chief Economist? -- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas |
Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan? -- Alihan Smaiylov |
On which day, UNESCO's World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites on WHC website? -- World Hindi Day (10 January, 2022) |
The government of which country has recently declared a new marine protected area (MPA) around Saint Martin's Island (also called 'Coconut Island')? -- Bangladesh |
Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 1st January 2022? -- Zhang Ming (China) |
Which Caribbean country recently became the 102nd country to join International Solar Alliance? -- Antigua and Barbuda |
Name the Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer and physiotherapist, also known as Polar Preet, who became the first woman of colour to complete a solo unsupported trek to the South Pole? -- Captain Harpreet Chandi |
Who is the first non-European president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) - the governing body for Formula One? -- Mohammed Ben Sulayem (United Arab Emirates) |
What is the rank of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Forbes’ annual list of powerful women – The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women - for the year (2021)? -- 37th |
Who replaced Angela Merkel to become the new Chancellor of Germany? -- Olaf Scholz |
Name the former head of world athletics' governing body who was convicted of corruption died recently? -- Lamine Diack |
Which Indian athlete won the ‘Woman of the Year Award’ given by World Athletics (WA) for grooming talent in the country and advocating gender equality? -- Anju Bobby George |
Recently Ajaz Patel (New Zealand) became the third player to take all 10 wickets in an innings; name the other two players to achieve this feat – -- Jim Laker (England) and Anil Kumble (India) |
Name the first women chief economist of IMF, who will be the first woman Deputy Managing Director of IMF? -- Gita Gopinath |
Who recently replaced Jack Dorsey to become chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter? -- Parag Agrawal |
Who won the Men’s and Women’s Singles title respectively at the 2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament? -- Kento Momota (Japan), An Se-young (South Korea) |
Who has been appointed as the permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on November 21, 2021? -- Geoff Allardice (Australia) |
International Day for Tolerance is observed on -- 16 November |
Which country recently declared to join International Solar Alliance (ISA) becoming 101st member of the alliance? -- USA |
Who is the first Chinese woman astronaut to walk in space? -- Wang Yaping |
What is the rank of India in the global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 released by Germanwatch on the side-lines of the COP26? -- 10th |
Which probe of NASA orbiting Jupiter has found the planet's Great Red Spot is deeper than scientists had previously thought -- Juno |
It is a campaign of UNDP to shine a spotlight on fossil fuel subsidies and how they are cancelling out significant progress towards ending climate change and are driving inequality by benefiting the rich - -- ‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ |
Which is the Turkey’s second-largest lake, a part of Konya basin (once known as Turkey’s breadbasket) has entirely receded this year due to climate change and un-sustainable farming? -- Lake Tuz (Salt Lake in Turkish) |
Which country was recently suspended by the African Union from all of its activities until the civilian-led transitional authority is restored? -- Sudan |
The World Bank Group has announced to discontinue which report after data irregularities found in its 2018 and 2020 report? -- Doing Business Report |
Name the former Davis Cup player and coach, father of India’s current Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali, who passed away recently? -- Akhtar Ali |
Name the Nigerian economist who has been chosen as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) andwould be the first woman as well as the first African national to lead the organization? -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
Name the mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aimed at an all-sky survey to measure the near-infrared spectra of approximately 450 million galaxies across the universe and 100 million stars inside our Milky Way galaxy that will be launched by SpaceX? -- SPHEREx Mission (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) |
Who is the first batsman to score a double century in his 100th Test match? -- Joe Root, England |
With sea on its three sides and having geographical advantage of the peninsula which country will build a wind power complex off Sinan in the country's southwest, which would be seven times bigger than the world's current largest offshore wind farm? -- South Korea |
Which UN entity has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kerala Govt’s Gender Park to establish India’s first Gender Data Hub at the Gender Park at 24-acre Kozhikode campus, where International Institute for Gender and Development is also present? -- UN Women |
Name the activist, who raised the issue of Balochistan in the United Nations sessions in Switzerland and hadbeen vocal about Pakistan Army and government atrocities in Balochistan,who passed away recently? -- KarimaBaloch |
Who has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020? -- Lewis Hamilton |
Veteran industrialist ____________ was conferred the title of "Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace" by the Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) for epitomising "unity, peace and sustainability". -- Ratan Tata |
After successfully organising FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017, India is going to organising FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2022 and also placed its candidature for which football event in 2027? -- Asian Cup |
Which player has recently equalled Brazilian legend Pele's record of 643 goals for a single club? -- Lionel Messi |
Which country has officially withdrawn from the Paris climate accord on 04 November 2020? -- United States of America |
A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, named -- Donwilhelmsite [CaAl4Si2O11] |
India’s largest power producer NTPC has tied up with which foreign bank for a loan that will be utilised for Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD- substantially reduces the SOx emission in the flue gases of thermal power plants and is a critical step towards environmental sustainability) and renewable energy projects? -- Japan Bank for International Cooperation |
Which award was conferred to Japan for the Asia Pacific region and the Netherlands for Europe and other regions by the International Solar Alliance that recognises the countries with maximum floating solar capacity in each of the four regions of ISA? -- Visvesvaraya Award |
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that environmental clearance (EC) to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) in the state of _________ over River ____________was granted ex post facto, after completion of substantial work, by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) “in violation of law”. -- Telangana, Godavari |
‘Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future’ is the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) global call for solidarity to mark the World Food Day 2020 - celebrated every year on -- October 16 |
India has been ranked _______ among 158 countries in the 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index released by ‘Oxfam International’ in partnership with Development Finance International. -- 129 |
Who has been appointed by the US as 'special coordinator' for Tibetan issues? -- Robert Destro |
On 9th May and 10th October, World Migratory Bird Day was observed with the theme -- “Birds Connect Our World” |
Which country has test fired a hypersonic cruise missile called Tsirkon? -- Russia |
“Global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years as the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic compounds the forces of conflict and climate change, which were already slowing poverty reduction progress” according to the biennial ‘Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report’ recently released by the -- World Bank |
The second meeting of Foreign Ministers of Quad countries (United States, Japan, India and Australia) that discussed “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) initiative was held in -- Tokyo, Japan |
Under the presidency of which country the third G20 Sherpa Meeting took place recently? -- Saudi Arabia |
How many member states are there in Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) - a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia? -- 27 |
Which is the first state to unveil ethical AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity policies (Nicknamed as ABC Policies)in India? -- Tamil Nadu |
It is a forthcoming memoir by Barack Obama and is the first of a planned two volumes that Obama has written following his incumbency as President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 -- ‘A Promised Land’ |
World Bamboo Day is observed every year on -- 18 September |
Which is the first country in the world to pass legislation requiring financial entities to declare their climate-related risks? -- New Zealand |
Name the Padma Shri awardee Ayurveda physician from Tamil Nadu who passed away recently? -- PR Krishnakumar |
Which is the first country in the world to issue a sovereign bond linked to the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations? -- Mexico |
Forest Department of which state has framed guidelines for snake handling and by doing so, it has become first to institutionalise snake handling in the country? -- Kerala |
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Rajesh Khullar as the Executive Director of __________ and Sameer Kumar Khare as Executive Director of_____________. -- World Bank , Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has postponed Thomas Cup and Uber Cup to 2021 which were to be held at -- Denmark |
Annual International Day of Democracy is observed globally on -- 15th September |
Who won the Men’s Singles title beating Alexander Zverev from Germany in the US Open 2020? -- Dominic Thiem (Australia) |
With the theme “Protect Education, Save a Generation” the United Nations' 1st International Day to Protect Education from Attack was observed on __________ to raise awareness about the importance of safeguarding schools as places of protection and safety for educators and students. -- September 9, 2020 |
Name the Wushu player who won a Silver Medal at the 15th World Wushu Championships (WWC) 2019 held at China has now been upgraded to Gold Medal after Iran’s Maryam Hashemi failed in her dope test? -- Poonam Khatri |
The Union Cabinet approved a new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in the defence sector which allows the FDI through automatic approval to be increased from 49% to -- 74% |
The first ever cannabis medicine project will be set up with the collaboration of Canada at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in -- Jammu |
Who won the first online Chess Olympiad organised by FIDE (The Fédération Internationale des Échecs)? -- India and Russia (joint winners) |
China has proposed the creation of ______________ in China to take forward 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) cooperation among the BRICS nations. -- ‘BRICS Innovation Base’ |
Which organisation will organise the First World Solar Technology Summit on a virtual platform on September 08, 2020? -- International Solar Alliance (ISA) |
To ensure high speed broadband connectivity, the first ever under sear Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair was inaugurated. The project is funded by the Government (Ministry of Communications) through the -- Universal Service Obligation Fund |
It is one of three missions to the red planet this year after the United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter (launched) and the United States’ Perseverance (to be launched) -- Tianwen-1 by China |
A Central Asian country and the last of former Soviet republic that has established formal ties with the World Trade Organization General Council (Observer status) is -- Turkmenistan |
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