Category: International Current Affairs

Israel titles street after Rabindranath Tagore on the poet’s 159th birthday

May 17, 2020

• Israel has titled a street in Tel Aviv after renowned Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore as a tribute on his 159th birthday.
• On May 7, the Israeli Embassy in India tweeted a photo of a signboard where the street was called Rehov Tagore; ‘rehov’ means street.

2nd Extraordinary G20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministerial Meet

May 15, 2020

• The second edition of Extraordinary G20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministerial Meet was organized under the presidency of Saudi Arabia.
• The meeting was chaired by the Saudi Minister of Commerce, Majid Al Qasabi, in the presence of the Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Faleh.

WTO chief Roberto Azevedo resigns from post

May 15, 2020

• The head of the World Trade Organization, Roberto Azevedo will resign from his post on August 31. He became the WTO chief in 2013.
• The 62-year-old Brazilian career diplomat’s second four-year term was not scheduled to end until September 2021.

Slovenia comes up as the 1st coronavirus-free country in Europe

May 15, 2020

• Slovenia comes up as the 1st nation in Europe to announce an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• More constraints have now been eased in the country and people entering from other European Union states.

Italy prepares ‘iFeel-You’ bracelet for social distancing

May 14, 2020

• The Genoa-based Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has come up with ‘iFeel-You’ bracelet for social distancing.
• The bracelet has been prepared as the measures for safeguarding against the coronavirus lockdown is being deliberately lifted.

French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio outlawed by UCI for 4 years

May 13, 2020

• French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been outlawed for 4 years by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for using a form of banned blood-boosting hormone EPO (Erythropoietin).

India inks MoUs with Russia for coking coal

May 9, 2020

• India and Russia inked their energy partnership by increasing crude oil imports from Russia and possibly signing a memorandum of understanding to import coking coal to meet the demands of the Indian steel industry.

China ejects new rocket “Long March 5B” successfully

May 8, 2020

• China has triumphantly ejected a new rocket named “Long March 5B” into space as it steps up Moon landing plans.
• This rocket is ejected in the Wenchang launch site that is located on the island of Hainan, China.

Irans parliament launches new currency, Toman, to tackle inflation

May 7, 2020

• The Iranian Parliament has declared to replace its currency “Rial” with another basic unit of currency called the “Toman” to tackle inflation. Each toman will be worth 10,000 rials under the new system.

Russia to launch Arktika-M satellite by end of this year

May 5, 2020

• Russia has announced to launch Arctic climate and environment monitoring satellite. It will be launching country’s first Arktika-M satellite form the Balkonur space center in Decemeber 2020.
• This satellite will collect meteorological data in the polar regions of the earth to improve weather forecast