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Category: International Current Affairs

China starts historic “Chang’e-5” mission to Collect Lunar Samples

November 25, 2020
satellite
  • China has begun a historic mission ‘Chang’e 5‘ to the moon to gather ‘first lunar samples’.
  • It is the world’s first moon-sample mission in more than 40 years.

Maia Sandu wins the Moldova Presidential Election

November 19, 2020
Maia Sandu
  • Maia Sandu has won Moldova’s presidential election after a run-off vote against the incumbent Igor Dodon.
  • Ms. Sandu has won 57.7% of the vote compared to Mr. Dodon’s 42.2%. Sandu is a retired World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union. Mr. Dodon, meanwhile, is fully backed by Russia.

Japan and Australia ink defence deal to counter China

November 19, 2020
Japan and Australia
  • Japan and Australia have inked a ‘landmark’ defence agreement in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea and over the Pacific island nations.
  • The deal named Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) was inked between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

Aung San Sui Kyi Party manages to win Myanmar Elections

November 14, 2020
Aung San Sui Kyi
  • Myanmar’s ruling party chaired by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi declared a resounding victory.
  • National League for Democracy (NLD) party has won near to 400 seats while the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has secured only 21 seats.

2nd World Health Expo hits off in Wuhan

November 12, 2020
Mask
  • The second World Health Expo was introduced on November 11, in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China’s Hubei Province.
  • This year’s Expo will focus on displaying the most cutting-edge science and technology in the global health industry, and aid Wuhan build a “city of global health industry”.

China sends ‘world’s first 6G experiment satellite’

November 11, 2020
Satellite
  • China has launched into space the world’s first 6G experiment satellite.
  • The 6G satellite was among three Chinese satellites successfully sent into orbit, along with 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentinian company Satellogic.
  • This was the 351st rocket of China’s Long March series.

Joe Biden becomes the president of US

November 8, 2020
Joe Biden

  • Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to come up the 46th U.S. president. Biden will become the oldest president-elect in USA history and the first to oust a sitting commander-in-chief after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Shaktikanta Das chairs 40th SAARCFINANCE Governors’ Group meeting

November 6, 2020
Shaktikanta Das
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on 4th Nov inaugurated and led the 40th meeting of the SAARCFINANCE Governors’ Group.
  • During his opening remarks, the RBI Governor highlighted the strong partnership and co-operation among the member countries in jointly fighting the pandemic. The group received stock of the macroeconomic situation in the SAARC region and discussed the current SAARCFINANCE initiatives.