Current Affairs

World Pneumonia Day is observed every year on 12 November. The day was established by the Stop Pneumonia Initiative in 2009 to raise awareness about the disease.

The United States of America (USA) has become the first nation in the world to formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

Sean Connery, the Scottish movie legend, who was the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen, has recently passed away.

The national anthem of Australia, “Advance Australia Fair,” has been amended by changing “young and free” to “one and free” on December 31, 2020.

The United Kingdom Parliament currently has 650 Parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), each electing a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, ordinarily every five years.

The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed has recently launched military operations in the region of Tigray, in the country. The Air Force of Ethiopia has recently bombed and destroyed military artillery in the northern Tigray region. The campaign has been launched against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).