International Current Affairs

World Bicycle Day 2022 is on Friday, 3 June 2022. The fifth World Bicycle Day observance is being celebrated on this date. The United Nations celebrated the first World Bicycle Day on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at UN General Assembly in New York. UN officials, diplomats, athletes, and advocates of the cycling community spoke at the first inaugural event in New York, sharing how bicycles serve their riders in several ways. The theme of World Bicycle Day may be claimed as, “Uniqueness, versatility, the longevity of the bicycle and simple, sustainable, affordable, reliable, means of transportation”. This extracted theme of world bicycle day reveals the observance aim of such a special day.

The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organisation from “Turkey” to “Türkiye”, following a request from Ankara for the change. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that a letter had been received on Wednesday from the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addressed to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, requesting the use of “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey” for all affairs.

The theme for 2022 is Tobacco: Threat to our environment. In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day every year on 31 May.

The Russian ruble has turned into the world’s best-performing currency this year, as its onshore rate is up more than 11% against the US dollar so far in 2022. The ruble is the biggest gainer among 31 major currencies, according to data tracked by Bloomberg, and has overtaken the Brazilian real, which is up 9% this year.

In a bid to commemorate the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, every year on May 8, World Red Cross day is celebrated. The day also marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Every year, the day is celebrated under a particular theme, and the theme for 2022 is ‘Be Human Kind’. With this year’s theme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is putting kindness in the picture and is encouraging all to be kind to each other.

The social media giant confirmed on 25th April 2022 that the Tesla CEO and the billionaire will acquire the company in a deal worth $44 billion. Once the deal is complete, which is expected by this year, Twitter will become a privately held company. Late Monday, Dorsey tweeted his approval of Musk’s taking over Twitter, saying he was happy that Twitter will “continue to serve the public conversation” around the world.

A Japanese woman certified the world`s oldest person has died at the age of 119 years and 107 days on April 19, 2022. She is the oldest verified Japanese person and the second-oldest verified person ever, after Jeanne Calment. Kane Tanaka was born on Jan 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official theme for 2022 is Invest In Our Planet.

World Art Day is observed every year on 15 April globally. This day is being celebrated all over the world to emphasize the importance of art that nurtures creativity, innovation, and cultural diversity for all people across the globe. The day was declared by the International Association of Art (IAA), an NGO working in official partnership with UNESCO. The first celebration of World Art Day was held on April 15, 2012. The date has been selected in honor of the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the famous painter of the Mona Lisa. He was chosen as a symbol of world peace, freedom of expression, tolerance, brotherhood, and multiculturalism as well as art’s importance to other fields.

La’eeb has been unveiled as the official mascot for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the name meaning “super-skilled player” in Arabic. The mascot is a portrayal of a keffiyeh, which is a traditional Arabian headdress, and an agal. La’eeb was revealed during yesterday’s World Cup draw which took place in Doha.