International Current Affairs

Of the current 538 electors, an absolute majority of 270 or more electoral votes is required to elect the president and vice president. If no candidate achieves an absolute majority there, a contingent election is held by the U.S. Congress to elect the president and vice president.

Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have discovered a new location of salivary glands in the throat. In their findings in a research published in the journal Radiotherapy and Oncology, they have named the part as “tubarial glands”. This would be useful for patients with head and neck tumours. The researchers also believe that these glands would qualify as the fourth pair of major salivary glands.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaijanis until their expulsion during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, which is de facto controlled by the self-declared Republic of Artsakh but is internationally recognized as de jure part of Azerbaijan.

Every Year, September 17 is celebrated as World Patient Safety Day. It was established in the 72nd World Health Assembly of WHO in 2019. The day is observed globally to enhance the understanding of patient safety and to increase public engagement in the safety of health care.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice regarding migration to governments and migrants. It is headquartered at Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland.

Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori, died in a hospital in Indore on August 11, 2020, reports said. He was tested positive for Covid-19 and suffered two consecutive heart attacks that could not be saved.

The US House of Representatives has recently passed a legislation to promote the legacies of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.

The United Kingdom is set to imprint the image of Mahatma Gandhi in a new set of coins, as a part of efforts to celebrate the contributions of non-white individuals. It is conducting a campaign called “We Too Built Britain”. If the coins are minted with Gandhi’s image, he would be the first non-White person to feature on a British coin.

The comet C/2020 F3 comet also called NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, this year. As the comet would be visible in the sky. It is expected to be visible after sunset for around 20 minutes for 20 days from July 14, 2020, and it will fade away in the month of August.