International Current Affairs

“Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740 percent in 2022 over the year before.

‘Permacrisis’, a term that describes ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’, has been named Word of the Year 2022 by Collins dictionary The word relates to the challenges posed by climate change, the war in Europe, a cost-of-living crisis and political chaos. It was first used in academic contexts in the 1970s. In 2020, Collins picked “lockdown” as its word of the year and last year, it opted for “NFT- Non-fungible token”.

Pakistan and six other nations facing climate risks called `pathfinder countries` will be the first recipients of `Global Shield` funding, it was announced at the COP27 summit in Egypt on November 14, 2022. Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, the Philippines and Senegal were identified as the other recipients of the package by the Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) of 58 climate-vulnerable economies and the Group of Seven (G7). The `Global Shield` initiative for pre-arranged financial support has been designed to be quickly deployed in times of climate disasters.

Pakistan and six other nations facing climate risks called `pathfinder countries` will be the first recipients of `Global Shield` funding, it was announced at the COP27 summit in Egypt on November 14, 2022. Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, the Philippines and Senegal were identified as the other recipients of the package by the Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) of 58 climate-vulnerable economies and the Group of Seven (G7). The `Global Shield` initiative for pre-arranged financial support has been designed to be quickly deployed in times of climate disasters.

Pakistan became the first team to reach the final, after they beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the first semi-final. In the second semi-final, England beat India by ten wickets to advance. Both of the teams were looking to win their second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title. In the final, England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win their second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title.

The 27th of October is observed the world over as ‘Black Day’ as 74 years ago, on this day, India without any legal justification, forcibly took control of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Since then, the Indian Occupied Forces are mercilessly killing innocent and unarmed Kashmiris, vandalizing their properties, and indulging in other inhuman acts.

Rishi Sunak became the first Indian-origin politician to head the United Kingdom, as he has been chosen as the Tory leader in the British parliament after rival Penny Mordaunt backed out pledging full support. Sunak who has been lost the race to the leadership just six weeks ago to rival Liz Truss gained much favor from his party members after Boris Johnson balked out of the race. Rishi Sunak has scripted history by becoming the first British Prime Minister of Indian descent, Britain’s first nonwhite leader, and the first Hindu to take the top job.