Israel becomes first-ever country to allow drones in civilian airspace Israel has become the first country in the world to allow unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs/Drones) to operate in civilian airspace. This means that the drones in Israel will be allowed Read more
Germany re-elects President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for second 5-year term German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been re-elected for a second term of five years on February 13, 2022 by a special parliamentary assembly. This is also the final term for Steinmeier, Read more
Jens Stoltenberg will be appointed as the Governor of Norges Bank i.e. the Central Bank of Norway at the end of 2022. Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary-General at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and his term at NATO ends on Read more
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced its plan that the International Space Station will be kept operated until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known Read more
North Korea successfully tests most powerful Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile North Korea successfully tested its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on January 30, 2022 from the Jagang Province area. This was the first nuclear-capable missile testing undertaken by the country since 2017. Read more
Antonio Costa re-elected as Prime Minister of Portugal The Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costo, has been re-elected after his centre-left Socialist Party secured landslide victory in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election. Socialist Party bagged 117 seats in the 230 seats Read more
Xiomara Castro sworn in as first female President of Honduras In Honduras, the Freedom and Refoundation Party (Libre) member Xiomara Castro has been sworn in as the first female President of the country on 27 January 2022. The 62-year-old Castro Read more
World’s-largest canal lock unveiled in Netherlands The world’s largest canal lock has been inaugurated at Ijmuiden, a small port city, in the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The sea lock was inaugurated by Dutch King Willen-Alexander on January 26, 2022. The Read more
Global gold demand increases by 10% to 4,021 tonnes in 2021 The World Gold Council (WGC) in its ‘Gold Demand Trends 2021’ Report has informed that the global gold demand rose 10 percent in 2021 to 4,021.3 tonnes. The overall Read more
Tamil Nadu’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Bardia National Park of Nepal jointly bags TX2 Award The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district of Tamil Nadu and Bardia National Park in Nepal have jointly won the prestigious TX2 Award for 2022, Read more