Alikhan Smailov appointed as new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan The parliament of Kazakhstan has unanimously approved the appointment of Alikhan Smailov as the new Prime Minister of the country. Smailov’s name was nominated by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on January Read more
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMF’s Chief Economist to succeed Gita Gopinath French-born economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas has been named as the next chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, the first woman to serve Read more
NASA successfully completes deployment of James Webb Space Telescope The NASA team successfully completed the deployment of 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror panel of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on January 08, 2022. This milestone achievement marks the complete structural deployment of Read more
OPEC elects Kuwait’s Haitham Al-Ghais as new secretary general The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has voted to appoint Haitham Al-Ghais as its new secretary general. Haitham Al-Ghais, a ?Kuwaiti candidate will take charge from August 01 2022, Read more
Cabinet approves MoU with Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali river at Dharchula in Uttarakhand The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Nepal for the construction of a bridge Read more
Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming takes charge as new Secretary-General of SCO Veteran Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming has taken over as the new Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with effect from January 01, 2022. The 65-year-old Zhang replaces Vladimir Read more
Antigua and Barbuda joins as 102nd member of ISA Antigua and Barbuda has officially joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a member country on January 05, 2022. With this, the Caribbean nation has become the 102nd country to join Read more
Indian-Origin UK Army officer Harpreet Chandi becomes first women of colour to trek solo to South Pole Captain Harpreet Chandi, an Indian-origin British Sikh Army officer has created history by becoming the first woman of colour to complete a solo Read more
Russia successfully test-fires 10 hypersonic Tsirkon missiles Russia undertook test-firing of around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine recently. This was for the first time that Russian authorities reported a Read more
Legendary Kenyan Conservationist and Fossil-hunter Richard Leaky passes away at 77 World-renowned Kenyan politician, conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey has passed away. He was 77. The legendary paleoanthropologist is credited for the discovery of ‘Turkana Boy’ in 1984 which led Read more