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INTERNATIONAL WHO approved a biosimilar medicine for breast cancer The World Health Organization (WHO) has now approved a biosimilar medicine that is derived from living sources instead of the chemicals. The aim is to make breast cancer treatment affordable to women globally. This approval from WHO is first of such kind. The Trastuzumab drug has proved high efficacy in … Read more 20.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL ● India stands as fifth worst country in terms of biometric use The Britain-based tech research firm Comparitech reported that India is the fifth worst country in terms of extensive and invasive use of biometric data. Before India stands China, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the US. India shared the fifth position along with Taiwan, Indonesia, and the … Read more 07.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL International Astronomical Union names new star as ‘Sharjah’ The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the names of the newly discovered stars and planets, where the name “Sharjah” was chosen for a star with “Barjeel” being the name of one of its planets. The announcement was made during a press conference of … Read more 21.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Eight West African nations rename common currency to Eco Eight West African countries have agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed their earlier currency CFA Franc’s links to former colonial ruler France. The CFA Franc was initially pegged to the French franc and has been … Read more 24.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Russia ‘only country in world’ with hypersonic weapons Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons- weapons that travel faster than Mach5 (~6174kmph) and have the capability to manoeuvre during the entire flight. The first unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle is set to go on duty … Read more 26.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL World Human Rights Day: 10th December The world observes Human Rights Day every year on the 10th of December. The day is observed to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. The Declaration … Read more 10.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Every 5th fire death in world is in India: Study With 27,027 deaths, every fifth fire-related death in the world in 2017 took place in India. Around 9 million fire incidents and 1.2 lakh deaths were recorded across the globe that year. Of these incidents, India recorded 1.6 million fires and 27,027 deaths, according to a … Read more 18.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Ethiopia’s PM receives Nobel Peace Prize Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve international peace and cooperation. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was the 100th to be awarded. The Nobel Peace Prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a cheque … Read more 13.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL ‘World’s oldest rhino’ dies in Tanzania A female black rhino, Fausta, who was believed to be the world’s oldest rhino has died at the age of 57 in a Tanzanian conservation area. Fausta died of natural causes in captivity in Ngorongoro Crater, which lies in Ngorongoro Conservation Area of Tanzania. The records showed … Read more 28.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Putin and Xi launched first ever Russia-China gas pipeline Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Siberia pipeline project. The pipeline will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China. The move aims to boost the economic and political ties between Russia and China. The pipeline project … Read more 05.12.19 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs