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NATIONAL: CAG GC Murmu has been chosen as an external auditor by OPCW •Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, GC Murmu has been chosen as the external auditor by a prestigious intergovernmental organisation working for the elimination of chemical weapons. •According to the External Affairs Ministry, the Hague-based Conference of State Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) selected the CAG as its external auditor for a three-year term starting 2021. •The appointment was made through an election process at the OPCW conference yeste...
India accounts for 11 per cent of global death in road accidents: World Bank • With only 1 per cent of the world's vehicles, India accounts for 11 per cent of the global death in road accidents, the highest in the world, according to a report by the World Bank. • The country accounts for about 4.5 lakh road crashes per annum, in which 1.5 lakh people die. • "India tops the world in road crash deaths and injuries. It has 1 per cent of the world's vehicles but accounts for 11 per cent of all road crash deaths, witnessing 53 road crashes every hour; killing 1 person every 4 minu...
Pakistan Army successfully test-fires Babur cruise missile • The Pakistan Army conducted a successful test-firing of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Babar’ on February 11, 2021. This test was the third missile test carried out over the past three weeks. • The Babur cruise missile IA was launched from Multi Tube Missile Launch Vehicle. • This missile is capable of hitting land and sea targets with “high precision” up to 450 kilometres away. • Earlier, Pakistan army conducted a successful test of the surface-to-surface ballistic...
Aung San Suu Kyi detained as army grabs power in Myanmar • In Myanmar, a military coup was put in place on 1st February 2021, after the country’s military detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi along with President Win Myint and other members of the ruling party. Myanmar military (also known as the Tatmadaw), took this step because they declared the November 2020 Myanmar general election results fraudulent, in which Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in Parliamentary election 2020 to form next Government. • The military has handed over the power to military chief Mi...