Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday (17) that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing. The flat, square block of brownish s…
World’s largest electric ferry set to sail.
Incat Tasmania, an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft (HSC) ferries, is ready to deliver the 148-meter (485.5 feet) Utility Ro-Pax ferry, which will be the world’s largest electric ferry. Designed by Revolution Design and built by Incat, the ferry is powered by two …
Twitter's bird statue sells for $100,000 at auction.
An auction for hundreds of items at Twitter's San Francisco HQ has just ended. A statue of the platform's famous bird logo has claimed the most expensive item sold, coming in at $100,000 (£81,000). Viewers online noted that some of the used items were no bargain, as t…
Cabinet nod to establish International Trade Office
The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted to establish the International Trade Office, during the cabinet meeting held yesterday (Jan. 17). Initially, the office is expected to be established under the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National …
Prince Harry's Spare becomes UK's fastest-selling non-fiction book.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates1/17/2023 11:50:00 PMART & LITERATURE, EDUCATION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Prince Harry's memoir Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998. The much-publicised book sold 467,183 copies in its first week, according to official figures from Nielsen BookData. The book, which was written with celebri…
Clare Lombardelli appointed as OECD Chief Economist.
Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, Clare Lombardelli, has been appointed as the new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Chief Economist – the first time a British person has held this role in thirty years. As OECD Chief Economist, Clare will b…
Barcelona ease to 3-1 victory over Real Madrid to win Super Cup.
Barcelona were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri earned them a 3-1 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (15). Barcelona were dominant in every aspect of the game and took advantage of three mistake…
UN Declares Pakistan Based Abdul Rehman Makki a Global Terrorist.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist. Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. The development comes after India last year slammed China af…
Richest actors in the world 2023
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates1/17/2023 10:27:00 PMECONOMIC, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with his more than three decades of work in the film industry has garnered millions of fans all over the world and an estimated net worth of ₹627 million ($770 million), making him the richest actor in Asia and fourth richest actor all over th…
World Economic Forum 53rd edition to start at Davos, Switzerland.
Today marks the start of the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting will go on through January 20. The WEF meeting’s 2018 theme is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.” The gathering of professionals, academics, investors, and political and commer…
China's population falls for first time since 1961.
China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. The population in 2022 - 1.4118 billion - fell by 850,000 from 2021. China's birth rate has been declining for years, prompt…
Last king of Greece, Constantine II, dies.
Greece’s former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country’s political history, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late on Tuesday. He was 82. Constantine, a cousin of British monarc…
NASA has discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star.
Scientists have discovered a world that is likely rocky and 95% of the size of Earth. The planet, called TOI 700 e, is orbiting around a star and could have liquid water on it, NASA says. This is the fourth planet discovered in the TOI 700 system — the other planets are nam…
Texas-based 3D printing company teaming up with NASA to put buildings on the moon.
The term "off-world construction" is pretty new to planet Earth. The idea of putting a building on another world has never been part of our reality, until now. NASA is teaming up with an Austin-based 3D printing company to construct a community on the moon. The moon…
A.C. Charania is NASA’s new chief technologist
A.C. Charania is NASA’s new chief technologist, serving as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programs at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. He will lead technology innovation. The chief technologist aligns NASA’s agencywide technol…
What is Title 42 and what does it mean for immigration at the southern border?
President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, amid controversy and backlash about the administration’s allocation of resources to the southern border. The visit came days after he announced a new, restrictive policy that would…
World Logic Day - 14 January.
Every year on January 14th, World Logic Day brings the intellectual history and practical implications of logic to interdisciplinary science communities’ attention. The day also celebrates the idea that logic, as reasoning, is a central feature of human beings. Logic is defi…
Ancient Mayan city discovered beneath Guatemala rainforest
Scientists have uncovered a massive 2,000-year-old Mayan site hidden underneath a Guatemala rainforest, an advance that has revealed interesting new details about the ancient civilisation. The long-lost site encompassed a web of nearly 1,000 urban settlements interconnected …
Lisa Marie Presley to be laid to rest at Graceland.
Singer Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland, the Memphis mansion she inherited from her father Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," a representative for her daughter said on Friday. Presley died on Thursday at the age of 54 after bein…
World Hindi Day - 10 January
World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 since 2006 to promote the language at the global stage. The day marks the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference which was inaugurated on January 10, 1975, by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. However, the celebratio…
Giant Hidden City found by Archaelogists under Grand Canyon.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates1/10/2023 12:31:00 PMSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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The Grand Canyon is a river valley in the Colorado Plateau and is famous for its visually overwhelming size as well as intricate & colorful landscape. In addition, it is significant geologically because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks well preserved and exposed i…
Guinness World Records recognised Elon Musk for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history".
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates1/10/2023 12:21:00 PMSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Elon Musk has kicked off 2023 by breaking a world record for money lost. The Tesla and Twitter CEO erased so much of his fortune in the last year that Guinness World Records recognised him for it. He's officially broken the world record for the "largest loss of pers…
NASA Rover discovers gemstone on Mars.
A research team using new methods to analyze data from NASA's Curiosity, a rover operating on Mars since 2012, was able to independently verify that fracture halos contained opal, on Earth a gemstone formed by the alteration of silica by water. The study finds that the v…
Disappointing end to UK space mission as satellites fail to reach orbit.
A historic space mission that took off from Cornwall has ended in bitter disappointment after a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from British soil failed to reach orbit and was lost. To whoops and cheers from a crowd that had gathered at Spaceport Cornwall to wa…
Kevin McCarthy elected as US House Speaker.
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the US House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party’s ability to govern. The 57-year-old Californian suffered one fina…
Gareth Bale retires from football aged 33.
Former Wales, Tottenham and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has retired from professional football aged 33. Bale, who spent last season at LAFC in MLS, was part of Wales’ squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Bale has described the decision to quit international football as …
Israel releases longest-serving Palestinian prisoner.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates1/09/2023 11:05:00 AMPOLITICAL & LEGAL, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has been released after 40 years in jail. Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli soldier, Avi Bromberg, in the occupied Golan Heights three years earlier. He became a significant fi…
Earth’s Rotation Day - 08 January.
On January 8th, Earth’s Rotation Day celebrates the discovery that our planet rotates on its axis every 24 hours. It’s also a day to learn more about the French physicist, Leon Foucault. The axis on which the Earth rotates is an imaginary line that is drawn straight through …
World Typing Day - 08 January.
Every year on January 8th, World Typing Day celebrates this written form of communication that ensures speed, accuracy, and efficiency. It’s also a day for typists to enter typing contests. History of the Typewriter Typewriting machines have been around since Christopher Lath…
Microsoft recognises first labour union in US.
Workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Studios have voted to form the tech giant's first labour union in the US. Microsoft agreed to recognise the group after a "supermajority" of workers at the video game production company signalled support for the plan, said the…
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