Current Affairs 9 Dec 2019

Current Affairs 9 Dec 2019
World
1. 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit to be held in Saudi
Arabia on 10 Dec 2019
Annual meeting of Gulf states in Riyadh on December 10 to
discuss political issues and review regional developments.
The GCC members (6) are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia and the UAE.
May 25, 1981, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2. India's lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) is debating the

controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which will
grant citizenship to religious minorities from neighbouring
countries, with legal experts saying it violates the country's
secular constitution
The bill, which seeks to amend the 1955 citizenship law, aims to
give citizenship to "persecuted" minorities - Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians - from Bangladesh,
Afghanistan and Pakistan, but excludes Muslims.
After it is passed by the lower chamber of India's parliament,

the bill will go to the upper House, where the ruling Hindu
nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lacks a majority.
Opposition parties say the bill is discriminatory as it singles out

Muslims in an officially secular nation of 1.3 billion people.
Muslims form nearly 15 percent of the population.
3. Britons will head to the polls on Thursday, December 12 for a

snap general election, which is hoped to end the
country's Brexit impasse.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party and Jeremy

Corbyn's main opposition Labour Party present widely different
proposals for solving the political crisis, which continues to
rumble on after 52 percent voted to leave the European Union in
a June 2016 referendum.
4. Finland Sanna Marin to become the youngest PM of the world ,
only 34 years old.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is 39, Ukrainian
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk is 35, while North Korea's
leader, Kim Jong Un is reportedly 35.
5. Gambian President Adama Barrow, Capital:Banjul
6. At least 10 killed in bus , claimed by somalian arm group Al –
shadab
7. National food of Jamaica : Ackee and Saltfish
8. Colombian President : President Ivan Duque Marquez
9. Argentinian’s newly-elected President Alberto Fernandez
10. Activists have barged into the building that houses the office
of Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to demand his
immediate resignation amid an investigation into the 2017
killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
11. Russian is facing ban 4 years from the Olympics , A key panel
of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended
banning Russia from hosting or competing in major
international sport events.
12. A "green zone" at Madrid's (Spain) COP25 climate summit is
dedicated to showcasing innovative projects and encouraging
dialogue among direct action groups in relation to fighting
climate change.
13. Kosovo to boycott Nobel ceremony over Austrian Handke's
literature prize,
Kosovo's government has said it will boycott next week's Nobel

Prize ceremony in Sweden to protest against the literature award
being given to Peter Handke, an Austrian author criticised for his
vocal support for Serb forces in the 1990s wars in former
Yugoslavia.
14. White islands in New Zealand
15. Polls close in Bougainville referendum on independence

from PNG
Officials on Saturday anticipated the "vast majority" of 207,000

registered voters cast their ballots across the region and
beyond, with polling stations established for Bougainvillean
diaspora in Australia, the Solomon Islands and other parts of
PNG.
National
1. Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated Pakistan’s first

National Science and Technology Park (NSTP) in Islamabad on
Monday, 09 Dec, 2019
2. Bahrain will confer its highest civil award King Hammad Order
of Renaissance on Prime Minister Imran Khan during his
upcoming visit to the kingdom.
3. Pakistan wins more 5 gold medal in 13th Asian Games being
played in Nepal
First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New
Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951
4. Security forces of iran and Pakistan conducted jointly petrolling
of the border near Taftan Town Chagi
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2. India's lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) is debating the

After it is passed by the lower chamber of India's parliament,

Opposition parties say the bill is discriminatory as it singles out

3. Britons will head to the polls on Thursday, December 12 for a

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party and Jeremy

Kosovo's government has said it will boycott next week's Nobel

15. Polls close in Bougainville referendum on independence

Officials on Saturday anticipated the "vast majority" of 207,000

1. Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated Pakistan’s first

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