Olympiad Test Level 2: Current Affairs- 1

North Macedonia became the 30th member of the Alliance (27 March 2020), when it deposited its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC.

World Bank Group President David Malpass announced that Carmen Reinhart has been appointed as the new Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. An American economist with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Reinhart is currently the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School.

India's largest Covid-19 centric hospital is being set up in Odisha. As per reports, this hospital will hold 1,000 beds.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his novel 'An Era of Darkness'. Tharoor won the award in the creative nonfiction category in English literature.

The Government of India has set a target of installing of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power.

The Union Cabinet has approved the implementation of the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL), The scheme aims to improve groundwater management through community participation in identified priority areas in seven states viz. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Karnataka.

Good Governance Day is observed in India every year on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25th December).

The 11th edition of DefExpo India- 2020 is scheduled to be held for 1st time in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The biennial Expo will be a 4-day event, beginning from 5 to 8 February 2020.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution on COVID-19, calling for intensified international cooperation to defeat the pandemic. Co-sponsored by 188 nations including India, the resolution titled Global solidarity to fight the COVID-19 is first such document on the global pandemic to be adopted by the world organization.

US astronaut Christina Koch sets the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman when she reached, and crossed, 289 days in her current mission at the International Space Station (ISS).