2021 Current Affairs Quiz

In October 2021, the WHO recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa. This was a historic milestone in the fight against the disease.

Both Richard Branson (Virgin Galactic) and Jeff Bezos (Blue Origin) successfully completed suborbital space flights in 2021 using their respective companies.

In August 2021, temperatures at the summit of Greenland's ice sheet rose above freezing, resulting in rain falling on the ice for the first time in recorded history.

The Taliban entered Kabul and took control of the government in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, following the withdrawal of international forces.

To protect the city's fragile environment and historic structures, Venice officially banned large cruise ships from entering the Giudecca Canal and the city centre on 1 August 2021.

The World Health Organization adopted the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc.) to name COVID-19 variants to avoid stigmatizing the countries where they were first identified.

The 'lost golden city' of Aten, dating back to the reign of Amenhotep III, was unearthed by archaeologists near Luxor, Egypt, in 2021.

The Ever Given, a massive container ship, became wedged across the Suez Canal in March 2021, blocking global trade for nearly a week.

Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001. It celebrated its 20th anniversary in January 2021.

Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021.