The Leader of the Labour Party is the head of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom. The incumbent is Keir Starmer who was elected in April 2020, succeeding Jeremy Corbyn.
Esala Ruwan Weerakoon is a Sri Lankan diplomat who is the current SAARC Secretary General, in office since March 2020. He served as permanent secretary to the Ministry of Tourism Development and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and ambassador to Norway.
A. Cricket
B. Football
C. Hockey
D. Golf
Tony Lewis, a career academic who was one of the men behind the development of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, died aged 78 on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
“Tony, alongside fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the Duckworth-Lewis method which was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the ICC (International Cricket Council) in 1999.
“Renamed the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method in 2014, the mathematical formula continues to be used in rain reduced limited overs cricket games across the globe.”
Tony Lewis was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his contributions to cricket and the field of mathematics in 2011.
The DL method came into existence in 1997 and was adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999. The method was devised after stern reactions to the World Cup semi-final in 1992 wherein South Africa were undone by a farcical target calculation in a rain-affected encounter.
South Africa needed 23 off 13 balls to reach the final but after a rain delay, they were asked to score 22 off just 1 ball. A gutted South African side exited the tournament and England went on to play the final.
The DL method was updated to DLS method in 2014 by the ICC. In 2018, the ICC released an updated version of DLS method. This is the third version but second update of the DLS System and has been carried out following a detailed ball-by-ball analysis of scoring patterns, including in the Powerplays, in all limited overs internationals played during the previous four years.
A. Sundeep
B. Sunfire
C. SunRise
D. Poineer
A. Germany
B. Portugal
C. Poland
D. Dominican Republic
The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the Member States names.
| January 2020 | Viet Nam | 31 December 2021 |
| February 2020 | Belgium | 31 December 2020 |
| March 2020 | China | Permanent Member |
| April 2020 | Dominican Republic | 31 December 2020 |
| May 2020 | Estonia | 31 December 2021 |
| June 2020 | France | Permanent Member |
| July 2020 | Germany | 31 December 2020 |
| August 2020 | Indonesia | 31 December 2020 |
| September 2020 | Niger | 31 December 2021 |
| October 2020 | Russian Federation | Permanent Member |
| November 2020 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31 December 2021 |
| December 2020 | South Africa | 31 December 2020 |
A. Germany
B. Spain
C. Italy
D. Uk
Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to pass away due to Covid-19 complications.
A. CHINA
B. CUBA
C. RUSSIA
D. USA
The Chinese government has recommended using Tan Re Qing, an injection containing bear bile, to treat severe and critical COVID-19 cases. It is one of a number of recommended coronavirus treatments—both traditional and Western—on a list published March 4 by China’s National Health Commission, the government body responsible for national health policy. This recommendation highlights what wildlife advocates say is a contradictory approach to wildlife: shutting down the live trade in animals for food on the one hand and promoting the trade in animal parts on the other.
A. UAE
B. UK
C. FRANCE
D. USA
A. USA
B. Australia
C. Japan
D. Russia