CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The State Administration Council of Myanmar has been reformed as ‘Caretaker government of Myanmar’ headed by the Chief of the Myanmar military Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as the Prime Minister.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the 1950s, U Nu oversaw the implementation of the Pyidawtha Plan, a national economic development plan to establish an industrial welfare state in Burma. He voluntarily relinquished the Prime Ministerial position in 1956.

Detailed explanation-4: -The current president is Myint Swe, who assumed the presidency in an acting capacity through a military coup d’état on 1 February 2021.