CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Russia Banned From Olympics and Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping-The New York Times.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beijing Winter Olympics: Banned From The Games By IOC, North Korea Puts Blame Elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why is Russia banned? In December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency barred Russia from international sports competitions after concluding that it had orchestrated and run a sprawling and state-sponsored doping scheme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Detailed explanation-4: -Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and Turkey were not invited to the Games, being the successor states of the Central Powers which were defeated in World War I.