CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Nazarbayev also was the chairman of the Security Council until his dismissal from that post in response to the 2022 unrest. He was an honorary member of the Senate of Kazakhstan and the member of the Constitutional Council until this titled was stripped in early January 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kazakhstan Capital to Be Called Astana Again, 3 Years After Nur-Sultan Renaming - Bloomberg.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kazakhstan’s new interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed renaming the capital. Astana replaced Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty as the capital in 1997.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nazarbayev University (NU) is an autonomous research university in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Founded as a result of the initiative of the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2010 (June), it is an English-medium institution, with an international faculty and staff.