CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29th August to raise awareness about the devastating effects of testing nuclear weapons. International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29th August to raise awareness about the devastating effects of testing nuclear weapons.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Preamble of the resolution emphasizes that “every effort should be made to end nuclear tests in order to avert devastating and harmful effects on the lives and health of people” and that “the end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The international arms-control framework contributed to international security since the Cold War. It also acted as a brake on the use of nuclear weapons. On July 7, 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operation Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the assigned code name of India’s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army base Pokhran Test Range (PTR), in Rajasthan, by the Indian Army under the supervision of several key Indian generals.