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2020 So Far

What has been happening in 2020. It is like once in a while thing that happens no one expected what is happening and what is going to happen next. One after another incidents are taking place and the situation is getting worse day by day. No one expected 2020 is going to be like this. Aspirants thought this year would be a golden year for industrial sector as we entered into Industry 4.0. Each and every one had their own goal to do but nothing happened. Things happen so far in 2020 are:

·        Bush fires

·        Drone Attack

·        Volcano Eruption

·        COVID – 19

·        Riots

·        Global stock markets crash

·        Downfall of oil price

·        Asteroid approach

·        Gas Leak

·        India – China soldiers clash at border

·        Floods

·        Earthquake

·        Landslide

·        Bitcoin Scam

·        Mental health crises

January

Ø  January 1^st – 2019 -2020 Hong Kong Protests

Ø  January 2^nd - Australia declares a state of disaster amid large Bush fires that have killed as many as 500 million animals.

Ø  January 3^rd – 2019 - 2020 Persian Gulf crisis : A United States drone strike at Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis

Ø  January 7^th – 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis: 56 people are reported killed and over 200 injured in a crush at the funeral of general Qasem Soleimani in the city of Kerman, Iran.

Ø  January 8^th

v  2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis: Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military Iran bases hosting American soldiers, injuring multiple personnel.

v  2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is mistakenly shot down by Iran’s armed forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, killing all 176 people on board.

Ø  January 9^th – Boko Haram militants assault a Nigerien military base at Chinagodrar, killing at least 89 Nigerien soldiers. 

Ø  January 12^th – Taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.

Ø  January 18^th – Yemeni Civil War: 111 Yemeni soldiers and 5 civilians are killed in a drone and missile attack on a military camp near Ma’rib.

Ø  January 30^th – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of the disease as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the sixth time that this measure has been invoked since 2009. 

February

Ø  February 11^th – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization (WHO) names the disease COVID-19. 

Ø  February 23^rd - Riots are reported in parts of Delhi, India. Leading to 53 deaths, over 200 injuries, and multiple incidents of arson. Over 2,000 people are arrested and detained as a result.

Ø  February 27^th – 2020 Stock market crash: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since 2008, triggered by fears of the spreading COVID-19. 

March  

Ø  March 8^th – COVID-19 pandemic:  Italy places 16 million people in quarantine,  more than a quarter of its population, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. A day later, the quarantine is expanded to cover the entire country, becoming the first country to apply this measure nationwide.

Ø  March 9^th – International share prices fall sharply in response to a Russo-Saudi oil price war and the impact of COVID-19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges more than 2,000 points, the largest fall in its history up to that point. Oil Prices also plunge by as much as 30% in early trading, the biggest fall since 1991.

Ø  March 11^th – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. 

Ø  March 12^th  – Global stock markets crash due to continued concerns over COVID-19 and the  U.S. travel ban on the Schengen Area. The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes into free fall, closing at over −2,300 points, the worst losses for the index since 1987.

Ø  March 13^th  – COVID-19 pandemic: The government of Nepal announces that Mount Everest will be closed to climbers and the public for the rest of the season due to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.

Ø  March 16^th – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday(1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.

Ø  March 20^th  – COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 10,000 as the total number of cases reaches a quarter of a million.

Ø  March 24^th - COVID-19 pandemic:

v  India goes into lock down to contain COVID-19. The total number of people in the world facing some form of pandemic-related movement restriction now exceeds 2.6 billion, a third of the global population.

v  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic was "basically blocked" and it is now under control. Two days later, China temporarily suspends entry for foreign nationals with visas or residence permits effective midnight March 28.

Ø  March 26^th - COVID-19 pandemic:

v  Global COVID-19 cases reach 500,000, with nearly 23,000 deaths confirmed. The US surpasses China and Italy in total number of known COVID-19 cases, with at least 81,321 cases and more than 1,000 deaths.

v  Militants in the Philippines, Syria, Yemen, and Libya agree to U.N. Secretary- General Antonio Guterres call for a ceasefire; some accept medical aid for themselves and civilians in their communities. Guterres also asked wealthy countries to provide $2 billion to aid in fighting the virus. Colombia and Venezuela discussed a common response to the global pandemic, and the UAE airlifts aid to Iran.

Ø  March 30^th

v  A passenger train derails near Chenzhou, China, killing one person and leaving 127 injured.

v  2020 Russia – Saudi Arabia oil price war: The price of Brent Crude falls 9% to $23 per barrel, the lowest level since November 2002.

April

Ø  April 2^nd – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 1 million worldwide.

Ø  April 5^th - COVID-19 pandemic: The first case of COVID-19 in a zoo animal is reported; a four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.

Ø  April 10^th

v  Kivu Ebola epidemic: In a major setback for efforts to declare the end of the outbreak on Sunday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018.

v  COVID-19 pandemic: The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally, a ten-fold increase from March 20.

Ø  April 14^th - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Ø  April 15^th - COVID-19 pandemic: - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 2 million worldwide.

Ø  April 17^th - COVID-19 pandemic: Europe surpasses 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths.

Ø  April 20^th

v  Oil prices reach a record low, with West Texas Intermediate falling into negative values.

v  COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 200,000.  The U. K. becomes the fifth country to report 20,000 deaths.

Ø  April 27^th

v  The Pentagon formally releases three videos (previously leaked by Luis Elizondo in 2017) of “unidentified aerial phenomena” encountered by U. S. Navy pilots.

v  COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases passes 3 million worldwide, while the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. passes 1 million.

Ø  April 28^th  - The Indian Ministry of External Affairs condemns the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom after its annual report recommends placing India on the "countries of particular concern" blacklist over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, and controversial comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.

Ø  April 29^th – (52768) 1998 OR2, a near-Earth asteroid that is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, makes a close approach of 0.042 AU (6.3 million km; 16 LD) to Earth. It will not approach closer than this until 2079.

May

Ø  May 1^st  – COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of recovered COVID-19 patients reaches 1 million worldwide, according to data from The Johns Hopkins University.  

Ø  May 5^th - COVID-19 pandemic: The U.K. death toll from COVID-19 becomes the highest in Europe at 32,313 after exceeding the death toll of 29,029 in Italy.

Ø  May 6^th - COVID-19 pandemic: New evidence indicates that an Algerian – born French fishmonger, who had not traveled to China and did not have contact with any Chinese nationals, was treated for pneumonia from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as COVID-19.

Ø  May 7^th – Eleven people died and over 5,000 falls ill from a styrene gas leak from an LG Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Ø  May 9^th  – Several Chinese and Indian soldiers are injured in a cross - border clash at the Nathu La crossing. About 150 troops participated in the face-off, which involved fistfights and stone-throwing.

Ø  May 10^th - COVID-19 pandemic:

v  The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 4 million worldwide.

v  Wuhan reports its first coronavirus cases in second wave in more than a month. An 89-year-old man is confirmed positive, but his wife and several members of the community are recorded as asymptomatic cases.

Ø  May 12^th  – Gunmen storm a maternity hospital and kill 24 people, including two newborn babies, in  Dashte, Barchi, a majority-Shia neighborhood of Kabul Afghanistan. In a separate incident in  Kuz Kunar, 32 people are killed at a funeral by a suicide bomber.

Ø  May 14^th - COVID-19 pandemic:

v  The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300,000.

v  The UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil.  

Ø  May 18^th - The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia.

Ø  May 21^st

v  Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the  North Indian Ocean, shattering the record previously held by Nargis.

v  The Trump administration announces it will withdraw from the  Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia.

v  COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 5 million worldwide, with 106,000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day figure so far.

Ø  May 22^nd

v  Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99-total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground.

v  COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil overtakes Russia to become the country with the second highest number of COVID-19 cases, with over 330,000 reported. President Jair Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat of the virus.

Ø  May 24^th - A "once in a decade" storm batters 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) of the coast of  Western Australia.

Ø  May 26^th

v  Protests caused by the killing of George Floyd break out across hundreds of cities in the U.S. and around the world. These are followed by further protests and rallies on June 6 against racism and police brutality around the world.

Ø  May 27^th  - COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. death toll passes 100,000 – more Americans than were killed in the Vietnam War and Korean War combined, and approaching that of the First World War, where 116,000 Americans died in combat. The total number of cases continues to rise, although the rate is slowing.

Ø  May 31^st  – COVID-19 pandemic: The no of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 6 million worldwide.

June

Ø  June 1^st - Kivu Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in  Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ø  June 3^rd

v  Severe Cyclonic Strom Nisarga makes landfall south of Mumbai as a Category 1 hurricane;  the first time a tropical cyclone has targeted the megacity since 1891. About 100,000 people have been  evacuated from low-lying areas in the western Indian states of  Maharashtra and Gujarat, an area already hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

v  Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into the Ambarnaya River near the Siberian city of Norilsk within the  Arctic Circle on May 26, 2020. The World Wildlife Fund said the accident is believed to be the second – largest in modern Russia history.

Ø  June 7^th  – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 400,000.

Ø  June 8^th – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide.

Ø  June 9^th  – COVID-19 pandemic: A Harvard University study suggests that COVID-19 may have been spreading in China as early as August 2019, based on hospital car park usage and web search trends.

Ø  June 15^th

v  At least 20 Indian soldiers and over 40 Chinese forces are killed or injured in skirmishes in the disputed Galwan Valley, the largest escalation along the Sino-Indian border in five decades.

v  Turkish and Iranian forces commence air and artillery strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party forces in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey launches a land operation in the region on June 17.

Ø  June 16^th - COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 8 million worldwide.

Ø  June 22^nd  – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 9 million worldwide.

Ø  June 23^rd  – A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 640 kilometres (400 mi) away in Mexico City.

Ø  June 28^th - COVID-19 pandemic:

v  The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide. The U. S.  continues to report the highest number of any country as it reaches 2.5 million, a quarter of all cases globally.

v  The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000.

July

Ø  July 2^nd – A landslide takes place at a  jade mining site in Hpakant, Kachin state, Myanmar,  killing at least 174 people.

Ø  July 3^rd  – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 11 million worldwide.

Ø  July 8^th

v  COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 12 million worldwide.

v  At least 180 bodies are found in mass graves in Djibo, Burkina Faso,  where soldiers are fighting jihadists. It is suspected that the government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions.

Ø  July 12^th – China reports 141 dead or missing in floods since June; 28,000 homes have been damaged.

Ø  July 15^th – The Twitter accounts of prominent political figures, CEO's, and celebrities are hacked to promote a bitcoin scam.

Ø  July 18^th  – COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 600,000.

Ø  July 19^th  – Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.

Ø  July 22^nd  – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.

Ø  July 25^th – COVID-19 pandemic:  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting, declares a  state of emergency, and orders the lock down of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially acknowledged by North Korea.

August

·        August 4^th  – Multiple explosions caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kill over 135 people, injure thousands, and severely damage the port in Beirut, Lebanon. Damage is estimated at $10-15 billion, and an estimated 300,000 people are left homeless.

·        August 5^th - COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 700,000.

·        August 7^th  – Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India. 19 of the 191 persons on board are killed.
.     August 7th -  The island country of Mauritius has declared an environmental emergency after a ship that ran aground on a reef in the Indian Ocean started leaking fuel.

The ship, the MK Wakashio, is Japanese-owned but registered in Panama. It was travelling from China to Brazil when it struck the reef on July 25 and its crew was evacuated subsequently due to bad weather and constant pounding by the ocean, the ship began to leak fuel, of which, there was 4,000 tonnes on board.