The first Summit for Democracy was organized virtually by US President Joe Biden from Washington, D.C., in December 2021.

COP26 took place in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, in November 2021.

At around age 12, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on a merchant caravan to Syria (al-Sham), where they met the monk Bahira at Busra.

SilkAir was the regional airline subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, based in Singapore [2, p19]. It primarily served short to medium-haul destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. (Note: SilkAir was fully integrated into Singapore Airlines in 2021, but was a distinct entity in 2010).

"AFPAK" (or Af-Pak) was a term used within U.S. foreign policy circles starting in 2009 to refer to Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single, integrated theater of operations2. This approach was part of a new strategy announced by the Obama administration.

The World Bank’s 2020 Ease of Doing Business report placed Pakistan at 108th out of 190 economies[1](https://zicosh.com/css-current-affairs-mcqs-2020/).

NASA, in partnership with ESA and CSA, launched JWST on 25 December 2021 from French Guiana and began science operations in 2022.

Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, was appointed Sweden’s first female prime minister on 30 November 2021 and continued in 2022.

Olaf Scholz, leader of the Social Democratic Party, was sworn in on 8 December 2021 as Germany’s ninth chancellor.

Indonesia took over the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2021, steering the group’s agenda through the end of 2022.