Valdecy Urquiza Elected New Secretary General of Interpol: Brazilian Federal Police Commissioner Valdecy Urquiza has been elected as the new Secretary General of Interpol at the organization’s 92nd General Assembly, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from November 4 to 7, 2024. Urquiza will take over the role from the outgoing Secretary General, Jurgen Stock, on November […]
Category: Important Organisations
Asia-Pacific Tele community : In News
Asia-Pacific Tele community : In News The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has hosted the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC), organised by the Asia Pacific Tele community (APT), in Delhi recently. APT is an intergovernmental organization established in February 1979 to promote Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development in the Asia-Pacific region. APT was […]
Adoption Awareness Month : CARA
Adoption Awareness Month : CARA Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) celebrated November as National Adoption Awareness Month to promote legal adoptions. CARA is a statutory body established under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and functions under the Ministry of Women & Child Development. It is the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is […]
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: The recent rumours of a nuclear test by Iran were promptly refuted by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). It is an international organization based in Vienna, Austria, established to implement the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which aims to ban all nuclear explosions worldwide. CTBT is a multilateral treaty opened […]
National Commission For Indian System Of Medicine
National Commission For Indian System Of Medicine: The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) conducted a workshop for drafting the Ayurveda Process Handbook at the NCISM office. National Commission for Indian System of Medicine is the statutory body constituted under NCISM Act, 2020. It replaced the erstwhile regulator Central Council for Indian Medicine […]
Kazan Declaration
Kazan Declaration: The 16th BRICS Summit saw the leaders adopt the Kazan Declaration: ‘Strengthening Multilateralism For Just Global Development And Security’ The 16th BRICS Summit was hosted by Russia in Kazan from October 22 to October 24, 2024. Theme: “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”. Participants: Leaders of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, […]
Hand-in-Hand Initiative
Hand-in-Hand Initiative: The Food And Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Director-General opens the third Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum. Hand-in-Hand Initiative was launched in 2019, is a flagship of Food And Agricultural Organisation (FAO) It prioritizes countries and territories where poverty and hunger are highest, national capacities are limited, or operational difficulties are greatest due to natural or man-made […]
Mid-Career Training Programme For Civil Servants : BIMSTEC
Mid-Career Training Programme For Civil Servants : BIMSTEC India’s National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) has initiated its first-ever Mid-Career Training Programme for civil servants from the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) nations. BIMSTEC is a regional organization comprising seven member states lying in the littoral and adjacent areas […]
16th BRICS Summit
16th BRICS Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia from October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. This will be Modi’s second trip to Russia in 2023, following a previous meeting in Moscow in July.The BRICS Summit is a meeting of five […]
UNICEF : In News
UNICEF : In News The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Indian suppliers are the third largest provider of organisation’s health and nutrition support to children globally. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II. It Mandate To help children and […]
