US Joins International Solar Alliance: The United States of America has become the 101st member country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Earlier, the fourth general assembly of ISA was held. The ISA is an intergovernmental treaty-based organisation with a global mandate to catalyse solar growth by helping to reduce the cost of financing […]
Category: Important Organisations
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA)
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently held a meeting with the women activists and applauded their courage and affirmed that the UN will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan. UNAMA was established on 28 March 2002 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1401. It […]
COP26 Climate Conference – UNFCCC
COP26 Climate Conference: The UK will host the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference from October 31 to November 12. This year marks the 26th Conference of Parties (thus the name COP26) and will be held in the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. COP comes under the United Nations Climate Change Framework Convention (UNFCCC) which […]
18th India-ASEAN Summit
18th India-ASEAN Summit: India participated in the 18th India-ASEAN Summit at the invitation of Brunei, the current Chair of ASEAN. The Year 2022 has been highlighted as India-ASEAN Friendship by the leaders. India-ASEAN Summit is held every year and provides an opportunity for India and Asean to engage at the highest level. ASEAN in Act […]
G-20 Summit 2021
G-20 Summit: India pushed for “safeguarding the interests of the developing world” as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the G-20 summit at sessions on climate change and sustainable development, said G-20 Sherpa and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. No time-bound agreements were reached as leaders of the world’s top economies ended the summit in Rome, recommitting […]
Project Readiness Financing (PRF) Loan for Mizoram
Asian Development Bank (ADB): The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 4.5 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) loan to support urban mobility in Mizoram. Earlier, the ADB and the Government of India signed a USD 484 million loan to improve transport connectivity and industrial development in the Chennai – Kanyakumari […]
Information Fusion Centre For Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR)
Information Fusion Centre For Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR): The Netherlands is interested in posting a Liaison Officer (LO) at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) for Maritime Domain Awareness and information sharing, Vice Admiral René Tas, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, says. The IFC has been established at the […]
International Solar Alliance (ISA): Fourth General Assembly
International Solar Alliance (ISA): Fourth General Assembly The fourth general assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), was held virtually between October 18th and October 21st, 2021. It was presided by Union Minister Shri R.K. Singh, Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the President of the ISA Assembly. A total […]
7th Meeting Of BRICS Communications Ministers
7th Meeting Of BRICS Communications Ministers: India as the current BRICS Chair convened the 7th Meeting of BRICS Communications Ministers on 22nd October 2021. Ministers adopted the Terms of References of Digital BRICS Task Force and supported the advancement in work of the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR) across several Working Groups meeting […]
The Fourth General Assembly Of The International Solar Alliance (ISA)
The Fourth General Assembly Of The International Solar Alliance (ISA): The fourth general assembly of The International Solar Alliance (ISA), is to be held virtually between October 18th and October 21st, 2021, and will be presided over by Shri R.K. Singh, Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the President of […]
