UN Report On The Taliban Regime: According to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, foreign terrorist organisations continue to enjoy safe haven under the new Taliban regime. The monitoring team assists the UNSC sanctions committee and its report, circulated among committee members, informs the formulation of UN strategy in […]
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Stockholm+50
Stockholm+50: Stockholm+50 is being held in Stockholm, Sweden. It will commemorate the 50 years since the 1972 United Nations (UN) Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference). The UN General Assembly will be convening this international meeting. This is being held at a time when the world is facing a triple […]
World Summit Of Information Society (WSIS) 2022
World Summit Of Information Society (WSIS) 2022: Union Minister for Communications attended the opening ceremony of World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) 2022, being organized by International Telecommunications Unions(ITU) at its headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland from 30th May to 3rd June, 2022. The participation comes with India contesting the re-election to the ITU Council, for […]
Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Collective Security Treaty Organisation: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has marked its 30th year, at anniversary summit hosted by Moscow recently. Collective Security Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance (six countries) that came into effect in 2002. Its origin can be traced to the Collective Security Treaty, 1992 (Tashkent Treaty). The headquarters is […]
LGBTIQ Persons In The World Of Work : ILO
LGBTIQ Persons In The World Of Work : ILO A document has been released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on “Inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons in the world of work”. Around the world, LGBTIQ+ persons face harassment, violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, […]
75th Session Of World Health Assembly
75th Session Of World Health Assembly: World Health Assembly’s 75th session is being held at World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters (HQ), Geneva from 22nd to 28th May, 2022. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare emphasized upon India’s commitment towards building a more resilient global health security architecture. Health for peace, peace for health is […]
ASHA Workers As Global Health Leaders : WHO
ASHA Workers As Global Health Leaders : WHO The World Health Organisation has recognised the country’s 10.4 lakh ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers as ‘Global Health Leaders’ for their efforts in connecting the community to the government’s health programmes. ASHA workers are volunteers from within the community who are trained to provide information and […]
World Governance Indicators : World Bank
World Governance Indicators : World Bank The World Governance Indicators (WGI) has been released by the World Bank. WGI play a key role in deciding sovereign credit rating of any country. India is losing its sovereign credit rating due to low score in WGI parameters. The World Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset that […]
XV World Forestry Congress
XV World Forestry Congress: The Seoul Forest Declaration was an outcome of the discussions held at the recently concluded XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, South Korea. This was the second congress held in Asia, with Indonesia hosting the first Congress in Asia in 1978. Outcomes of XV World Forestry Congress: The Assuring the Future […]
Macolin Convention
Macolin Convention: The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF), in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants, concluded with a call for harmonised global efforts to curb competition manipulation. The participants discussed the emerging uses of technology, big data and social media given that criminal syndicates were increasingly […]
