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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2019

Why in News The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released the 2019 report of the International Narcotics Control Board...

29 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

World Air Quality Report 2019

Why in News India was the fifth most polluted country in 2019 and accounts for almost two-thirds of the world’s most polluted cities according...

26 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

G20 Meeting in Saudi Arabia

Why in News Recently, the ministers and central bankers from the world’s largest economies participated in G20 meeting held in Riyadh (Saudi...

24 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

Gold Deposits in Sonbhadra

Why in News The Geological Survey of India has rejected the UP government's Department of Geology and Mining claims of discovering about 3,000...

22 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

Visit of Home Minister of Maldives

Why in News The Home Minister of Maldives, Mr. Sheikh Imran Abdulla, met Indian Home Minister on 21st February, 2020. Key Points During the...

22 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

ICRG Recommends Continuation of Pakistan in Grey List

Why in News The International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recommended that Pakistan be retained...

19 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise -2020

Why in News The 2nd Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Disaster Management Exercise was...

15 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

BIMSTEC Conference on ‘Combating Drug Trafficking'

Why in News Recently, India hosted the first-ever BIMSTEC Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking in New Delhi. It was organised by the Narcotics...

14 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

Foreign Ambassadors in Srinagar

Why in News Twenty-five foreign Ambassadors visited Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to assess the situation in the region nearly six months...

13 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

The Big Picture - SCO Summit 2020

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of Government meeting is set to be held in India at the end of this year (2020). Invitations have...

11 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

2 Billion Kilometres to Safety Campaign

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a global campaign calling on people all over the world to cover the distance...

11 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

International Maritime Organization and India

This article is based on A case of a maritime presence adrift which was published in The Hindu on 05/02/2020. It discusses India’s negligible...

05 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

World Heritage Site Certificate to Jaipur

Why in News The Chief Minister of Rajasthan will dedicate the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) world...

05 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

Impact of Brexit

This article is based on “What Brexit means for the EU and its partners” which was published in The Hindu on 04/02/2020. It talks about...

04 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

National Consultation on the Review of Beijing+25

Why in News To mark 25 years of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, Ministry of Women & Child Development, the National Commission...

01 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia

Why in News World’s first conference on Childhood Pneumonia was held in Barcelona (Spain) to make it part of the global health...

01 Feb 2020 Important International Institutions

India-Togo Relations

Why in News Recently, the Togolese Republic (also known as Togo) and India has come together for the development of about 300 MW Solar Power...

31 Jan 2020 Important International Institutions

Novel Strain of Coronavirus

Why in News Recently, the Lancet published a study titled “Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan,...

28 Jan 2020 Important International Institutions

Maharashtra’s
Agribusiness and Rural Transformation

Why in News Recently, the Union government, Maharashtra and the World Bank (WB) signed a loan agreement of $210 million to support small farmers...

25 Jan 2020 Important International Institutions

Global Talent Competitiveness Index

Why in News India has moved up eight places to the 72nd position in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2020. Switzerland topped the...

25 Jan 2020 Important International Institutions