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Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index
India has moved up six places to rank 34th on the World Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019, released by the World Economic Forum. India...
05 Sep 2019 Important International Institutions
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India: 10th largest Gold Reserve in the World
According to the World Gold Council, India has gold reserves totalling 618 tonnes, the 10th largest gold reserve in the world. U.S has the highest...
05 Sep 2019 Important International Institutions
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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Last Updated: July 2022 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka...
03 Sep 2019 Important International Institutions
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Recently, China has lodged a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over raised import duties by the US. The US has recently imposed 15%...
03 Sep 2019 Important International Institutions
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The three days G7 summit was concluded on August 26, 2019, at Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Although no joint communique was issued at the...
02 Sep 2019 Important International Institutions
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Higher Protection to Star Tortoise and Otters
India’s proposal to upgrade the protection status of Star Tortoise, the Smooth-coated Otter & Small-clawed Otter has been approved in the...
29 Aug 2019 Important International Institutions
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World’s First Facial Biometric Seafarer Identity Document
India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), capturing the facial biometric data of...
29 Aug 2019 Important International Institutions
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Recently, the Asia Pacific Group of the Financial Action Task Force (APG) has placed Pakistan in the Enhanced Expedited Follow-up List (or...
24 Aug 2019 Important International Institutions
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Last Updated: July 2022 What is TRAFFIC? The TRAFFIC, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, is a leading non-governmental organisation working...
20 Aug 2019 Important International Institutions
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Last Updated: July 2022 What is CITES? The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an...
06 Aug 2019 Important International Institutions
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The Big Picture - Kulbhushan Jadhav: Justice Served
A day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Pakistan to review the death penalty to Kulbhushan Jadhav, India asked Pakistan to...
30 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, July 2019, India’s economy will grow at 7% in the year 2019, picking up to 7.2 % in the...
24 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Last Updated: July 2022 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United...
23 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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Palau became the 76th country to sign the International Solar Alliance framework agreement. Palau will host the 2020 edition of the ‘Our...
19 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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The World Wide Fund for Nature has released a report highlighting the risks to Sharks in the Mediterranean region on the occasion of Shark Awareness...
15 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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India’s Anshula Kant has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the World Bank. Anshula Kant will...
13 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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Basel Committee Lauds RBI on Strict Rules
According to a regulatory consistency assessment programme (RCAP) conducted by the Basel committee on banking supervision, the Reserve Bank of...
10 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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World Health Organization (WHO)
Last Updated: July 2022 World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ specialized agency for Health was founded in 1948. Its...
09 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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The Pink city, Jaipur (Rajasthan), has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was taken at the 43rd session of the UNESCO...
08 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
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National Defense Authorisation Act
The U.S. Senate has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2020 that brings India at par with America’s NATO...
03 Jul 2019 Important International Institutions
