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Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling
Recently Japan announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conservation body and it will resume commercial whale hunting...
27 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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The NITI Aayog has released its SDG India Index which intends to provide a holistic view on the social, economic and environmental status of the...
22 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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Partner’s Forum Inaugurated in New Delhi
The Prime Minister inaugurated the fourth Partners’ Forum at New Delhi. Partners’ Forum is short for the meeting of The Partnership...
12 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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2023 is the International Year of Millets- FAO
India's proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in 2023 has been approved at the by the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
08 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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Seabed 2030: Mapping of Seafloor
The U.N.-backed project, called Seabed 2030, is working to pool data to create a map of the entire ocean floor by 2030. The map will be freely...
07 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) effective from January 2019 to focus on...
04 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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Recently, G20 (Group of Twenty) Summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first meeting of G20 in South America. G20 is the leading...
03 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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India to Chair Kimberley Process
India will chair the Kimberley System Certification Scheme (KPCS) which is also known as Kimberley Process (KP) from January 2019. India took over...
01 Dec 2018 Important International Institutions
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30th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit took place in Papua New Guinea. For the first time since its inception APEC has failed to...
24 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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Greenhouse Gas Levels Reach Record Highs: UN Report
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the United Nations weather agency,...
24 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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World’s First Online Climate Summit
World leaders are set to participate in an innovative climate change summit that will take place entirely online which makes it a carbon neutral...
22 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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GROWTH-India’s First Robotic Telescope
India’s first robotic telescope and the first one designed to observe dynamic or transient events in the universe has started observing the...
21 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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BASIC Nations Push for ‘Climate Finance’
Ahead of the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, China and India) countries said that...
21 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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IMO Guidelines on Shipping Fuel
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted an amendment that supports a reduced limit on sulphur in ships' fuel oil. The IMO adopted...
21 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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Global Education Monitoring Report-2019 : UNESCO
Recently, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released its Global Education Monitoring Report 2019...
20 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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Recently, Australia has referred India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over subsidies paid to sugarcane farmers. Many countries have filed...
17 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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ASEAN Summit, East Asia Summit, RCEP Summit, Quad Meeting
PM recently concluded his visit to Singapore and attended the ASEAN-India Summit held on sidelines of 33rd ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian...
16 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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The WTO: Is It All Over Or Can Something Be Done?
(The editorial is based on the article “The WTO: Is it all over or can something be done?” which appeared in Livemint on 30th October...
08 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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China Lifts Ban on Trade of Tiger Bones and Rhino Horns
China has lifted a 25-year old ban on the scientific and medical use of tiger bones and rhinoceros horn. According to conservationists, this lifting...
02 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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109th session of UNWTO Executive Council
Indian delegation attended the 109th session of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Executive Council in Manama, Bahrain. The three-day...
01 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
