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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
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World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report 2019
India improved its ranking by 23 places to secure 77th rank in World Bank’s latest 'Ease of Doing Business' report, 2019. New Zealand topped...
01 Nov 2018 Important International Institutions
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World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
Last Updated: July 2022 What is WIPO? WIPO is one of the oldest specialised agencies of United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage...
27 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
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Last Updated: July 2022 What is BIMSTEC? The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a...
27 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
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12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit
The Vice President of India led the Indian delegation to Belgium and attended the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), 2018 in Brussels. The theme of...
20 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
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India attracted USD 22 billion of FDI flows in the first half of 2018, according to a UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
17 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
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India has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a period of three years beginning January 1, 2019. The...
13 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
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WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health
WHO released its first global guidelines on sanitation and health. The guidelines can help countries reduce the 829,000 annual diarrhoeal deaths...
03 Oct 2018 Important International Institutions
