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Features of UNSC Resolution on Afghan Assistance

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed a resolution on December 22, 2021, allowing for sanctions exemptions against the Taliban.

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The exemptions are intended to make humanitarian aid delivery to Afghanistan easier.

It covers urgent humanitarian assistance and other activities in Afghanistan to meet basic human needs.

It will primarily benefit low-income or at-risk populations, as well as alleviate human suffering in other ways.

Among the Services and activities provided are:

Assistance with finding a Home and settling in

Food safety is important.

Support for Education and livelihood

Energy and Water Sanitation, as well as Health, Nutrition, and Hygiene, including COVID-related assistance.

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India is a bright shining spot in the world economy amidst global economic uncertainty: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Union Minister for Commerce and , Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal today said that India is a bright shining spot in the world economy amidst global economic uncertainty. He was addressing the 21st World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai.

Union Commerce Minister said that India has demonstrated that despite the prevailing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity in the world, our country has the Leadership, capabilities and the skill that is required to navigate the economic recovery. Despite the pandemic challenges, very reasonable measures were taken to sustain the Indian economy where a strong focus was on the macroeconomic fundamentals. Our Government focussed on inclusive well-being of all sections of Society.

Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth affairs & Sports, said that his vision is to make India the most sought after destination for film shoots and post-production backed by the talent of our people and innovation of our industry leaders. He was inaugurating the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India at Panaji, Goa in a star studded ceremony interspersed with inspiring speeches and scintillating performances.

The Minister elaborated that his vision for IFFI is not limited to one event, but what IFFI should be when India celebrates its 100th year of Independence once we transition from Amrit Mahotsav to Amrit Kaal. We aim to make India a powerhouse of content creation, especially regional cinema by scaling up regional festivals. India can be the post-production hub of the world by leveraging the immense tech talent amongst our

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Chiranjeevi. Yes, the IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022 goes to megastar and actor-producer Chiranjeevi Konidela. The announcement has been made by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur, at the grand opening of the 53^rdedition of IFFI, the International Film Festival of India, in Goa.

In an illustrious film career spanning more than four decades, Chiranjeevi starred in more than 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some films in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors of Telugu cinema.

He captured the imagination of the masses with his performance inInitlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayyain 1982. He is admired for his zestful dance performances and fight sequences brimming with power. His influence has claimed him the title of a Megastar!

In 2006, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian Cinema.

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Network Readiness Index 2022

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Network Readiness Index 2022 was released by the US-based non-profit Portulans Institute. This report assesses the network-based readiness landscape of 131 economies based on their performances in four different pillars technology, people, Governance and impact. It encompasses 58 variables.

The United States is the top performer in the index, with a

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total score of 80.3. The second and third positions are held by Singapore (79.35) and Sweden (78.91) respectively.

Singapore is the biggest climber in this index, since it climbed from the 7^thposition to the second by pushing Denmark (6th) and Finland (7^th) out of the top five.

Other five countries that are top 10 performers are Netherlands (4^th), Switzerland (5^th), Germany (8^th), South Korea (9^th) and Norway (10^th).

Asia Pacifics top performer is Singapore, followed by South Korea and Japan.

2022 edition of the indo-pacific regional dialogue (iprd-2022)

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The three-day apex-level regional strategic dialogue of the INDIAN NAVY, the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 (IPRD-2022) began in New Delhi on Wednesday, 23 November 2022. The IPRD is an annual international conference that seeks to foster exchange of ideas and promote deliberations on maritime issues relevant to the Indo-Pacific which, for India, stretches over a vast, predominantly maritime expanse from the eastern shore of

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Africa to the western shore of the Americas.

The inaugural session was followed by two thematic sessions onWeaving the Fabric of Holistic Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Multilateral andConstructing Holistic-Security Bridges across the Western and Eastern Maritime Expanse of the Indo-Pacific. In these sessions, globally renowned subject-matter experts presented a variety of multilateral and national perspectives on building maritime

security cooperation that could best stitch the Indo-Pacific together.

Indias conservation efforts towards tortoise and turtles lauded in CITES CoP 19 at Panama

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild and Flora (CITES) is being held at Panama City from 14^thNovember to 25^thNovember 2022.

At CoP 19, Indias proposal for induction of fresh water turtle Batagur kachuga earned wide support of the parties in CoP 19 of CITES. It was widely appreciated by the parties and well accepted when introduced.

CITES lauded and recorded the works done by the India in the area

of conservation of tortoises and fresh water turtles and efforts made in combating wildlife crime and illegal trade of turtles in the country. The resolution documents submitted by the CITES Secretariat on tortoises and fresh water turtles specifically mentioned the commendable result achieved by the country in operations such as those initiated by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau namely Operation Turtshield, which resulted in nabbing many criminals involved in poaching and illegal trade of fresh water turtles and substantial seizures made by the agencies in different part of the country.

CITES is an international agreement to which States and regional economic integration organizations adhere voluntarily. Although CITES is legally binding on the Parties in other words they have to implement the Convention it does not take the place of national laws. Rather it provides a framework to be respected by each Party, which has to adopt its own domestic legislation to ensure that CITES is implemented at the national level.

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NITI Aayog launches SDGs Urban Index 2021-22

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22. Shimla has topped the list of cities by scoring highest on the index.

Coimbatore and Chandigarh have been ranked at second and third position.

Thiruvananthapuram, Panaji, Pune, Kochi, Tiruchirappalli, Ahmedabad and Nagpur are among top 10 cities on the index.

SDG Urban Index & Dashboard

The SDG Urban Index & Dashboard (2021-22) was launched by NITI Aayog on November 23, 2021. It ranks 56 urban areas on 77 SDG indicators across targets like zero hunger, ending POVERTY, quality Education, good Health and wellbeing, gender Equality etc in the SDG framework.The index and dashboard will help in strengthening SDG localization as well as institute robust SDG monitoring at the city level. The index highlights strengths and gaps of ULB-level

data, monitoring as well as reporting systems.

Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 is expected to be taken up for final consideration and passing during the winter session of the parliament, which is scheduled to start from November 29, 2021.

The bill seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, with some exceptions.

This bill is among26 new Bills, out of total of 29 Bills in the governments legislative agenda.

With Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, government seeks to create a facilitative framework for creation of official digital currency that will be issued by the Reserve Bank Of India.

Cryptocurrency is the collection of binary data, that works as a medium of exchange. Cryptocurrency

does not exist in physical form. It is not issued by a central authority and use decentralized control.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 has been given to Pratham NGO for its efforts to broaden the scope of Education in India.

Highlights:

Pratham NGO was given the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2021 for,its pioneering efforts in ensuring that every child has access to quality education for more than a quarter-century.

Its creative application of digital technologies to offer education.
Its frequent examination of educational quality.

Its quick reaction in encouraging youngsters to learn despite the limits imposed by Covid-19.

The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize is a prominent honour given out

every year. Indira Gandhi, the previous Prime Minister of India, was the inspiration for the name.

La Nina Weather Event Begins Australia

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

On November 23, 2021, Australia’s weather bureau announced that a La Nina weather phenomenon had formed in the Pacific Ocean for the second year in a row.

Highlights:

This phenomenon will deliver above-Average rainfall to central, north, and east Australia as it develops.

This event has the potential to increase wheat production in Australia.

Because of favourable weather, India upped its wheat projection for this season by 17% to near-record levels in September 2021.

According to Climate projections, the La Nina trend will be short-lived this year, lasting until late summer or early fall in the southern hemisphere in 2022.

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Trade Policy Forum Revived By India – the US

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

India and United States have decided to revive the Trade Policy Forum after four years.

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In addition to reinstating the Commerce Policy Forum after four years, India and the US have agreed to look into ways of addressing disputes on matters such as market access and digital trade.

This deal was reached at the outset of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s two-day visit.

Negotiators from both nations laboured for more than a year to reach an agreement on a trade package, as India and the United States clashed over issues such as tariffs.

It is overseen by a delegate from each country. The purpose of this initiative was to increase bilateral trade and flows.

After four years, India and the United States have decided to resurrect their Trade Policy Forum.