- CHRI (Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative) - International NGO - to implement Harare declaration(Zimbawe) in Commonwealth Nations;
- 12-day International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to review India's regulatory framework for safety of nuclear power plants (NPPs) - IRRS Team Review - well-established national educational and training system that supports competence-building, AERB's R&D infra strong regulatory review & assessment, still India need national policy & strategy on safety, AERB's regulatory independence in law, routine inspection at NPP, internal emergency arrangement; India's NPP - 21(operational) + 7 (construction);
Note: Share of Energy Generation: France (77% Nuke) > Slovakia (57% Nuke) > Hungary (49%) >>> US (20%) > India (4%) > China (2%) > Iran (2%)
Refer for Mains 2015: https://www.iaea.org/
- The United Nations cultural agency has listed the Palestinian village of Battir as a World Heritage site in danger.
- “The Environment Crime Crisis” - Report by UNEP - on Illegal trading of dead or live animals & plant species; Note: refer CITES, Botswana Elephant project; The report combines assessments by the OECD, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNEP and INTERPOL.
- United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- India & Bangladesh - Extradition Treaty, Land Boundary Agreement, Teesta River water Agreement, Illegal migrant;
Refer Map - Geography of Teesta river: Originates @ Kangse Glacier, Charamu Lake in Sikkim - enters Bangladesh - joins with Brahmaputra (Jamuna) - with Ganga - Padma, Meghna; 1983 India Bangladesh Teesta Agreement - 39:36:25; 1984 - Joint river commission - increased the Bangladesh's share; 1998- Bangladesh's largest irrigation project Teesta Barrage;
Source: http://www.mea.gov.in/
- India Nepal (For Mains 2015)
- India Senegal Cultural Exchange Programme (Delhi-Dakar);
- Gas Pipeline - Kyaukpyu (Myanmar) to Ruili(China) - ending " Malacca Dilemma"
Refer: (For Mains)
- Merging PIO & OCI - Currently PIO cards, given to those who themselves, their parents or grandparents or their spouse, were one-time Indian citizens, allow for visa-free travel to and from India. However, a PIO card is only valid for 15 years. Also, if one’s stay in India is going to exceed 180 days on any single visit, one needs to register within 30 days of the expiry of 180 days with the concerned Foreigners Regional Registration Officer/Foreigners Registration Officer or local police authorities.
On the other hand, the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card given to only those who themselves or their parents were one time citizens, has lifelong visa-free travel and does not require the holder to register with any office regardless of the length of their stay. Eventually the PIO and OCI schemes will be combined in a new scheme and also cover spouses.
- India’s philosophy, which was not an ideology, was the Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, or world family, and this has guided the nation since Vedic times. Institutions that reflect the imperatives of the 20th century won’t be effective in the 21st. It would face the risk of irrelevance.” “fulfil promise to reform the U.N. Security Council by 2015,” and called for a greater role for the G-4 coalition including India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, one that would help all countries move beyond thinking of policy as a “zero-sum game.” (Reserve it for Mains 2015 - UNSC Reform & Role of G4)
- India - Second highest in Child marriage - UNICEF; Refer: 1989 U.N. adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). India is a signatory to the World Health Organisation’s FCTC, which seeks to establish a global agenda for tobacco control and reduce demand and supply by 2020.
- 'Maitri' - India & China - Cultural Cooperation - Indian Council for Cultural Relations;
- India - Second highest in Child marriage - UNICEF; Refer: 1989 U.N. adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Note: The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, was the first international treaty to state the full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights belonging to children. The realities confronting children can be assessed against the commitments to which it holds States parties. Legally binding on States parties, the Convention details universally recognized norms and standards concerning the protection and promotion of the rights of children – everywhere and at all times. All but three of the world’s nations – Somalia, South Sudan and the United States of America – have ratified the document.
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). India is a signatory to the World Health Organisation’s FCTC, which seeks to establish a global agenda for tobacco control and reduce demand and supply by 2020.
Note: The core demand reduction provisions in the WHO FCTC are contained in articles 6-14: Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, and Non-price measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, namely: ƒ Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke; ƒ Regulation of the contents of tobacco products; ƒ Regulation of tobacco product disclosures; ƒ Packaging and labelling of tobacco products; ƒ Education, communication, training and public awareness; ƒ Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and, ƒ Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation.
- India has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions that would have required it to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying there is “no question” of it joining the treaty as a non- nuclear weapon state.
- SAARC countries chart common education agenda -The Ministers issued a joint statement titled 'The New Delhi Declaration on Education.'
- The governments of India and Russia have agreed that BrahMos missile will be exported to a list of mutually agreeable countries for defensive purposes. There is also a negative list to which exports are barred.
- India to modernize Vietnam's Defence & Security force;
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