WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Formation: 7 April 1948. Head quarters: Geneva, Switzerland. WHO has six semi-autonomous regional offices Southeast Asia formed in Jan 1949. Head quarters : New Delhi,INDIA. Eastern Mediterranean formed in July 1949. America’s formed in July 1949. Head quarters : Washington DC,USA. Africa formed in 1952. Head quarters : Brazzaville, Republic of CONGO. […]
CAATSA The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, is federal law of USA which imposed various sanctions on IRAN, N.KOREA AND RUSSIA. This law was passed on 27th JULY 2017 with a majority of 98-2 in the senate. PROVISIONS:– 1. IRAN For Iran it was imposed for countering the Iran’s destabilising activities Act of 2017.
In 2017, Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army of China had a stand off at Doklam, an area with a plateau and a valley, lying between China’s Chumbi valley to the North, Bhutan’s Ha valley to the East and India’s Nathang valley to the West. On 16 June 2017 Chinese troops with construction vehicles and
TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL Kathmandu, 31 July 1950 The Government of India and the Government of Nepal, recognising the ancient ties which have happily existed between the two countries; Desiring still further to strengthen and develop these ties and to perpetuate peace between the
South Asian Association for Regional cooperation Founded- first meeting 7-8 Dec 1985 Dhaka, Bangladesh Secretariat- Kathmandu, Nepal Members- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, SRI lanka. Observers– Australia, China, European union (EU), Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea, USA. Potential future members- Myanmar as a full time member, Russia and Turkey as observers. SOUTH
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional multilateral organisation. Its members lie in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity. MEMBERS Out of the 7 members,Five are from South Asia – Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Sri Lanka Two are
NAM was formed during the Cold War as an organization of States that did not seek to formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union, but sought to remain independent or neutral. The basic concept for the group originated in 1955 during discussions that took place at the Asia-Africa Bandung Conference
CTBT was negotiated at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996. The Treaty intends to ban all nuclear explosions – everywhere, by everyone. It was opened for signature in 1996 and since then 182 countries have signed the Treaty, most recently Ghana has ratified the treaty
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation. It grew out of the Shanghai five that was founded in 1996 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as its original members. On the 15th of June 2001, Uzbekistan joined the group that was officially renamed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. In June
•India is a neighbour to the following countries:Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. 1.Pakistan-• With Pakistan, we have had largely hostile relations due to tensions in Kashmir, ceasefire violations,Sir Creek Dispute,IWT issue,Siachen Glacier issue etc.•We have also fought four wars with Pakistan. After the Pulwama attack, India doubled the import duty
