75th Edition of the World Health Assembly

From 22nd to 28th May 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the first in-person Health Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic began. What is the theme of this year’s health assembly? “Health for ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

QUAD Leaders Summit 2022

The 2022 Quad summit started in Tokyo, Japan on 24th May 2022. The leaders of the Quad countries (Australia, India, Japan, and the United States) will participate. What are the highlights of the Summit? Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Summits and Conferences

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)

On 23rd May 2022, Joe Biden, the President of the United States unveiled a discussion on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). This discussion has been held with a dozen initial partner countries that also include India. The countries ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

APEC Trade Ministers Meeting

Representatives of the United States, Japan, and three other countries had briefly walked out of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting on 21st May 2022 to protest against Ukraine’s invasion by Russia. This is a two-day meeting that ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Summits and Conferences

Global Food Security Call to Action Meeting

Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, has chaired a “Global Food Security Call to Action” meeting of foreign ministers from around 30 countries with the aim of reviewing the urgent development and humanitarian needs and identifying steps to ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity

The Election Commission has announced that it will be leading the ‘Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity’ as part of the ‘Summit for Democracy’ in association with 100 democratic countries. At this summit expertise and experience will be shared with the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

‘International Migration Review Forum’

The First International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) is being held under the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA. It started on May 17th and will end on May 20th. What is the objective of IMRF? In the “Global ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Summits and Conferences

SCO ‘Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS)’ Meeting

A three-day meeting is held under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS). What is SCO RATS and what is its aim? Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) is a permanent body of SCO. It aims to ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Summits and Conferences