International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which was formerly known as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Its objective is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, ‘every childbirth is safe’ and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organisation of fifteen states and dependencies throughout the Caribbean having primary objectives to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy. The organisation was established in 1973. The secretariat headquarters is located in Georgetown, Guyana.

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The East India Company had constituted the first artillery regiment in 1748. In 1827, the Royal Indian Artillery regiment was created in the British Indian Army, which was inherited by Independent India.

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The Highest rank in Indian Navy is Admiral of the Fleet, which is like Field Marshal in Indian Navy, is a wartime or ceremonial rank. No officer of the Indian Navy has been so far awarded this rank. The second highest rank is of Admiral, which is the Chief of the Naval Staff. The other officers include Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lt. Commander, Lieutenant and Sub-lieutenant. Further, there are Junior Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in the Indian Navy.

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Sampriti is a joint military exercise between Indian and Bangladesh. The exercise Sampriti is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh and will be the ninth edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by both countries.

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Project Devil was ended by DRDO in 1980. The goal was to produce Surface to air missiles under this project.

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China and Pakistan are not part of the Wassenaar arrangement. Israel also is not a part of this group.

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The International Federation of Trade Union was founded in 1919 as an international organization of trade unions. It was merged into World Federation of Trade Union in the year of 1945.

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The term JCO stands for Junior Commissioned Officer. The JCO is used for group of military personnel which is lower than Lieutenants and higher than Havildars.

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Indonesia’s ruling regime collapse was the “Fall of Suharto”. Suharto resigned as president of Indonesia on 21 May 1998 following the collapse of support for his three-decade-long presidency. The resignation followed severe economic and political crises over the previous six to twelve months.