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International Day of Neutrality
The International Day of Neutrality is an international observance as per the official declaration of the United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted on 2nd February 2017 and was first observed on 12th December 2017. A neutral country is a sovereign ..
Switzerland to seek closer ties with India at BioAsia 2020
The BioAsia 2020 is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad in between February 17 and 19, 2020. On December 10, 2019, the Ministry of Industries and Commerce and IT informed that Switzerland will serve as India’s partner at the conference. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
WADA bans Russia for 4 years from all Global Sporting Events
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from participation in global sporting events for four years that will include the Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing Winter Games 2022 and the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup. Russia’s Anti Doping Agency (Rusada) was ..
Performance of Major Economies and India’s neighbours in the UNDP Human Development Index 2019
Norway topped the ranking Index with an HDI value of 0.954 followed by Switzerland at 2nd, Ireland, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Iceland, Sweden making the top eight places in the index ranking respectively. Among Indian neighbours, Srilanka at 71st place, ..
India ranks 73rd in UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index 2019
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) has released its 2019 edition of Business-to-Consumer(B2C) E-commerce Index which measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping. The index is prepared on the basis of four indicators that are highly linked ..
World Migration Report 2020 launched by IOM
‘The World Migration Report 2020’ was launched by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. IOM headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, was established in 1951, became a related organization to the United Nations in September 2019. The ..
India ranks 59th in 2019 IMD World Talent Ranking
India was ranked 59th among 63 countries in the 2019 IMD World Talent Ranking released by International Institute for Management Development. This year, India slipped by 6 places as compared to 53rd rank in 2018 edition of this global annual ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Report 2019
The Credit Suisse Group which is a Switzerland-based multinational investment bank, has released the 10th edition of its annual Global Wealth Report. The report tracks both growth and distribution of wealth, in terms of numbers of millionaires and billionaires, proportion ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Switzerland Glaciers Shrink 10%
Switzerland Glaciers have lost a tenth in their volume in the past five years. The melting is the largest in the last 5 years of observation. The Cryospheric commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences published the annual study on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
CoP18 of CITES held in Geneva
The 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was recently held in Geneva, Switzerland. Highlights of COP18 CITES Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) was moved from CITES Appendix ..