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India elected to four key bodies of UN ECOSOC
India was elected to four key bodies of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). India was elected to these bodies during ECOSOC’s coordination and management meeting held at UN headquarters in New York, United States (US) by ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Bharti Airtel partners with UNICEF to provide education content in Africa
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel Limited has partnered with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide health, education and youth-focussed content to its customers in 17 African countries. In this regard, Bharti Airtel limited and UNICEF have signed partnership agreement. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Kerela’s shocking Child Marriage figures
A recent report by UNICEF has brought-out shocking statistics about the most literate state of the country- Kerela. The report suggests an apparent rise in rate of child marriages in the state. The trend which is more prominent in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Deadly Ebola Virus detected in Guinea
The deadly Ebola virus detected in the samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marked the first ever human outbreak of the disease in the country. There ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Union Ministry issued food safety guidelines for ICDS
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development issued food safety and hygiene guidelines to prevent contamination of supplementary nutrition provided to pregnant women and children under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. Operational Guidelines for Food Safety and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs