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Health Ministry Urged to Frame Law to Ban Manufacture, Sale of e-cigarettes
The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has urged the Health Ministry to frame law banning manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes in the country as in the absence of the domestic legislation, it would not be possible to put a blanket ban on its imports. The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has stated that without banning ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Australia • Bahrain • Brazil • e-cigarettes • electronic nicotine delivery systems • ENDS • Global Tobacco Epidemic 2017 • Health Ministry • Iran • Mauritius • Mexico • Ministry of Commerce and Industries • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • South Korea • Sri lanka • Thailand • United Arab Emirates • Uruguay • World Health Organization
World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief
As per the report of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, India has retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances (money sent back home by its nationals working abroad) in 2018. World Bank Report on Remittances Indian diaspora has sent $79 billion (approximately Rs 5.5 lakh crore) home. The Remittances grew ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Asia • Bahrain • China • Egypt • GCC • Gulf Cooperation Council • Indian diaspora • Kerala • Kuwait • Mexico • Migration and Development Brief • Oman • Philippines • Qatar • remittances • Saudi Arabia • UAE • United Arab Emirates • USA • World Bank
Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion to assist poor countries to tackle climate change
Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved more than $1 billion new investments for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change. The decision was taken during four-day meeting of GCF in Manama, Bahrain. The funding was approved for projects linked to geothermal energy in Indonesia, greener cities in Europe and Middle East and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Bahrain • Climate Hhange • Environment • GCF • Green Climate Fund • Manama
42nd session of World Heritage Committee: Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The 42nd session of World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held in Manama, Bahrain has inscribed four cultural sites on the World Heritage List. These four cultural sites are Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India), Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars region (Iran), Hidden Christian ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Art and Culture • Bahrain • India • International • Iran • Japan • Manama • South Korea • UNESCO • World Heritage Committee • World Heritage List
Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble declared UNESCO World Heritage Site
In a remarkable achievement, the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai has been declared as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 30th June 2018. The decision was taken at the 42nd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at Manama in Bahrain. This makes ..
Topics: Ahmedabad • Art Deco in Mumbai • Art Deco Mumbai • Bahrain • Countries • Geography • Mumbai • Organizations • UNESCO • World Heritage site
Maria Fernanda Espinosa elected as President of 73rd United Nations General Assembly
Ecuadorean foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa has been elected President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a mainly ceremonial title that nonetheless carries a high profile and important procedural functions. Espinosa defeated Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake of Honduras by 128 votes to 62, with two abstentions. Espinosa will become the fourth woman ..
Topics: Bahrain • Countries • Geography • Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa • Khalifa • María Fernanda Espinosa • Unga • Western Asia