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Indra Mani Pandey is India’s new Permanent Representative to UN
On July 1, 2020, diplomat Indra Mani Pandey was appointed as India’s next permanent representative to the United Nations. Highlights Indra Mani Pandey is a 1990 Indian Foreign Officer and is currently serving as an additional secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He has so far served in Indian missions in Cairo, Islamabad, Kabul, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Ambassadors of India • external affairs • Goodwill ambassador • Indian Foreign Service • Ministry of External Affairs • Persons in News • UNESCO • United Nations
UNEP: Actress Dia Mirza’s term as Goodwill Ambassador extended
On May 7, 2020, the United Nations Environment Programme extended the term of actress Dia Mirza as the Goodwill ambassador of India till 2022. The actress is also United Nations Sustainability Development Goal Advocate. About Goodwill Ambassadors A Goodwill Ambassador in general is a person who supports global issue or specific cause. The United Nations ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Ambassador • Fao • Goodwill ambassador • UNAIDS • UNDP • UNEP • UNESCO • UNHCR • UNICEF • United Nations
Priyanka Chopra receives UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award
Miss World 2000, Priyanka Chopra has been honored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award. She was named as the recipient of the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by United Nations Children’s Fund in June this year, received the award in New York on Tuesday, 3rd December 2019. Priyanka Chopra ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Goodwill ambassador • Miss World • Padma Shri • Priyanka Chopra • UNICEF • UNICEF Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award • United Nations Children's fund
Priyanka Chopra to be honored with UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, a global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, will be honored with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF’s American chapter at their Snowflake Ball on December 3 in New York. Priyanka is known for her contribution to social causes and for being a voice for children’s education. She has been ..
Topics: Actors • Chopra • Danny Kaye • Entertainers • Goodwill ambassador • Indian Hindus • Indian people • Priyanka Chopra • Punjabi people • UNICEF • UNICEF Philippines
Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019
The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 was awarded to author Rana Dasgupta for his 2010 novel “Solo” which is a tale of estrangement and the ultimate failure of material existence. It is the second edition of the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize. Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize aims to revive poetry and books that can change lives. An amount of $10,000, a Tagore statue and a ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Goodwill ambassador • Leprosy Elimination • Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize • Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 • Rana Dasgupta • Solo • Taiwan • World Health Organization • Yohei Sasakawa
Priyanka Chopra becomes UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as UNICEF’s newest global Goodwill Ambassador. Her appointment was announced at a celebration to commemorate 70 years of UNICEF. The celebrations were held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. UNICEF was established in 1946 by the United Nations to protect the children struggling to survive in ..
Topics: Goodwill ambassador • Indian people • Israeli Fund for UNICEF • Organizations • Priyanka Chopra • UNICEF • UNICEF Philippines • United Nations