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: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Ambassador • Fao • Goodwill ambassador • UNAIDS • UNDP • UNEP • UNESCO • UNHCR • UNICEF • United Nations

April 21: World Creativity and Innovation Day

Every year on April 21, the World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated by the United Nations. The day creates awareness about the importance of innovation and creativity to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They are also called the Global goals. Highlights Creativity and Innovation are the two main wealth of a country in ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development • innovation • SDG • Sustainable Development Goal • UNDP • UNESCO • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) • UNOSSC

Gender Social Norms Index

The UNDP recently released the first edition of Gender Social Norms Index. It revealed that 90% of people are biased against women. The Index The Gender Social Norms Index was released by the United Nations Development Program. It measure the obstructive effects of social belief on gender parity in areas of politics, education and work. ..

Topics: Beijing+25 • Gender equality • UNDP

UN Development Programme: Telangana tops sustainable growth goals performer list

According to the United National Development Programme (UNDP), Telangana has emerged the best performing states in terms of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It is to be noted that in December 2019, India released SDG India Index. India was the first country to release SDG index. The index was launched by NITI Aayog. Highlights Telangana ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Clean Energy • Economic growth • India-SDG • India-UNDP • sanitation • SDG India Index • Sustainability • Telangana • UNDP

India Skills Report: Maharashtra with highest employable talent

On December 9, 2019, the India Skills Report was released jointly by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and AIU (Association of Indian University). The report provides employability of citizens in the country across the states and. The report also ranked the cities ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: AICTE • CII • Education • Employment • Engineering • UNDP • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)