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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 acclamation i.e. form of election that does not use a ballot. Four key subsidiary bodies ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • India-UN • UNICEF • United Nations
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. Partnership between them aims to improve African population’s access to health and education-related information from ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Topics: Africa • Current Affairs 2016 • telecom company • UNICEF
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 rural parts than the urban areas, has been quite alarming. Kerela has always scored well ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Topics: Child marriage • Current Affairs - 2017 • India • kerela • UNICEF
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 are fears that the virus may have been spread across the border into Sierra Leone. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014
Topics: Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2014 • Diseases • Guinea • UNICEF
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 Hygiene in ICDS While cooking and serving food, the anganwadi workers and helpers are not ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014
Topics: Current Affairs 2013 • Current Affairs 2014 • Ministry of Women and Child Development • Socio-Economic • UN • UNICEF