India-ASEAN Youth Dialogue

The third India-ASEAN Youth Dialogue as held between June 8, 2020 and June 10, 2020. The dialogue was held in virtual mode. Highlights During the dialogue, India and ASEAN enhanced cooperation constructively in skill development, youthful energy and education. These areas were identified as strategic partnership between the two countries at the dialogue. The leaders ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: ASEAN • ASEAN-India • india-asean • Indian Youth • Nalanda University • Youth • Youth Development • Youth Exchange Programme

India contributes $50,000 to UN Youth Envoy’s office

India has contributed $50,000 to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s Office of Envoy on Youth to help with its mission of involving young people in the world body’s goals. The contribution was handed over by Paulomi Tripathi, a First Secretary in India’s UN Mission to the Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake. Key Facts The ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018

Topics: António Guterres • India-UN • Office of Envoy on Youth • United Nations • Youth Development

Government releases India Youth Development Index and Report 2017

The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports released India Youth Development Index (IYDI) and Report 2017 to track the trends in Youth Development across the States. The Index has been developed by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Key Facts The India Youth Development Index will enable to recognize ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: India Youth Development Index • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports • National • TNPSC • Youth Development

Union Health Minister Conferred WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for Global Tobacco Control

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has been conferred the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control. The award was presented to him by Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia at the ‘National Consultation on Accelerating Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for achievement of SDGs’. ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017

Topics: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Tobacco • WHO • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) • Youth Development

India ranks 133rd in 2016 Global Youth Development Index

India has been ranked 133rd out of 183 countries in the 2016 Global Youth Development Index (YDI) compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Global Youth Development Index report measures countries’ prospects for young people in employment, education, health, civic and political spheres. Key Facts Top 10 countries in 2016 YDI: Germany (1), Denmark (2), Australia ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Business • Demographic Dividend • Economy • National • Youth Development