Important Days

Important Days January 9NRI Day January 10World Laughter Day January 12National Youth Day January 15Army Day January 26India's Republic Day, International Customs Day January 30Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day 2nd Sunday of FebruaryWorld Marriage Day February 24Central Excise Day February 28National Science Day Second Monday MarchCommonwealth Day March 8International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day March 15World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day March 18Ordnance Factories Day (India) March 21World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22World Day for Water March 23World Meteorological Day March 24World TB Day April 5International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day April 7World Health Day April 17World Haemophilia Day April...

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International Treaties and Agreements

International Treaties and Agreements The Simla Agreement Signed by the P.M. of India and the President of Pakistan in 1971, the Agreement had following provisions :to normalise relationship between the two countries, to withdraw from the territories seized by them, communications would be resumed. Antarctic Treaty : It is an agreement signed on December 1, 1959 between 12 nations with an interest in Antarctic. These countries are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the erstwhile USSR (CIS), the U.K. and the US. In all, 39 countries became party to it by 1990 when Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, South Korea, North Korea, the...

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Important Organisations

The United NationsStructure The General Assembly The Security Council The Economic and Social Council (ECO-SOC) The Trusteeship Council The International Court of Justice Secretary General of the UN United Nations Member States Specialized Agencies of the UN Important Years Observed by UNO Contemporary United Nations International Decade Other Important International Organisations The Commonwealth NATO EEC OAS The Arab League AU ASEAN OPEC INTERPOL NAM SAARC Asian Development Bank EFTA ESA ICRC Group of Eight Group of 77 Group of Fifteem Group of Twenty South Commission OECD APEC...

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Heads of Important Offices (World)

Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation. Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro : First Deputy Secretary-General, UN. Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha: Military Adviser to UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Robert Zoellick : President, World Bank. Dominic Strauss-Kahn: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Irina Bokova: Director-General-UNESCO. Dr. Margaret Chan: Director-General, WHO. Jacques Diouf: Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation. Juan Somavia : Director-General, International Labour Organisation. Anthony Lake : Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Antonio Guterres : UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Helen Clark : Administrator, United Nations Development Programme. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi : Secretary-General,...

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Heads of Important Offices (India)

Heads of Important Offices (India)   Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission. Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha. Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Mr. K. Rahman Khan: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Mr. Karia Munda: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha. Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha). Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha). Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission. Mr. S. Y. Quraishi: Chief Election Commissioner Mr. V. S. Sampath : Election Commissioner. Mr. Harishankar Brahma : Election Commissioner. Mr. Vinod Rai : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary. Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal...

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