International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is celebrated every year on November 25. According to the United Nations (UN), violence against women and girls manifests in several forms.
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women was issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
The theme of the day is 'Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!'
The world’s first planetary defense system called the DART spacecraft was successfully launched by NASA from the Vandenberg US Space Force Base. It was carried aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
The DART spacecraft was built by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland at the direction of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
Union Bank of India has entered into a co-lending partnership with Capri Global Capital, under which they will disburse loans to MSMEs.
Capri Global Capital Ltd is a non-banking financial company focused on lending to MSMEs and the affordable housing finance segment.
The co-lending agreement aims to enhance last-mile finance & drive financial inclusion to MSMEs.
Sudan's ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been reinstated following last month's coup when he was put under house arrest.
But the civilian coalition that nominated Mr. Hamdok as PM two years ago refused to acknowledge any new deal.
The military has come under intense international and domestic pressure to restore the transition to democracy.
Capital: Khartoum; Currency: Sudanese pound
Economist Abhijit Banerjee explores the social dimension of food in his latest book ‘Cooking to Save Your Life’ with grocery runs, dinner parties and lemon dal.
The book, divided into segments—he calls them chapters—such as soups, vegetables, meats and more.
The book has illustrations by France-based Cheyenne Olivier and published by Juggernaut Books.
HarperCollins is delighted to publish an extraordinary and inspirational life story, Ban Ki-moon’s personal account of his decade at the helm of the United Nations.
RESOLVED: Uniting Nations in a Divided World is Ban Ki-moon’s personal account of his decade at the helm of the organization during a period of historic turmoil and promise.
He was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has announced that Tashkent, Uzbekistan will host the 2025 Asian Youth Para Games.
The 2021 edition of the Asian Youth Para Games will take place shortly in Bahrain from December 2-6, 2021.
The decision was taken by the APC’s executive board following a bidding process
Uzbekistan Currency: Uzbekistani som,
President: Shavkat Mirziyoyev
PM Narendra Modi has chaired the meeting of 39th edition of PRAGATI, the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre & State governments.
In the meeting, 9 agenda items were taken for review including 8 projects &1 scheme.Up to the 38 editions of PRAGATI meetings, 303 projects have been reviewed.
The government of India (GOI) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 300 million dollar loan to improve primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas.The programme supports the Government of India's key health initiatives:-
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Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Kuwait.
Sheikh Sabah also served as Kuwait’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Envoy at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 1995 to 1998.
He has also been awarded with the Order of King Abdulaziz of First Class in 1998 by Saudi Arabia.
India’s largest private sector bank HDFC Bank and Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited has announced its partnership to launch its new co-branded credit cards.
This strategic partnership draws on HDFC Bank's strengths as India’s leading issuer of credit cards and superior customer engagement to extend best-in-class services to Equitas’ customer base.
TV show produced by Doordarshan and radio show by All India Radio received multiple awards at the recently held ABU - UNESCO Peace Media Awards-2021 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
All India Radio’s programme ‘Living on the edge - The coastal lives’ won an award in the category of ‘Ethical and Sustainable Relationship with Nature’.
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, formed in 1964, HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.