Category: CA World Affairs

Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH)
06
Oct

Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH)

Relevance: CCSCH has recommended quality standards for three spices – nutmeg, saffron & chilli and forwarded these…

06
Oct

OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production

Recently, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) has decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day (bpd).

07
Sep

UNESCO Network of Learning Cities

Warangal, Nilambur, and Thrissur have joined UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

ramon magsaysay awards
05
Sep

Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Former Health Minister of Kerala and CPI (M) central committee member K.K. Shylaja, MLA, Kerala, has declined the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s offer to consider her for the international honour in 2022.

Nord Stream
04
Sep

Nord Stream

The Russian state-run energy company Gazprom had shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for urgent maintenance work.

03
Sep

WASH (Water, sanitation and hygiene)

Recently WHO and UNICEF released a report titled “Progress on Wash in Health Care Facilities 2000-2021”.

taiwan strait
29
Aug

Taiwan Strait

India has for the first time referred to what it called “the militarisation of the Taiwan Strait”.

27
Aug

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of shelling around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantc.

24
Aug

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Recently, Azerbaijan claimed that it had captured the territory in Karabakh after an Armenian attack killed one Azerbaijani soldier.

20
Aug

United Nations Convention on the Law of The Sea

A delegation from India and other member countries of the United Nations are in New York to deliberate on a one-of-its-kind agreement to conserve marine biodiversity in the high seas, namely the oceans that extend beyond countries’ territorial waters.

18
Aug

Rohingyas

Union Home Ministry issues clarification denying any move to shift Rohingyas in Delhi to EWS flats.

10
Aug

FAOs Food Price Index

Indian Express Article – Why food inflation may ease faster than expected.