WMO Encourages Women to Become Climate Scientists
Goa (ABC Live): Climate Scientists : The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is marked on 11 February to improve access for women to technology, science education and technical training and...
View ArticleIBBI Amends Fast Track Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons
New Delhi (ABC Live): Fast Track Insolvency Resolution Process : The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has amended the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Fast Track Insolvency...
View ArticleKnow The Whole Truth About Wheat Nutritional Value
New Delhi (ABC Live): Wheat Nutritional Value : The health benefits of wheat depend entirely on the form in which it is consumed. Hence to receive maximum benefit from the wholesomeness of wheat, it is...
View ArticleTaiwan Travel Act Questions One China Policy
New York (ABC Live): Taiwan Travel Act : China has lodged solemn representations with the United States over a Taiwan Travel Act a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday. The U.S. Senate Committee...
View ArticleResource Experts Call for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Goa (ABC Live): Sustainable Urban Infrastructure : As urban areas around the world continue to grow, cities are placing an increasingly heavy burden on our environment. Policymakers should therefore...
View ArticleKnow the Model Money Laundering Legislation
New Delhi (ABC Live): Model Money Laundering Legislation :This model law on money laundering and the financing of terrorism is the outcome of a joint effort of the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
View ArticleKnow The UN Convention Against Corruption
New Delhi (ABC Live): UN Convention Against Corruption : The United Nations Convention against Corruption is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument. The Convention’s far-reaching...
View ArticleKnow How Buddhist Maldives Converted to Islam
New Delhi (ABC Live): Buddhist Maldives : In spite of being just mentioned briefly in most history books, the 1,400-year-long Buddhist period has a foundational importance in the history of the...
View ArticleHits and Misses of Prevention of Money Laundering Act
New Delhi (ABC Live): Prevention of Money Laundering Act : Two Judges’ Bench of the Indian Supreme Court decided a batch of writ petitions led by Writ Petition (Crl) No. 67 of 2017 titled Nikesh...
View ArticleUN Condemns Maldives Supreme Court Judges Arrest
New York (ABC Live): Maldives Supreme Court Judges Arrest :Denouncing the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives, United Nations human rights experts warned that the independence of the...
View ArticleValentine Day UNEP Calls to End Relationship with Single Use Plastic
Goa (ABC Live): Valentine Day UNEP : As many countries prepare to mark Valentine’s Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on people to end their “toxic relationship” with...
View ArticleUN Confirms 5000 Child Soldiers Released in 2017
New York (ABC Live):Child Soldiers : The global commitment to end the use of children in armed conflict led to the release and reintegration of more than 5,000 children in 2017, but tens of thousands...
View ArticleTrump Calls Congress to Pass $1.5 trillion Infrastructure Legislation
Washington (ABC Live): Infrastructure Legislation : A Nation’s infrastructure is a measure of its greatness. It affects everyone’s quality of life and ability to succeed. That is why President Donald...
View ArticleNuclear Power Reactors Produce 16 percent World Electricity
New Delhi (ABC Live): Nuclear Power Reactors : As of November 2016 more than 30 countries worldwide are operating 444 nuclear reactors for electricity generation and 66 new nuclear plants are under...
View ArticleKnow the Human Fingerprint on Greenhouse Gases
Goa (ABC Live): Greenhouse Gases : Greenhouse gases occur naturally and are essential to the survival of humans and millions of other living things, by keeping some of the sun’s warmth from reflecting...
View ArticleKnow the UN Convention on Discrimination Against Women
New Delhi (ABC Live): Discrimination Against Women : The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often...
View ArticleKnow Why A Convention on Crimes Against Humanity?
New Delhi (ABC Live): Crimes Against Humanity : As noted in the proposal for the topic adopted by the Commission at its sixty-fifth session in 2013, in the field of international law three core crimes...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles Trun Cities to Smarter Cities
Goa (ABC Live):Electric Vehicles : Mobility is going to change rapidly in the coming years as electric vehicles (EV) proliferate, ride sharing continues to grow, and eventually autonomous vehicles...
View ArticleRussia Asks YouTube and Instagram to Delete Navalny Video
Moscow (ABC Live): Navalny Video : Russia has asked Social Media Websites like YouTube and Instagram to delete the videos showing a senior government official cavorting on a yacht with an oligarch once...
View ArticleICAO Chief Bats for Aviation for SDGs at CORIM
Montreal (ABC Live): CORIM : Stressing that many ICAO Member States today are at an important turning point in terms of their local sustainable development, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu...
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