World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the seventh Director-General of the WTO. She took office on 1 March 2021, becoming the first woman and the first African to serve as Director-General. Her term of office will expire on 31 August 2025. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a global finance expert, an economist and international development professional […]
UN International Year 2022 Every year, the United Nations chooses several topics that will become a focus area for one year. In 2022, these topics are glass and artisanal fishery. The spotlight on glass is meant to highlight how a traditional product can be a part of sustainable development. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as: International Year […]
UN International Year 2022 Every year, the United Nations chooses several topics that will become a focus area for one year. In 2022, these topics are glass and artisanal fishery. The spotlight on glass is meant to highlight how a traditional product can be a part of sustainable development. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as: International Year […]
1 January – India begins its two-year tenure (2021–22) as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. 2 January – India approves two coronavirus vaccines, Bharat Biotech’s “Covaxin” and the Oxford/AstraZeneca “Covishield”, for emergency use. Experts raised questions over the efficacy of Covaxin and a lack of transparency in trials. 4 January – Instant messaging app […]
Who constitute Schedule Tribes? Article 366 (25) defined scheduled tribes as “such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this constitution”. The President may, with respect to any State or Union territory, and […]
The Industrial policy 2016 experience remains the last industrial policy adopted by the government of Bihar. But over the years the Bihar government has done required amendments on the basis of experience and requirements. The latest amendment would remain effective from 01.09.2016 till 31.03.2025. Here are the main features of the Industrial policy of Bihar. […]
Bihar is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). Bihar is the third-largest state of India.by population (10.4 crore) Bihar state is located between 24°-20′-10″ N ~ 27°-31′-15″ N latitude and between 83°-19′-50″ E ~ 88°-17′-40″ E longitude. Its average elevation above sea level is 173 feet (53 m). Bihar is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to […]
The name Bihar is derived from the Sanskrit and Pali word, Vihāra , meaning “abode”. The region roughly encompassing the present state was dotted with Buddhist vihara, the abodes of Buddhist monks in the ancient and medieval periods. Medieval writer Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani records in the Tabakat-i-Nasiri that in 1198, Bakhtiyar Khalji committed a massacre in a town now known as Bihar Sharif, about 70 km away from Bodh Gaya. Medieval writer Minhaj […]
