Tag: affairs
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UPSC Essentials | One word a day — UCCN, the UNESCO’s network | UPSC Current Affairs News
[ad_1] UPSC Prelims 2024 season has begun, and we are sure you want to have an Express Edge. To ensure your preparations have that extra edge, take a look at the essential concepts, terms, and phenomena from the static and current parts of the UPSC-CSE in our UPSC Essentials’ One word a day. Also don’t miss Point to Ponder and Post Read MCQ which…
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Written Evidence Submitted by RAND Europe: UAU0007 Prepared for the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
[ad_1] This document provides RAND Europe’s submission of evidence in relation to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s Call for Evidence on UK Universities’ Engagement with Autocracies. In particular, it focuses on addressing the following questions raised by Foreign Affairs Committee: How can universities distinguish between beneficial and potentially harmful modes of academic…
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Tuskegee Veterans Affairs hospital, the first to treat Black veterans, turns 100 : NPR
[ad_1] Marking the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans, who protested after being denied equitable health care upon returning from WWI. AILSA CHANG, HOST: For many Black soldiers returning from World War I, health care was hard to come by in the U.S. That changed in 1923, when the…
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Edelman names Alex Thompson global corporate affairs, impact chair | News
[ad_1] Edelman has hired Alex Thompson as global chair of its corporate affairs and impact practices, effective immediately. Thompson will oversee roughly 1,500 Edelman staffers. He replaces Dave Samson, who is leaving the agency September 1 to spend more time with his family. A U.S. COO, Samson’s other role, has yet to be named. Thompson started his…
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UPSC Essentials | Society & Social Justice — Urbanisation and associated issues (Part 2) | UPSC Current Affairs News
[ad_1] (In UPSC Essentials’ series ‘Society & Social Justice’, which we have started for social issues topics of UPSC CSE, our subject experts will give an overview of the theme from both, static and dynamic points of view. ‘Express Inputs’ will widen your horizon on the issue. For the month of August, we take up the…
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UPSC Key—4 August, 2023: Gyanvapi mosque, Electoral Bonds and India’s Nuclear Journey | UPSC Current Affairs News
[ad_1] Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance and History of India Mains Examination: General Studies II: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Key Points to Ponder: • What’s the ongoing story- Clearing the decks for a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India, the…
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UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz : July 16 to July 22, 2023
[ad_1] You can send your queries at manas.srivastava@indianexpress.com or join Telegram: The Indian Express UPSC Hub or ask me Live! UPSC Weekly Quiz is a current affairs-based quiz on relevant topics from the past week, curated for the aspirants of competitive examinations. Attempt the weekly quiz every Saturday and find answers to the MCQs with explanations at the end of the article. QUESTION 1…
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Abdullah bin Zayed, Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs discuss promoting cooperation – World
[ad_1] H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a phone call with Enrique Manalo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, discussed the prospects for further expanding cooperation across all sectors. The two sides reviewed their collaboration in combatting climate change, especially with the UAE being host…
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Mumbai this week: From Sharad Pawar’s resignation drama to ‘rumours’ of Ajit Pawar joining BJP, NCP’s affairs create tumult in MVA corridors
[ad_1] Consideration shifted from hypothesis of Ajit Pawar becoming a member of the BJP, later denied by the chief, to his uncle Sharad Pawar’s resignation as NCP chief. What adopted throughout the state and particularly in celebration bastion Baramati was protests and pleas by NCP leaders and employees, demanding Sharad Pawar’s to stay on the…
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Home Affairs commits to implementing remote working visa by June
[ad_1] The much-talked-about distant working visa for South Africa has been within the pipeline for a few 12 months, with the Division of House Affairs (DHA) committing to finalising the authorized course of by the top of subsequent month. The Standing Committee on Finance, Financial Alternatives and Tourism had been informed on Wednesday by the…