India has slipped two places to 129th in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index
👉 Top 3
1-Iceland
2-Finland
3- Norway
👉 The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework to capture the magnitude of gender-based inequalities and track their progress over time.
The Global Gender Gap Index considers 4 dimensions:
🕸1. Economic Partnership and Opportunities
🕸2. educational attainment
🕸3. Health and Survival
🕸4. political empowerment
The index is released by the World Economic Forum.
👉 Top 3
1-Iceland
2-Finland
3- Norway
👉 The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework to capture the magnitude of gender-based inequalities and track their progress over time.
The Global Gender Gap Index considers 4 dimensions:
🕸1. Economic Partnership and Opportunities
🕸2. educational attainment
🕸3. Health and Survival
🕸4. political empowerment
The index is released by the World Economic Forum.
Consider the statements regarding the various inflation indices published in the country:
1) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) does not represent the inflation in services
2) Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the inflation in goods and services
3) CPI and WPI represent the inflation of imported goods also
4) GDP deflator captures the inflation of the goods and services produced domestically
1) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) does not represent the inflation in services
2) Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the inflation in goods and services
3) CPI and WPI represent the inflation of imported goods also
4) GDP deflator captures the inflation of the goods and services produced domestically
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👉World Restoration Flagship initiative by the UNEP as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030).
👉7 initiatives under World Restoration Flagship
● Restoring Mediterranean Forests Initiative
● Living Indus Initiative
● Acción Andina Social Movement - S America
● Sri Lanka Mangrove Regeneration Initiative
● Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Initiative
● Regreening Africa’s Agriculture
● Growing Forests in Africa's Drylands Initiative
👉World Restoration Flagship initiative by the UNEP as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030).
👉7 initiatives under World Restoration Flagship
● Restoring Mediterranean Forests Initiative
● Living Indus Initiative
● Acción Andina Social Movement - S America
● Sri Lanka Mangrove Regeneration Initiative
● Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Initiative
● Regreening Africa’s Agriculture
● Growing Forests in Africa's Drylands Initiative
✅International Court of Justice
(ICJ)
● principal judicial organ of the United Nations
● established in 1945 by the UN Charter
● HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
● composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms by the
UN General Assembly and the Security Council
● Jurisdiction: settles legal disputes between states
(contentious cases) that consent to its jurisdiction.
○ No jurisdiction over applications from individuals,
non-governmental organizations, corporations or
private entity.
✅International Criminal Court
(ICC)
● established by the Rome Statute, which was adopted in
1998, and entered into force in 2002.
● HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
● Jurisdiction: investigate and prosecute individuals (not
states) accused of: genocide, crimes against humanity,
war crimes, and aggression.
● India, US, China, Russia are not members of ICC
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(ICJ)
● principal judicial organ of the United Nations
● established in 1945 by the UN Charter
● HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
● composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms by the
UN General Assembly and the Security Council
● Jurisdiction: settles legal disputes between states
(contentious cases) that consent to its jurisdiction.
○ No jurisdiction over applications from individuals,
non-governmental organizations, corporations or
private entity.
✅International Criminal Court
(ICC)
● established by the Rome Statute, which was adopted in
1998, and entered into force in 2002.
● HQ: The Hague, Netherlands
● Jurisdiction: investigate and prosecute individuals (not
states) accused of: genocide, crimes against humanity,
war crimes, and aggression.
● India, US, China, Russia are not members of ICC
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SOUTH ASIA SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION (SASEC)
✅established in 2001 to promote regional prosperity
● Members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar,
Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
● Asian Development Bank (ADB) acts as the Secretariat for
👉SASEC and provides financial and technical assistance for
various projects.
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👉To oppose expansion of P5 under UNSC.
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✅established in 2001 to promote regional prosperity
● Members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar,
Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
● Asian Development Bank (ADB) acts as the Secretariat for
👉SASEC and provides financial and technical assistance for
various projects.
✅COFFEE CLUB -
👉To oppose expansion of P5 under UNSC.
#70thBPSC