Sep 1st-International Organizations
Global Innovation Index
India has moved up
rank 48th in GII 2020
GII co-published by
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
Cornell University
INSEAD business school
India Innovation Index
According to GII 2020
SWZ
world most innovative economy
followed by
Sweden, US, UK, NED
Released by
NITI Aayog with
Institute for competitiveness
framework
for continual evaluation
of the Innovation environment
World Solar Technology Summit
WSTS organised by
International Solar Alliance (ISA)
objective
showcase next-generation
solar technologies
to member countries
partnership agreement
on "One Sun One World One Grid"
signed and exchanged btw
MNRE, World Bank, ISA
Levels & Trends in Child Mortality Report
under five mortality rate
estimates released by
UNICEF, WHO
UN department of economic and social affairs
world bank group
1000 live births declined to 34 in 2019
from 126 in 1990
globally
down to 5.2 million
from 12.5 million in 1990
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Shanghai Five
inducted Uzbekistan
into the group
named it SCO
Goal
conflict resoultion
Helped Central Asian countries
to resolve boundary disputes
two permanent bodies
SCO sectretariat
based in Beijing
Executive Committee
Regional Anti Terrorist Structure (RATS)
based in Tashkent, UZB
SCO has four observer states
Afghanistan, Iran, Belarus and Mongolia
promote
co-op of members states
against three evils
terrorism, separatism and extremism
Head of RATS
elected to 3 year term
each member state
sends permanent representative to RATS
8 member states
IND,KAZ,CHI,KYRG,PAK,RUS,TAJI,UZB