Women 20: W20 (Women 20) is an official engagement group under the G20 which was established during the Turkish presidency in 2015. Its primary objective is to ensure that gender considerations are mainstreamed into G20 discussions and translated into the G20 Leaders’ Declaration as policies and commitments that foster gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
W20 India took over the presidency from W20 Indonesia in December 2022. There are five priority areas of W20 under India’s Presidency which include, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women Leadership at Grassroots, Bridging the Gender Digital Divide, Education & Skill Development and Women & Girls as change makers Climate Resilience Action.The city of Aurangabad is all set to host the first Inception Meeting of W20.
Exercise Desert Flag VIII:It is an annual multinational large-force employment warfare exercise hosted by the UAE Air Force.
The IAF would be participating with five Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas and two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
Participants: Air Forces from UAE, France, Kuwait, Australia, the UK, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and the USA would also be participating.
India’s Joint Military Exercises with the UAE:
With the UAE, India has In-UAE
BILAT (bilateral naval exercise) as well as Desert Eagle-II (bilateral air force exercise).
Unying Festival:The festival of Unying is celebrated to herald the season of cultivation, the beginning of the Adi community’s New Year, arrival of spring seasons as well as a great way to strengthen the bond among the community.
Adi community:They are believed to have come from southern china in the 16th century.
The Adi constitute a major group and inhabit the lower part of the Lower Dibang Valley district, especially the Roing and Dambuk areas of Arunachal Pradesh.They are experts in making cane and bamboo items.
The Adis are basically dependent on agriculture. Both wet rice cultivation and shifting cultivation are practised.
Solung (a harvesting festival where animal sacrifices and rituals are performed) and Aran ( a hunting festival where all the male members of the family go hunting) are two major festivals of the Adi tribes.
International Biotech Conclave 2023: For the first time since Independence, North East Region is organizing an International Conference on Biotechnology involving over 700 International and National delegates representing over 35 countries.
It is being held along with the 22nd Congress of the International Society for Ethno-pharmacology and the 10th Congress of Society for Ethno-pharmacology.
Theme:“Reimagine Ethnopharmacology : Globalisation of Traditional Medicine”.
It is organised at Imphal in Manipur and being organized by the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) in collaboration with Society for Ethno-pharmacology, India and International Society for Ethno-pharmacology, Switzerland.
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