DAILY CA: 24 , 25 OCT 2021

 DAILY CA: 24 , 25 OCT 2021

1.  4^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ISA

·         The 4th General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) held virtually which was inaugurated and presided over by Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh, Ministry of Power and the President of the ISA Assembly.

·         ISA approved the ‘One Sun’ political declaration for the launch of Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) at COP26 (Conference of the Parties) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland .

·         ISA co-founded by India and France during the 2015 climate change conference in Paris, France.

·         Director General– Dr. Ajay Mathur. Headquarters– Gurugram, India

 

2.  JAYNAGAR-KURTHA CROSS BORDER RAIL LINK

·         The government of India handed over the Jaynagar-Kurtha, a 34.9km-long cross-border rail link, which connects Jaynagar, Bihar to Kurtha, Nepal, to the government of Nepal.

·         This will be the first broad gauge cross border rail link between India and Nepal.

·         Nepal : President– Bidhya Devi Bhandari,Prime Minister– Sher Bahadur Deuba.

 

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DAILY GK: 23 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 23 OCT 2021

1.     PAKISTAN TO REMAIN ON ‘GREY LIST’ OF GLOBAL TERROR FINANCING WATCHDOG FATF

•      Global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) retained Pakistan in the ‘Grey List’.

•      It was announced at the fifth Plenary of the FATF under the German Presidency of Dr. Marcus Pleyer, that took place on 19-21 October.

•      FATF also added Jordan, Mali and Turkey in its grey list.

•      Grey list is also called ‘increased monitoring list’. Those countries who have failed to curb issues like money laundering and terror financing in their countries added in this category.

•      FATF Headquarte – Paris, France.

 

2.     HIGHLIGHTS OF EAM S JAISHANKAR’S VISIT TO ISRAEL

•      India and Israel agreed to restart both the nations’ Free Trade negotiations from November 2021 and conclude by June 2022.

•      Every year the Indian Army commemorates September 23 as the Haifa Day to pay respects to the three brave Indian Cavalry Regiments – Mysore, Hyderabad and Jodhpur Lancers – which helped to liberate Haifa.

•      EAM S. Jaishankar visited Israel’s Ovda Airbase to meet the Indian contingent participating in the biennial exercise Blue Flag 2021, which involves Air Force missions from 8 countries, to share knowledge and combat experience to improve operational capabilities.

•      Israel Capital – Jerusalem,Currency – Israeli Shekel,Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett.

 

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DAILY GK : 22 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK : 22 OCT 2021

1.PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED KUSHINAGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

•      The Ministry of Tourism organized a two days conference titled ‘Tourism in Buddhist Circuit- A way forward’ at Kushinagar for the inauguration of Kushinagar International Airport by PM Narendra Modi.

•      Built at an estimated cost of Rs. 260 crore, Kushinagar international airport  will connect the eastern UP with important centres on the Buddhist circuit in India .

 

2.UNEP PRODUCTION GAP REPORT 2021

•      United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has released the Production Gap Report, 2021, the report analyses the ‘production gap’ i.e. the difference between governments’ plan for fossil fuel production and the globally agreed climate limits (including the Paris climate agreement).

•      As per the report, the world’s government plans to produce more than twice (around 110 percent) the amount of fossil fuels in 2030, that would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C.

•      India plans to expand coal production by nearly 60 percent i.e. from 730 million tonnes in 2019 to 1,149 million tonnes in 2024.

•      About Paris Agreement : To tackle climate change and its negative impacts, world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris made the Paris Agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase in this century to 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit the increase even further to 1.5°C.

•      The Agreement is a legally binding international treaty.

•      It entered into force on 4 November 2016. Around 192 Parties (191 countries plus the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement.

 

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DAILY GK: 21 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 21 OCT 2021

1.     10TH GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INDEX 2021

•      The 10th edition of the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) 2021 of 113 countries was released in which India ranked at 71st position.

•      It is topped by Ireland and is followed by Austria and the United Kingdom-UK.

•      In the region of Asia Pacific, Japan scored 1st rank .India ranked 14th under Asia Pacific Region.

 

2.     WJP RULE OF LAW INDEX 2021

•      India has ranked 79 out of 139 countries and jurisdictions in the World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2021 report.

•      Denmark Tops the ranking followed by Norway at 2nd place.

•      The WJP Rule of Law Index 2021 ranks the countries based on scores ranging from 0 to 1, with 1 indicating the strongest adherence to the rule of law.

•      It measures how the rule of law is experienced and perceived worldwide. Pakistan has ranked lowest at 130.

 

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DAILY GK : 20 OCT 2021

DAILY GK : 20 OCT 2021 

1.NITI AAYOG LAUNCHES GEOSPATIAL ENERGY MAP OF INDIA

•      NITI Aayog along with ISRO has launched the Geospatial Energy Map of India .This map identifies and locates all primary and secondary sources of energy and their transportation.

•      Geospatial Energy Map of India was launched by Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog), Dr. V K Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog), and Shri Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog).

•      Geographic Information System (GIS) Energy Map of India will help in providing a holistic picture of all energy resources of the country with a visualization of energy installations including power plants, oil and gas wells, petroleum refineries, coal fields and coal blocks, district-wise data on renewable energy power plants, and so on.

•      The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), is a think tank of the Government of India established in 2015 as a replacement for the Planning Commission to provide with relevant strategic, directional and technical advice across the spectrum of key elements of development process.

 

2.MERCER GLOBAL PENSION INDEX (2021 MCGPI)

•      Indian Pension System Ranked 40th out of 43 systems on overall index ranking

•      Ranking is topped by Iceland with Netherland at 2nd position

 

3. WORLD’S BEST EMPLOYER RANKINGS 2021

•      According to the World’s Best Employers ranking 2021 published by Forbes, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) placed at the 52nd position in the overall ranking of 750 global corporations and topped the Indian firms under the ranking.

•      Ranking is topped by Samsung Electronics of South Korea

•      In addition to RIL, the other Indian companies under top 100 rankings include ICICI Bank (65), HDFC Bank (77) and HCL Technologies (90, The State Bank of India (SBI) (119)

 

4. BNP PARIBAS OPEN

•      The 2021 BNP Paribas Open, also known as the 2021 Indian Wells Masters or 2021 Indian Wells Open, was held at California, the United States of America(USA).

•      Men’s singles-Cameron Norrie(UK)

•      Women’s singles-Paula Badosa(Spain)

•      In recent ATP ranking Novak Djokovic of Serbia is at top in men and Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops in women ranking

 

5. 2021 LONDON MARATHON

•      Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma finished 1st in the 2021’s London Marathon, while Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei won the Women’s marathon

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DAILY GK: 19 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 19 OCT 2021

1.       INTEREST RATES ON ‘SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES’ UNCHANGED FOR Q3-FY22

•        The Central Government has kept the interest rates on ‘Small Savings Schemes’ (SSS) unchanged for the third quarter of Financial Year 2022

•        The interest rates on SSS were altered by the Central government on a Quarterly basis.

•        Public Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.1%

•        National Savings Certificate (NSC) – 6.8%

•        Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 7.4% (5-year scheme, where interest is paid quarterly)

•        Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account – 7.6%

•        West Bengal is India’s largest contributor in SSS, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

 

2.       17TH INDIA-US JOINT MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE

•        India-US joint training exercise ‘Ex Yudh Abhyas 21’ held in Alaska, United States (US).

•        This is the only India-U.S. service exercise continuing in bilateral format.

 

3.       FM NIRMALA SITHARAMAN’S VISIT TO THE USA

•        Nirmala Sitharaman made a week-long official visit to the USA (United States of America) to attend the Annual Meetings of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings, India-US Economic and Financial Dialogue

 

4.       INDIA WON SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021

•        Indian Football team (nicknamed: The Blue Tigers) won the 2021 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship

•        Indian team beat Nepal national football team (nicknamed: The Gurkhas) at the National Stadium in Male, Maldives.

•        The teams that participated in the SAFF Championship 2021 were India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

•        With the 5 goals scored during the SAFF Championship, Sunil Chhetri increased his international goal tally to 80 and became the 2nd highest goal scorer equaling Lionel Messi(80) of Argentina.

 

5.       BOOK VEER SAVARKAR: THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE PREVENTED PARTITION

•        Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches the book titled “Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition” authored by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit at Ambedkar International Centre,New Delhi.

•        V.D.Savarkar or Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is born in Maharashtra,India.

•        He is a symbol of India’s integrity and unity.

•        All the national security related problems of India was predicted by him such as war against China, Pakistan as well as the problem in Assam.

 

6.       INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY 2021 – OCTOBER 17

•        The United Nations (UN)’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is annually observed across the globe on October 17th

•        The theme of the 2021 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet.”

 

7.       NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) OBSERVES 37TH RAISING DAY ON OCTOBER 16

•        The National Security Guard (NSG) force celebrated the 37th Raising Day.

•        NSG are popularly known as ‘’Black Cats’’.

•        The SAG (Special Action Group) is formed of army personnel as well as the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), which comprise of personnel drawn from State Police Forces or Central Armed Police Forces.

•        The Black Cats played a key role during the ‘Operation Black Tornado‘ of 2008, when NSG commandos stormed the Nariman House, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi Trident hotel,

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DAILY GK: 17 , 18 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 17 , 18 OCT 2021

1.     ‘GLOBAL TB REPORT’ BY WHO

•      World Health Organisation (WHO) released the ‘Global TB report’ for 2021

•      The report mentioned India as the worst-hit country in TB elimination.

•      Lakshadweep is India’s 1st TB free Union Territory

•      India’s target of eliminating TB by 2025.

•      WHO Headquarter – Geneva, Switzerland

 

2.     2021 CAMBRIAN PATROL EXERCISE

•      Indian Army’s Team of 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) won Gold medal.

•      The exercise was organised by the United Kingdom (UK) Army at Brecon, Wales, UK.

•      Exercise Cambrian Patrol is sometimes referred to as the ‘Olympics of Military Patrolling’.

•   The prestigious exercise saw the participation of 96 teams including top Special Forces & Regiments from 17 international teams.

•      Chief of Defence Staff  – Bipin Rawat

•      Chief of Army Staff – MM Naravane

 

3.     SAJJAN JINDAL-1ST INDIAN APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF WORLD STEEL ASSOCIATION

•      Sajjan Jindal is Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel Limited .

•      According to the World Steel Association (WSA) data, India now ranks as the second-largest producer of crude steel after China.

 

4.     AUSTRIA’S NEW CHANCELLOR

•      Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen Presided over the Swearing in Ceremony of Alexander Schallenberg as the new Chancellor of Austria at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria.

•      Capital– Vienna

•      Currency– Euro

 

5.     CHINA LAUNCHED 1ST SOLAR EXPLORATION SATELLITE

•      China has successfully launched its 1st solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province aboard a Long March-2D rocket.

•      China also Launched Shenzhou-13 with 3 Astronauts on a 6-month Space Station Mission

 

6.     HIGHLIGHTS OF IPL 2021

•      Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won their 4th IPL Title, after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the finals of the 14th Edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) .

•      Final was held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE.

•      Orange Cap – Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) scored a massive 635 runs

•      Purple Cap – Harshal Patel from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), won the Purple Cap for picking up the most number of wickets .He picked 32 wickets

•      BCCI  President – Sourav Ganguly

 

7.     WORLD FOOD DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 16

•      The United Nations (UN)’s World Food Day is annually observed across the globe on October 16th .

•      The day commemorates the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on 16th October 1945.

•      The theme of World Food Day 2021 is “Our actions are our future- Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”.

•      FAO FAO was founded on 16 October 1945 in Quebec City, Canada.

•      Headquarters– Rome, Italy

 

8.     INTERNATIONAL E-WASTE DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 14

•      International E-Waste Day (IEWD) is annually celebrated across the globe on October 14th to create awareness about the hazards of Electronic-waste (e-waste) and to promote the proper way to dispose of e-waste.

•      The theme of IEWD 2021 is “Consumer is the key to Circular Economy!”.

•      E-waste contains hazardous substances like lead, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), mercury, polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs), brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and valuable substances such as iron, steel, copper, aluminium and plastics.

•      India has become the largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States

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DAILY GK: 15,16 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 15,16 OCT 2021

1. RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNTRY ATTRACTIVENESS INDEX 2021

•      US Tops and  India has retained its 3rd rank in the 58th edition of Ernst & Young Global Limited’s (EY) ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index 2021’ (RECAI).

•      Corporate PPA Index 2021: Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Index was newly included in the current edition of RECAI, in which India ranked 6th among the top 30 PPA markets.

•      EY Headquarter – London, United Kingdom (UK)

 

2. 60TH NAM MEETING AT SERBIA

•      Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs participated in the 60th Anniversary NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Commemorative Meeting at Belgrade, Serbia

•      NAM was established in 1961, by like-minded countries, which decided not to support either the USA or the Soviet Union in the Cold war.

•      Members – 120 Member States

•      Established through an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah and Indonesian President Sukarno.

 

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DAILY GK: 14 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 14 OCT 2021

1.PFC GETS MAHARATNA STATUS

•      Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) was accorded the status of Maharatna central public sector enterprise (CPSE) by the Department of Public Enterprises, under the Ministry of Finance

•      PFC is the largest infrastructure finance company exclusively dedicated to the power sector under the administrative control of the power ministry.

•      With this, PFC can now invest up to Rs 5,000 crore, or 15 percent of its net worth, in a single project.

•      PFC is 11th firm to join Maharatna CPSE club.

•      The other 10 Maharatna CPSEs at present are Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Coal India Ltd, GAIL (India) Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, NTPC Ltd, Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd, Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd, and Steel Authority of India Ltd.

•      There are 14 Navratna and 73 Miniratna CPSEs.

•      Navratna and Miniratna CPSEs can invest up to Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 500 crore, respectively.

 

2. GARBAGE FREE’ URBAN INDIA.

•      The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) till 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs 1,41,600 crores.

•      It will be regarded as SBM-Urban 2.0 with aim of ‘Garbage Free’ Urban India.

 

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DAILY GK: 12, 13 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 12, 13 OCT 2021

1. PM LAUNCHED INDIAN SPACE ASSOCIATION

•      Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched the Indian Space Association (ISpA), a private industry body to help boost space technology in India.

•      ISpA will participate and work with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and other stakeholders of both government and its agencies, on the issue of policy around space domain and technology.

 

2. INDIAN NAVY TO HOST ITS LARGEST EXERCISE EX MILAN

•      India’s largest Naval exercise, Ex Milan, was scheduled to be hosted by the Indian Navy in February 2022.

•      46 countries have been invited to attend the exercise.

•      The exercise will include the participation of all Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) countries.

•      The Quad countries include India, USA, Australia, and Japan in which the USA is being invited for the 1st time.

•      So far the exercise was conducted in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar and now, it is being shifted to Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

•      Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) – Admiral Karambir Singh

 

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DAILY GK: 10,11 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 10,11 OCT 2021

1.TATA SONS WON THE BID FOR ACQUIRING AIR INDIA FOR RS 18,000 CRORE

•      Tata Sons Private Ltd subsidiary Talace Pvt Ltd has won the final bid for acquiring the national carrier Air India by submitting Rs 18,000 crore bid. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  (CCEA) – empowered Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) approved the highest price bid of Talace Pvt Ltd.

•      The bid involves sale of 100 percent stake AI (the shareholding of Government of India), 100 percent stake in AI’s subsidiary Air India Express (AIXL) and 50 percent in the joint venture Air India SATS (Air India SATS Airport Services Private Limited ).

•      The AISAM comprises Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah; Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman; Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

 

2.‘KARUPPUR KALAMKARI PAINTINGS’ FROM TAMIL NADU RECEIVES GI TAG

•      Karuppur kalamkari paintings, Kallakurichi Wood carvings & Kanyakumari Clove were awarded with Geographical Indication (GI) tags.

•      Karuppur Kalamkari paintings – They are Traditional dyed paintings made on pure cotton cloth, mainly used in temples for umbrella covers, cylindrical hangings, chariot covers.

•      Kallakurichi Wood carvings – Traditional wood carvings that are indigenous art of Madurai

•      Kanyakumari Clove – Known for its rich aromatic oil content

 

3.MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX (MPI) RELEASED BY UNDP & OPHI

•      Analysis is produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).

•      India has a maximum number of people, 381 millions, living in multidimensional poverty.

•      The Scheduled Tribe (ST) accounts for 9.4% of the population and is the poorest with 65 million of the 129 million people living in multidimensional poverty.

•      UNDP Headquarters– New York, United States

 

4.FOURTH BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY OF FY21-22

•      The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 6-members Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) released its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY22 (April 2021 – March 2022).

•      Policy Rates: RBI kept the rates unchanged (maintains status quo) for the 8th consecutive time

•      Growth: The MPC has retained India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for FY22 at 9.5 %. Real GDP growth for Q1 FY23 is projected at 17.2 per cent.

•      Inflation: Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation was projected at 5.3 percent in FY22, CPI inflation for Q1 FY23 was projected at 5.2 percent.

•      Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to extend the on tap Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) facility for small finance banks (SFBs) till December 31, 2021.

•      RBI proposed to increase the per-transaction limit in Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) from Rs 2 lakh (effective from January 2014) to Rs 5 lakh for channels other than SMS and Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS).

•      RBI  Established – April 1, 1935,Headquarter – Mumbai, Maharashtra

•      Governor –  Shaktikanta Das,

•      Deputy Governors – Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar

 

5.AVEEK SARKAR RE-ELECTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF PTI

•      Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, has been re-elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) for a period of 2 years.

 

6.INDIA WON 3 BRONZE MEDALS IN 2021 ASIAN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA, QATAR

•      For the first time in the history, Indian table tennis contingent has won 3 Bronze medals in the 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championship organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at Doha, Qatar .

•      Medal Winning Teams:

•      Indian Men’s Team – Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai

•      Men’s Doubles Team – Sharath Kamal Achanta & Satihyan Gnanasekaran

•      Men’s Doubles Team – Manav Thakkar & Harmeet Desai

•      Terms related to Table Tennis – Twiddle or Twirl, Sidespin, Backhand, Racket or Paddle, Chop

•      ITTF-Headquarter – Lausanne, Switzerland

 

7.BOOK “THE CUSTODIAN OF TRUST”

•      Book by Rajnish Kumar, former Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), named “The Custodian of Trust” released . Rajnish Kumar joined SBI as a Probationary Officer in 1980

 

8.WORLD POST DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 9

•      The United Nations (UN)’s World Post Day is annually observed across the globe on October 9th to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874.

•      The theme of 2021 World Post Day is “Innovate to recover”.

•      UPU is a United Nations specialized agency .

•      Headquarters- Berne, Switzerland

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