The World Bank announced its first female Managing Director and CFO - an Indian national, Ms Anshula Kant, who was formerly Managing Director of the State Bank of India.
If Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, India’s 🇮🇳 Aarohi Pandit has become the world’s first female aviator to fly solo across both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans in a Light Sports Aircraft.
India’s Vidisha Maitra (IFS 2009) gets elected to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (
#ACABQ
) - subsidiary of the General Assembly responsible for expert examination of the programme budget of the UN 🇺🇳
Team
@IndiaUNNewYork
5 days of intensive across the board engagement.
We believe in a positive agenda and work for an inclusive world.
Collective efforts, for growth of all, with everyone’s trust.
We did have our “selfie” moment too.
Thank you Prime Minister Sir
Pavagada Solar Park - the worlds largest solar park with an installed capacity of 2050 MW is now fully operational.
Located in Tumakuru district, (Karnataka, India) the Park has dedicated high voltage supply lines, pooling stations, and a pooling substation for evacuation.
India gets elected to three
#ECOSOC
bodies
Committee for Programme and Coordination (2021-24)
Commission on Population and Development (2021-25)
Commission on the Status of Women (2021-25)
The area around
#Roopkund
Lake in
#Uttarakhand
, India appears to have been listed on Airbnb for global travelers 220 years ago. Radiocarbon dating of 38 skeletons indicates that travelers came from South Asia, East Mediterranean and Southeast Asia. Pic Credit: Trip Gully
India launches the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) on the sidelines of the
#UNGA
CDRI will be a knowledge, technical support, training and advocacy platform that will help countries build resilient infrastructure.
India, for the first time, has been ranked among the top 10 countries in the 2019 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released today at the COP25 climate summit in Spanish capital Madrid.
#climatechangeindex
#CCPI2020
#COP25
PM Modi hosted a High-Level event
@UN
to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi.
President of ROK, UNSG, PMs of Singapore, Bangladesh, Jamaica and New Zealand delivered keynote addresses.
India votes in favor of the
#COVID19
omnibus resolution in the General Assembly recognizing the pandemic as one of the greatest global challenges that calls for a global response based on unity, solidarity and multilateral cooperation.
Paying respects to a Foreign Minister who personified dignity, grace, humility, intellect and strength in unfathomable proportions. RIP Ma’am.
#SushmaSwaraj
#G20
members treated to a musical performance of Langas and Manganiars of Rajasthan, led by troupe leader Gazhi Khan Barna with the mesmerising welcome song “केसरिया बालम आवोनी पधारो म्हारें देस”.
@g20org
@amitabhk87
@MEAIndia
Today, the 76th session of the United Nations 🇺🇳 General Assembly came to a close.
It was truly an honor and privilege to have served as the Chef de Cabinet to President of the 76th session H.E. Mr
@abdulla_shahid
.
#India
is the first country in the world to have a government lead measure on the
#SDGs
at the subnational level.
India will also be presenting its Voluntary National Reviews for the 2nd time at the
#HLPF2020
#SDGIndiaIndex
PM Modi speaking at the
#ClimateActionSummit
said, “an ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching”.
Action:400GW+ of renewable; ⬆️ % of ethanol blending; end2 single-use plastic; launch of Global Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infra; e-mobility, clean cooking fuel
PM Modi launches 3 projects on the sidelines of 74 UNGA
1. $1Mn solar project at UN Headquarters.
2. Gandhi Peace Garden
@SUNY
3. Unveils Gandhi
@150
special postage stamps brought out by the UN.
850 Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan
@unmissmedia
recvd. the UN Medal for:
1 Supporting peace talks in Upper Nile region
2 Setting up 1st UNMISS base on Nile’s West Bank
3 Building veterinary hospitals
4 Training cattle-keepers
5 Providing life-saving medical assistance
I’m very proud of the work of our UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo – putting their own lives at risk in often dangerous conditions to protect civilians. I thank them for their service & sacrifice.
Delivering India’s national statement at the General Assembly earlier today on progress in implementation & int’l support for New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the pan-African strategic framework for the socio-economic development of the continent.
@NEPAD_Agency
India's installed renewable energy generation capacity touched 86GW by Nov-end.
30GW capacity(18GW solar & 10GW wind energy) under implementation.
Besides, 40GW capacity (36GW solar and 3.4GW wind), is being tendered.
Pic: 2GW scale Pavagada Solar Park in Karnataka
India’s candidate Ms. Jagjit Pavadia re-elected as member of the International Narcotics Control Board with the highest number of votes - 44 out of the 54-member ECOSOC body at the UN in New York earlier today.
#TeamPMI
Delivering India‘s National Statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on “The role of reconciliation in maintaining international peace and security”.
Full statement at
PM Modi delivering India’s National statement at the 74th
#UNGA
General Debate.
PM said, “India belongs to all places, and to everyone”.
“India believes in Harmony and Peace”
220 million trees planted in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India in a single day (Aug 9, 2019). All pits geo-tagged and the saplings carry a QR code. India has pledged to have a third of its land under tree cover.
#ClimateActionSummit
Photo credit: AP News
The
#Khajuraho
temples built in
#Nagara
style are known for their harmonious integration of sculpture & architecture.
The stone surfaces give a rare vibrancy & sensitivity to the warmth of human emotions.
#Khajuraho
is playing host to the 1st
@g20org
#Culture
Working Group
UN General Assembly unanimously adopts resolution “Int’l Year of Millets 2023” initiated by 🇮🇳 🇧🇩 🇰🇪🇳🇵🇳🇬 🇷🇺 and 🇸🇳 & co-sponsored by >70 countries.
Commemoration will help in greater awareness of millet production, nutrition, livelihoods of farmers, & eradicating poverty.
#FAO
Abhijit Banerjee and Ester Duflo who jointly founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT in 2003, along with Michael Kremer win the Nobel prize for economics for work that has "dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice".
PM Modi meets President
@HassanRouhani
on the sidelines of the 74th UNGA.
Both sides had discussions on the full range of India-Iran ties, and regional & global matters
PM Modi hosts the 1st INDIA-Caribbean Community Leaders’ Meeting in NY.
Focus: Capacity building, Dev assist., Disaster mgt.
Outcome: $14Mn grant for dev. projects; $150Mn Credit Line for climate-change projects, IT Center-Guyana, Vocational Centre-Belize, JTF on projects.
On 26 June 2019, the UN commemorated the 74th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter, with a symbolic signature ceremony by the ambassadors of its member states. Sir V. T. Krishnamachari, Representative of the Indian States, signed the original UN Charter on 26 June 1945.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) commences its 131st session by electing India’s Jagjit Pavadia as its new President and other Bureau Members.
Lunar Orbit Insertion Explained: “Is like a gentleman with a rose in hand proposing to a lady dancing at a speed of 3,600 kmph, and not next door, but 384,000 km away. If the couple have to meet, precision and accuracy is the key” - Fmr ISRO Satellite Centre Director- M Annadurai
India’s
@g20org
Sectt along with
@UNinIndia
is holding the 1st official “Model
#G20
Meeting” today.
60 high school students, representing 12 countries including 10
#G20
countries are participating.
The theme for the event is Youth for
#LiFE
(Lifestyle for Environment).
India’s foreign exchange reserves crossed the half-a-trillion mark for the first time, as per the latest data from the RBI.
The reserves rose to USD 501.70 billion in the reporting week helped by a whopping rise in foreign currency assets (FCA).
Final score when you are batting against colonialism.
India votes in favor of Mauritius.
General Assembly passes resolution calling for implementation of Int’l Court of Justice
@CIJ_ICJ
advisory opinion on
#Chagos
Picture of Gandhi
@150
event hosted by PM Modi at the UN yesterday.
This is a 360-degree pic. To see properly, enlarge photo and move your mobile in a circle. 😁
#Gandhi150
#360camera
1st
#G20
Development Working Group (DWG) meeting took place in Mumbai from 15-16 Dec.
Was a pleasure to Co-Chair the DWG with my colleague
@eenamg
.
#G20DWG
was preceded by a Side Event on 14 Dec which focused on Data for Development &
#LiFE
initiative.
@g20org
@amitabhk87
Delivering India’s National Statement at the Security Council Open Debate on “Transitional Justice in conflict and post-conflict situations”.
“Historical injustices inherent to colonialism are rarely the focus of transitional justice”.
Humpy Koneru on a winning spree.
#22
Sep: Won the Skolkovo GP
#15
Dec: 2nd place in Monaco GP
#28
Dec: Women's Word Rapid Champion
#17
Feb: 1st place at the Cairns Cup
Current World Ranking: 2nd place
The 2nd Joint India-China Capacity Building Programme for Afghan Diplomats currently being held in New Delhi at the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs of India from Nov 11-23, 2019.
10 diplomats from Afghanistan are participating in the Course.
Congratulations!!
Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy wins the World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship title in Moscow after drawing the “Armageddon” game against Lei Tingjie of China.
#wrbc2019
#Grandmaster
India joins UNDP, USAID and Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) of India to share successful stories of tiger conservation in India and outline why there is still hope for revitalizing nature and the ecosystems on which our societies and economies depend.
#ProjectTiger