Awards and Honours
Global Responsible Tourism Award 2023
- The Kerala Responsible Tourism Mission wins the Global Responsible Tourism Award 2023 for promoting sustainable and women-inclusive initiatives in the ‘Best for Local Sourcing – Craft and Food’ category.
- It won the award for linking women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tourism activities and ensuring effective marketing of indigenous products.
- The award was instituted by the Responsible Tourism Partnership and International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT)
World Organisations – Pacts and Summits
Quad launches IPMDA initiative
- QUAD grouping launched the Indo – Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) initiative.
- The initiative seeks to establish a comprehensive system for monitoring and securing
maritime activities in the Indo – Pacific, ensuring the safety of critical sea lines of communication, and promoting cooperation among likeminded nations in the region.
About QUAD
- Formation – 2017
- Objective – To counter China’s aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Members – Australia, India, Japan, United States
- Quad Plus additional members – New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam.
Appointments
New Chief Information Commissioner appointed
- Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya was sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Droupadi Murmu.
- He is the first person from the Dalit community to hold the post.
About Central Information Commission (CIC)
- A statutory body set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005.
