The India International Silk Fair (IISF-2018) has been inaugurated by Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
Priyank Kanoongo has been appointed as the new Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for a period of 3 years. He replaces Stuti Kacker’s, whose tenure ended recently.
The NCPCR is a statutory body, which was set up by an Act of Parliament in 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
India and China have launched their first joint programme for Afghanistan to train its diplomats under the aegis of the Trilateral Cooperation between India, China and Afghanistan.