1. 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA16) held in _____________________.
- India aims to achieve 175 GW of installed capacity of renewable energy generation by 2022.
- WGIA is an initiative of Japan, to improve quality of Greenhouse Gas Inventories of Asian countries by building capacities through training and exchange of experience. 15 countries are WGIA members.
2. 17th World Sanskrit Conference held at Vancouver (___________________).
3. 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting completed in _____________________’s capital Manama, with 19 new sites inscribed to World Heritage List. New Addition to List are -
- Cultural -
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai (India)
- Aasivissuit – Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea (Denmark)
- Al-Ahsa Oasis, an evolving Cultural Landscape (Saudi Arabia)
- Ancient City of Qalhat (Oman)
- Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke (Germany)
- Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (Spain)
- Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Japan)
- Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (Italy)
- Naumburg Cathedral (Germany)
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (Republic of Korea)
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (Kenya)
- Natural sites -
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
- Chaine des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena (France)
- Fanjingshan (China)
- Mixed sites -
- Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” (Colombia)
- Pimachiowin Aki (Canada)
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica (Mexico)
4. 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) intersessional ministerial meeting held in Tokyo (___________________). It was first RCEP ministerial gathering to be held outside ASEAN countries. RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) or comprehensive regional economic integration agreement between 10-ASEAN countries and its six FTA partners (Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan and Korea).
5. 6th biennial World Cities Summit was held in ______________ with theme Liveable & Sustainable Cities: Embracing the Future through Innovation and Collaboration.
6. International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)'s 19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology will be hosted by India in ______________________ in October 2018. Focal theme is 25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 : with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe and Diverse Foods.
7. _______________ will hold an international conference of female parliamentarians in September, in Dublin.
8. NITI Aayog will organize MOVE: Global Mobility Summit in ___________________ in September, 2018, to help drive Government’s goals for vehicle electrification, renewable energy integration and job growth and also speed up India’s transition to a clean energy economy.
