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CONTEXT India has lashed out at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) (formerly Organization of the Islamic Conference) and rejected unwarranted references about Jammu & Kashmir made in resolutions adopted at the 47th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) session. India has said that OIC has “ no locus standi in matters strictly internal to India, including that of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. About OIC It is an international organization founded in 1969 , consisting of 57 member states. It is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations. The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony “. The OIC has permanent delegations to the United Nations and the European Union. Permanent Secretariat is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Significance of OIC for India OIC’s growing economic and energy...

Our deeply divided society has to be patched up with peaceful, reconciliatory and diplomatic means like education, awareness and social safety net.   Social and economic tensions need to be addressed for positivity, mental peace and happiness.   Happiness economics has finally received global recognition. It implies that economic indicators such as the gross national product, per capita income, healthcare facility, employment and wealth must be related with national happiness. The World Happiness Report, 2020 has ranked 156 countries by happiness of their citizens based on six key variables — income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Finland, despite not having the highest GDP, tops the list due to its social safety, personal freedom and a work-life balance while materially superior countries are ranked lower. The results mean that growth in happiness is not always accompanied by growth in economic prosperity. A somewhat similar phenomenon...

Ahead of finalising new goals to protect biodiversity in next 10 years (2021-30), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity on Tuesday released its fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook report showing how none of the 20 agreed conservation targets of the past 10 years could be fully met by the word - a case which will further complicate the global biodiversity crisis.  Experts believe that such crisis may push the world towards more disasters like Covid-19 pandemic, a zoonotic disease transmitted between animals and humans, massive wildfires and water crisis if the countries don't accept the growing scientific consensus over an ambitious new target of protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030 – popularly known as 30x30 target – under the UN Convention . Blaming human pressure on resources and unsustainable policies where $500 Billion value of government subsidies potentially cause environmental harm across the globe, the report underlined that the world would now require more...

China and India have accused each other of provoking fighting in which both sides have suffered severe casualties in a disputed Himalayan area. India and China have been locked in a border dispute for decades The Indian army said that both sides suffered casualties, but there has been no word on numbers from China yet. Tuesday's battle was reportedly fought with rocks and clubs. However, no shots were fired. The Indian army said a number of its troops "were critically injured in the line of duty". The statement goes on to note that the injured soldiers were also "exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain ". An extraordinary escalation 'with rocks and clubs' Monday's confrontation in the Ladakh region was the first deadly clash in the border area in at least 45 years. India said China had tried to "unilaterally change the status quo". Beijing accused Indian troops of "attacking Chinese personnel". The two armies...