Cabinet approves signing of Mou between India and South Korea The Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between India and South Korea. The main objective of the MoU is to expand bilateral cooperation in tourism and to increase the exchange of information and data related to the sector. India and South Korea have enjoyed a strong diplomatic and long economic relationship and now desire to strengthen and further develop the established relationship for strengthening cooperation in the field of tourism. The Cabinet was also apprised of the MoU between India and Russia for the development of cooperation in transport education. The government has also given ex-post facto approval for moving a Resolution in the first Assembly of the International Solar Alliance for amending the Framework Agreement of the ISA for opening up the ISA membership to all countries that are members of the United Nations. Source Prasat Barati
24 October UN DAY concert 2018: The 2018 United Nation Day Concert will be held today in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York . Soulful music from the strings of the sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan will reverberate in the iconic Assembly hall. He will be accompanied by his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash , and the Refugee Orchestra Project conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya . The theme of this year’s concert, which is sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, is “Traditions of Peace and Non-violence” UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. … 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.