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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.