COMPLETE LIST OF INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS

BRICS SUMMIT

Core Brics Members (5) - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
Recently Held BRICS Summits and Venues
12th BRICS Summit 2020 --- Russia
13th BRICS Summit 2021 --- India

G-20 Summit

Headquarters - Cancún, Mexico

Establishment - 20 August 2003
Chairperson - Mauricio Macri
Total Members – 20 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom United
States, European Union)
Recently held G-20 Summits and Venues
15th G20 Meeting 2020- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16th G20 Meeting 2021- Rome, Italy
G-7 Summit

Earlier it was G8, Now Russia suspended temporarily so called as G7.

Establishment - 1975
Group of Seven Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America,
Canada.

Recently Held G7 Summits

46th G8 Summit 2020 - United States
47th G8 Summit 2021 - United Kingdom

NATO Summit
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Head Office: Brussels, Belgium
Members: 28
Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg
Recent NATO Summits:
NATO Summit 2018: Belgium (11th-12th July
NATO Summit 2019: United Kingdom (Landon)
BIMSTECH Summit

BIMSTECH – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Countries (7) : Bangladesh – India – Myanmar – Sri Lanka – Thailand – Bhutan – Nepal
3rd BIMSTECH Summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
4th BIMSTEC 2018 was hosted by Nepal
5th BIMSTEC 2022 will be hosted by Sri Lanka

ASEAN Summits
ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nation
Headquarters - Jakarta, Indonesia
Establishment - 8 August 1967
Total Countries – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Recently held ASEAN Summits

36th ASEAN Summit 2020 (April) - Vietnam
37th ASEAN Summit 2020 (November) - Vietnam
38th ASEAN Summit 2021 (April) – Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
39th ASEAN Summit 2021 (November) - Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
APEC Summits (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)

Headquarters – Singapore
Establishment - 1989
Total Countries – (Australia, Canada, Brunei, Chile, china, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam).
These are total 21 countries.
Executive Director – Alan Bollard

Recently Held APEC Summits

31st APEC Summit 2019 - Chile

32nd APEC Summit 2020 - Malaysia
33rd APEC Summit 2021 - New Zealand
34th APEC Summit 2022 – Thailand
35th APEC Summit 2023 - Mexico
36th APEC Summit 2024 - Brunei
37th APEC Summit 2025 - Republic of Korea
 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, HEADQUARTERS
AND THEIR HEADS.

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary

Asian Infrastructure Beijing, China JinLiqun

Investment Bank (AIIB)

New Development Bank Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath

(BRICS Development Bank

Asian Development Bank Mandaluyong, Philippines Masatsugu Asakawa

(ADB)

International Monetary Fund Washington DC, US Kristalina Georgieva

(IMF)
World Bank (WB) Washington DC, US David R. Malpass
United Nations Organization New York, US AntónioGuterres(Secretary-General)
(UN)

United Nations General New York, US Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria is

Assembly (UNGA) the current President of the United
Nations General Assembly for the 74th
 session, office which started in
September 2019.

United Nations Children’s Fund New York, US Henrietta Fore (Executive Director)
(UNICEF)

United Nations Conference on Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi (Secretary-General )

Trade & Development
(UNCTAD)

World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland TedrosAdhanom (Director- General)

(WHO)
World Economic Forum (WEF) Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab

International Labour Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder (Director- General)

Organisation (ILO)
World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo
(WTO)
World Meteorological Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretory General)
Organisation (WMO)
World Intellectual Property Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry (CEO)
Organisation (WIPO)

International Committee of Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer (President)

the Red Cross
United Nations Educational Paris, France Audrey Azoulay (Director- General)
Scientific & Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO)

Organisation for Economic Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria (Secretary-General)

Cooperation & Development
(OECD)

International Atomic Energy Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano

Agency (IAEA)

Organization of Petroleum Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary

Exporting Countries (OPEC) General)

Amnesty International London, UK Kumi Naidoo (Secretary General)

International Maritime London, UK Kitack Lim

Organisation (IMO)
Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head - Queen Elizabeth II
Secretary-General- Patricia Scotland
South Asian Association for Kathmandu, Nepal Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-
Regional Cooperation General)
(SAARC)

Association of South East Jakarta, Indonesia Secretary-General- Dato Lim Jock Hoi
Nations (ASEAN)
Asia Pacific Economic Singapore Peter O'Neill (Chairperson)
Cooperation (APEC)

North Atlantic Treaty Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg

Organisation (NATO) (Secretary-General)
International Cricket Council Dubai, UAE Chairperson: Shashank Manohar
(ICC) CEO: Manu Sawhney

Food & Agricultural Rome, Italy Qu Dongyu

Organisation (FAO)
International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Abdulqawi Yusuf
(ICJ)
International Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach
Committee (IOC)
The Fédération Internationale Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino
de Football Association (FIFA)
World Wide Fund for Nature Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Marco Lambertini (DG)
(WWF) Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Dhaka, Bangladesh BIMSTEC uses the alphabetical order for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and the Chairmanship. The Chairmanship of
Economic Cooperation BIMSTEC has been taken in rotation
(BIMSTEC) commencing with Bangladesh.

World Anti-Doping Agency Montreal, Canada Craig Reedie

Bank for International Basel, Switzerland Diego Devos (General Counsel)

Settlements (BIS)
 Finance Commissions and their heads

Important Facts regarding Finance Commission

• Finance Commission came into existence in 1951.

• It was established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution by the President of India.
• It was formed to define the financial relations between the centre and the state.
• As per the Constitution, the commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman
and four other members.
• Till date, Fourteen Finance Commissions have submitted their reports.
• Finance commission is antonomous body which is governed by the government of india.

14th Finance Commission( 2015 – 2020 )

• The 14th Finance Comm

• ission was established in 2013 and is headed by Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Mr.
Y.V. Reddy, is the Chairman.

• Major Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission include

1. The share of states in the net proceeds of the shareable Central taxes should be 42%.This is
10% higher than the recommendation of 13th Finance Commission.

2. Revenue deficit to be progressively reduced and eliminated.

 3. Fiscal deficit to be reduced to 3% of the GDP by 2017–18.

4. A target of 62% of GDP for the combined debt of centre and states.

5. The Medium Term Fiscal Plan (MTFP) should be reformed and made the statement of
commitment rather than a statement of intent.

6. FRBM Act need to be amended to mention the nature of shocks which shall require
targets relaxation.

7. Both centre and states should conclude 'Grand Bargain' to implement the model Goods
and Services Act (GST).

8. Initiatives to reduce the number of Central Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and to restore the
predominance of formula based plan grants.

9. States need to address the problem of losses in the power sector in time bound manner.

Fifteenth Finance Commission

The Fifteenth Finance Commission is an Indian Finance Commission constituted in November 2017 and
is to give recommendations for devolution of taxes and other fiscal matters for five fiscal years,
commencing 1 April 2020.

Founder: Ram Nath Kovind

Founded: 27 November 2017
Parent department: Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Finance, Government of India
Preceding Commission: Fourteenth Finance Commission

Commission executives:
• N. K. Singh, IAS, Chairman.
• Ajay Narayan Jha, IAS, Member.
• Prof. Anoop Singh, Member.
• Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Member; Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member (part-time).
• Arvind Mehta, IAS, Secretary
Aim:-

• The commission was set up to give recommendations for devolution of taxes and other fiscal
matters for five fiscal years, commencing 1 April 2020.
• The main tasks of the commission were to "strengthen cooperative federalism, improve the quality
of public spending and help protect fiscal stability"
• The commission's chairperson, N. K. Singh, said in April 2019 that there should be mechanisms
through which the Finance Commissions and the GST Council could coordinate to "ensure there
are multiplier benefits of a higher growth trajectory".
LIST OF BHARAT RATNA AWARDEES
Bharat Ratna ,is the country’s highest civilian award instituted on 2 January 1954, is given in recognition
of exceptional service, performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor. Any person
without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for this award. The recommendations
for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President.

1) C. Rajagopalachari (1954)
2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954)
3) C.V. Raman (1954)
4) Bhagwan Das (1955)
5) Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1955)
6) Jawaharlal Nehru (1955)
7) Govind Ballabh Pant (1957)
8) Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958)
9) Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961)
10) Purushottam Das Tandon (1961)
11) Rajendra Prasad (1962)
12) Zakir Hussain (1963)
13) Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963)
14) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966)
15) Indira Gandhi (1971)
16) V.V. Giri (1975)
17) K Kamaraj (1976)
18) Mother Teresa (1980)
19) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1983)
20) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
21) M.G. Ramachandran (1988)
22) B.R. Ambedkar (1990)
23) Nelson Mandela (1990)
24) Rajiv Gandhi (1991)
25) Vallabhbhai Patel (1991)
26) Morarji Desai (1991)
27) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1992)
28) JRD Tata (1992)
29) Satyajit Ray (1992)
30) Gulzarilal Nanda (1997)
31) ArunaAsaf Ali (1997)
32) APJ Abdul Kalam (1997)
33) M.S. Subbulakshmi (1998)
34) Chidambaram Subramaniam (1998)
35) Jayaprakash Narayan (1999)
36) Amartya Sen (1999)
37) GopinathBordoloi (1999)
38) Pandit Ravi Shankar (1999)
39) Lata Mangeshkar 2001)
40) Ustad Bismillah Khan (2001)
41) Bhimsen Joshi (2009)
42) C.N.R Rao (2014)
43) Sachin Tendulkar (2014)
44) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2015)
45) Madan Mohan Malviya (2015)
46) Pranab Mukherjee (2019) He is an Indian politician who served as
the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017.
47) Bhupen Hazarika (2019) He was an Indian playback singer,
lyricist, musician, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as
Sudhakantha.
48) Nanaji Deshmukh (2019) He was a social activist from India. He
worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He
was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sang

.
LIST OF JOINT DEFENSE EXERCISES OF INDIA WITH DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

India + XYZ Army Navy Air Force

ASEAN + Force 18
Australia AUSTRA HIND AUSINDEX / KAKADU
Bangladesh Sampriti
China Hand in hand Chang Thang
And
Him Vijay
France Shakti Varuna GARUDA
Indonesia GARUDA SHAKT IND-INDO CORPAT
And
Samudra Shakti
Japan Dharma Guardian Malabar (India, Japan
and the USA), Sahyog-
Kaijin
Kazakhstan Prabal Dostyk and
KAZIND
Kyrgyzstan Khanjar
Maldives Ekuverin
Mongolia Nomadic Elephant /
 KHAN QUEST
Nepal Surya Kiran
(BIANNUAL)
Oman AL NAGAH Naseem Al Bahr Eastern Bridge-IV
(SUCCESS)
Russia Indra INDRA NAV AVIAINDRA-14
Seychelles LAMITYE
Singapore Ex AGNI WARRIOR SIMBEX JOINT MILITARY TRAINING
Ex BOLD
KURUKHESTRA
South Africa, Brazil IBSAMAR
Sri Lanka Mitra Shakti SLINEX
Thailand Maitree / COBRA INDO-THAI CORPAT (Bi- SIAM BHARAT
GOLD (Observer annual)
Plus)
UAE Desert Eagle-II
UK Ajeya Warrior / Konkan Indra Dhanush -IV
VAJRA PRAHAR or “Rainbow”.
USA Yudh Abhyas/ Malabar RIMPAC Red Flag
Cope/ (Multilateral)
Tiger Triumph
Brunei ADMM+ Exercise
 (Multilateral)
Malaysia MAITREE ARF DIREx
Myanmar IMBEX IMCOR
Maldives Ekuverin
Qatar Za'ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of
the Sea)
Uzbekistan Dustlik

Other Important Exercise

China, Tajikistan, India, Kyrgyzstan,
Exercise TSENTR 2019 Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Russia(Host)
Uzbekistan
 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA
There are 38 World Heritage Sites located in India. These include 30 cultural sites, seven natural sites and
one mixed-criteria site.
Sl. Year of Area (In
No. Name of Natural World Heritage Site State Notification Km2)
1 Kaziranga National Park Assam 1985 429.96
2 Keoladeo Ghana National Park Rajasthan 1985 28.73
3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam 1985 391
4 Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers Uttarakhand 1982 630
2005 87.5
5 Sunderbans National Park West Bengal 1984 1,330.10
Maharashtra,
Goa,
Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu and
6 Western Ghats Kerala 2012 1,60,000.00

7 Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh 2014 905.4

Sl. Name of Cultural World Heritage Site State Year of
No. Notification
1 Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh 1983
2 Ajanta Caves Maharashtra 1983
3 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh 1989
4 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat 2004
ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus (Formerly Victoria
5 Terminus) Maharashtra 2004
6 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa 1986
7 Elephanta Caves Maharashtra 1987
8 Ellora Caves Maharashtra 1983
9 FatehpurSikri Uttar Pradesh 1986
10 Great Living Chola Temples Tamil Nadu 1987
11 Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka 1986
12 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu 1984
13 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka 1987
Rajasthan
(Chittorgarh,
Kumbhalgarh,
Ranthambhore,
Amber Sub-Cluster,
14 Hill Forts of Rajasthan Jaisalmer, Gagron) 2013
15 Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Delhi 1993
16 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh 1986
17 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar 2002
18 Mountain Railways of India Tamil Nadu 1999
19 QutbMinar and its Monuments, Delhi Delhi 1993
Rani-Ki-Van (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan,
20 Gujarat Gujarat 2014
21 Red Fort Complex Delhi 2007
22 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh 2003
23 Sun Temple, Konarak Orissa 1984
24 Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh 1983
25 The JantarMantar, Jaipur Rajasthan 2010

Archaeological Site of NalandaMahavihara

26 (Nalanda University) at Nalanda Bihar 2016
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an
27 Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Chandigarh 2016

28 Ahmedabad World Heritage city Gujarat 2017

29 The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai Maharashtra 2018

30 Jaipur Rajasthan 2019

Sl. Year of
No. Name of Mixed World Heritage Site State Notification
1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim 2016
 UNESCO World Heritage list (India)
Ahmedabad
Jaipur
Vellore
Gwalior
Orchha (Recently Added)

LIST OF VARIOUS AWARDS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS

1. Oscar – Film
2. Dada Sahib Phalke – Film
3. Grammy – Music
4. Pulitzer – Journalism and Literature in USA
5. Arjun – Sports
6. Bowelay – Agriculture
7. Kalinga – Science (by UNESCO)
8. Dhanwantri – Medical Science
9. Shanti SwaroopBhatnagar – Science
10. Nobel Prize – (6 Different Categories) Peace, Literature,
Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science
11. Abel – Maths
12. Merlin – Magic
13. Bharat Ratna – Art, Science, Public Service, Sports
14. Vyas Samman – Literature
15. Bihari Award – Literature
16. SaraswatiSamman – Literature
17. Man Booker – Literature in UK and Ireland
18. VachspatiSamman Sanskrit – Literature
19. ParamVir Chakra – Military
20. Juliet Curie Award – Peace
21. Dronacharya Award – Sports Coaches
22. SahityaAkademi Award – Literary
23. KalidasSamman – Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
(Madhya Pradesh)
24. Tansen Award – Music
25. Pampa Award – Highest literary award of Karnataka
26. Kanakshree Award – Literature awards by Karnataka
27. AwadhSamman – Government of Uttar Pradesh
28. Gomant Vibhushan Award – the highest civilian honour of the
State ofGoa
29. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award – Sports (by Punjab Government)
30. Nandi Awards – Telgu Cinema (by Andhra & Telangana
Government)
31. TansenSamman – Classical Music (Madhya Pradesh)
32. KabirSamman – literature (Madhya Pradesh)
33. Kumar Gandharva Award – Classical Music (Madhya Pradesh)
34. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna(RGKR) – Sports
35. Indira Gandhi Prize – Peace, Disarmament and Development
36. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize – Humanity ,Social Activities
37. AnandCoomaraswamy Fellowships – Literature
38. Padma Vibhushan— Second degree honour.
39. Padma Bhushan— Third degree honour.
40. Padma Shri— Fourth degree honour.
41. ParamVir Chakra— Highest military award
42. MahaVir Chakra–second highest military
43. Vir Chakra– Third in precedence in the awards for wartime
gallantry.
44. Ramon Magsaysay Award(Philippines) – The awards are given in
six categories
45. Aga khan Architecture Award-- Architecture