Importance Years Places, Major Years of Celebration, Environment
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Importance Years Places
1900
Davis Cup started
1911
Indian Research Fund Association started. In 1949, it was re-designated as Indian Council of Medical Research
1958
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize instituted
1963
UNRISD
1965
UNDP
1966
Asian Development Bank
1967
ASEAN
1971
World Economic Forum
1974
Womenีs World Cup Hockey started
1977
International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN specialized agency) [as a result of 1974 World Food Conference]
1980
World Climate Research Programme
1985
SAARC
1987
Montreal Protocol
1989
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [US and Somalia have signed but not ratified the convention]
1992
UN Conference on Environment and Development (aka Earth Summit or Rio Summit)
UN Commission Sustainable Development was established as a result of this
1995
World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen [adoption of Copenhagen declaration]
Formation of WTO
1997
National Environment Appellate Authority
Navratna PSUs identified
2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg [organized by the UN Commission on SD]
Major Years of Celebration
2010 โ 20 Years of Human Development Reports
2011 โ Centenary Year of Indian Council of Medical Research
ICMR was setup in 1911 as Indian Research Fund Association and renamed as 1949 as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) . It is the apex body for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in the country.
Environment
1992
UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit)
Climate Change Convention (Kyoto Protocol)
Not to carry out any activities on the land of indigenous people that would cause environment degradation or would be culturally inappropriate
UNFCCC was established
Prototype for UN Forum on Forests agreed on
National
New Delhi
National Institute of Immunology (Autonomous and supported by the Dept of Biotechnology, GoI)
Hyderabad
National Geophysical Research Institute (under CSIR)
International
Rome
Food and Agricultural Organization
FIDE (World Chess Federation)