Summits & Meetings - Current Affairs for July, 2015

The two day Conference will deliberate on social security for workers, both in organised and unorganised sectors, and job creation. Prime Minister will dedicate the National Career Service, NCS portal to the nation and launch health reforms of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation of India, ESIC on the occasion.

The first ISAES was organised way back in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh, with the Symposium traversing through Oslo, Madison, Adelaide, Cambridge, Tokyo, Siena, Wellington, Potsdam and Santa Barbara.

The Russian city Ufa in Bashkortostan hosted the 7th BRICS Summit.

Finance Minister, RBI Governor and other senior officials of the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank will participate in the meeting which is likely to focus on the steps needed to give a push to the global economy. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde had described the India as a 'growth bright spot' during her visit last month.

The meetings were held in pursuance of decisions taken by the SAARC Summit of Heads of State or Governments held at Kathmandu in November last year. It will be preceded by meetings of SAARC expert group on HIV/AIDS, Health and Technical Committee on Health and Population and senior health officials. SAARC countries comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, account for nearly a quarter of the world population and face similar health challenges and issues.

PM Narendra Modi called for empowerment of judiciary for effectively dispensing justice to common man.

Lausanne is situated in Switzerland. Under the agreement reached during these negotiations, the world powers and Iran will now aim to draft a comprehensive nuclear accord by 30 June 2015.