United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh as a member of the newly established UN Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.
The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats. The seats will be spread across six states including five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.
Singapore's T. Raja Kumar has been elected as the next President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for a period of two years, will assume office with effect.
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