The India has signed an MoU with Kuwait to brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit of a legal framework that streamlines their recruitment and provides them with the protection of the law.
IIT Kanpur - Professor Mukesh Sharma of IIT Kanpur has recently been appointed as an honorary member of the World Health Organization's Global Air Pollution and Health-Technical Advisory Group
India's Environmentalist, Writer and Director General of The Centre for Science & Environment, Sunita Narain has been appointed to an international advisory group for action on environment, climate and biodiversity.