WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR, JUNE 12
- Every year on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour is observed to raise global awareness about the exploitation of children and to urge collective action to eliminate it
- The theme of World Day Against Child Labour 2025 is “Progress is clear, but there's more to do: let's speed up efforts!”
- The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour
UMEED PORTAL
- It is a centralized online system developed by the Ministry of Minority Affairs
- UMEED stands for Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development
- The portal is designed to make real-time uploading, verification and monitoring of Waqf properties possible
- Waqf is an Islamic endowment of property to be held in trust and used for a charitable or religious purpose
RAMSAR CONVENTION
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
- India has 91 Ramsar sites
- It is a crucial international treaty focusing on the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
- The largest Ramsar site in India is Sundarbans Wetland, located in West Bengal.
- The Convention was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
- Renuka Wetland is the smallest Ramsar site in India and is located in Renuka, Himachal Pradesh