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India was re-elected as member of executive board of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Executive board is UNESCO's top decision-making body. The election was held at 39th session of General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France. 

UNESCO is UN association that helps safeguard historical and cultural sites around the world. It is special multi-nation organization, framed in 1945 and situated in France. It promotes literacy and sex education as well as improving gender equality in countries around world. The General Conference determines policies and main lines of work of organisation. Its duty is to set programmes and budget of UNESCO. It also elects members of executive board and appoints, every four years, director-general.

Gautamiputra Satakarni has been described as the "destroyer of the Sakas, the Yavanas and the Pallavas".

Nankana Saheb

Lt. Gen. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava took over as the 25th Director General of the Border Roads (DGBR). He has replaced Lt. Gen. Suresh Sharma. Prior to it, he was holding the appointment of Director General Combat Engineers at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence(Army).

Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio

 1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:

                                                           – Ministry of Personnel
                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions
                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy
                                                            – Department of Space

  All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

  2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs

  3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs

  4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance

                                                    – Minister of Corporate Affair

 5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway

                                                      – Minister of shipping 

                                                      – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

 6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry

 7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation

 8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation

 9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence

 10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs

 11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

 12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development

 13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

 14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology         

 15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare

16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation

17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises     

18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries

19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development
                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj
                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation

20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel

21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs

22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare          

23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment

24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles
                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting            

25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology
                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences
                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development

27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways

                                                                – Minster of Coal

28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas

                                                               – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

Muhammad had to leave Mecca his birth place where he started preaching and take refuse in Medina, where he was given a warm welcome. This event took place in AD 622 and is known as the year of the Hijira, or migration, which became the first year of the Muslim Calendar.