The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO is noted for its work in areas covering the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics such as commodity classification, valuation, rules of origin, collection of customs revenue, supply chain security, international trade facilitation, customs enforcement activities, combating counterfeiting in support of Intellectual Property Rights, drugs enforcement, illegal weapons trading, integrity promotion, and delivering sustainable capacity building to assist with customs reforms and modernization. Read More
On a day when India reported the highest spike with 896 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, experts have said that community transmission has not yet started in the country, but new cases are emerging from areas where lockdown has not been implemen ...
Asking Union Ministers to prepare a list of ten major decisions and 'ten priority areas of focus' once lockdown ends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is essential to strategise for the emergent conditions and the government must work o ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a joint meeting of Empowered Groups constituted for planning and ensuring implementation of COVID-19 response activities in the country. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with eminent sportspersons via video conferencing and urged them to boost the morale of people in the fight against coronavirus and spread the message of the five-point mantra of `sankalp (determinati ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday in which the two leaders discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of international collaboration to fight the health crisis. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the members of various social welfare organisations through video conferencing over the fight against COVID-19. ...
The central government on Sunday set up 11 empowered groups for ensuring a comprehensive and integrated response to COVID-19, government sources said. ...