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27Feb
2023

Exercise Cobra Warrior (GS Paper 3, Defence)

Exercise Cobra Warrior (GS Paper 3, Defence)

Why in news?

  • An Indian Air Force contingent comprising 145 Air Warriors is participating in Exercise Cobra Warrior at the Waddington Air Force Base of the Royal Air Force in United Kingdom.
  • The exercise is scheduled from 06 Mar 23 to 24 Mar 23.

 

Aim:

  • The aim of the exercise is to participate in diverse fighter aircraft engagements and learn from the best practices of various Air Forces.

 

About Exercise Cobra Warrior:

  • The Exercise Cobra Warrior is a multilateral Air exercise in which Air Forces from Finland, Sweden, South Africa, United States of America and Singapore would also be participating alongside Royal Air Force and IAF.
  • The IAF is participating in 2023 with five Mirage 2000 fighters, two C-17 Globemaster III and an IL-78 mid air refueller aircraft.

 

Kerala, UN Women sign pact to boost women-friendly activities in tourism

(GS Paper 2, International Organisation)

Why in news?

  • Recently, the Kerala government entered into an agreement with the United Nations (UN) Women to boost women-friendly activities in the State's tourism sector.
  • A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Kerala Tourism and UN Women India agreed to work towards promoting gender-inclusive tourism sites in the State.

Key Highlights:

  • As per the pact inked at the first-ever Global Responsible Tourism Summit in Kumarakom, both parties will promote women-friendly tourism in Kerala.
  • This will be done by creating modules and capacity-building of relevant stakeholders, besides providing advisory support for baseline research, implementing women-friendly tourist destinations and supporting interventions to change prevalent discriminatory social norms.
  • The idea is to promote tourism with focus on women empowerment.

 

Implementation:

  • It would be implemented by the Responsible Tourism Mission.

 

About UN Women:

  • UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
  • In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
  • It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
  1. Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).
  2. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
  3. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI).
  4. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).