International Monetary Fund

After World War II International Monetary Fund is the second International Organisation.

International Monetary Fund is a financial institution.

IMF

Headquarter:  Washington DC

Managing Director: Kristalina Georgieva

Member:  190 member

Official language: English

Parent organization: United Nations

After the Great Depression of 1930, the International Monetary Fund was established in 1944.

France was the first country to borrow from IMF.

Purpose: International Monetary Fund do three main functions follow -

 *Surveillance

*Financial assistance

*Technical assistance

History: The International Monetary Fund officially came into existence in 1945 with 29 member countries.

The IMF was created in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference to rebuild Europe after World War II.

United Nations (UN)

United Nations International Organization was established on 24^th October 1945.

United Nations' previous name was The League Of Nations.

League Of Nations was established by the treaty of Versailles in 1919 and disbanded in 1946.

United Nations

Head Quarter: New York City

Regional offices: Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi

Official Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Member: 193 (last member – South Sudan in July 2011)

Original Member:  51

     At first 50 countries were gathered in San Francisco and signed in a document called ‘UN Charter’ in 1945. Poland signed in it later.

*   The name United Nations have given by that time US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on 1^st January 1942 during World War II.

Purpose :

1.     To maintain International peace and security.

2.     To develop Economic, Social Development, and Human rights.

History :

United Nations was established after World War II when nations were in a tight corner and nations wanted peace.

United Nations Principal Organs: The United Nations has six main organs.

·        General Assembly

·        Economic and Social Council

·        Security Council

·        International Court Of Justice

·        Trusteeship Council

·        The Secretariat.

MS Dhoni Retires From International Cricket

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won the World Cup twice, retired from international cricket on Saturday (15th August 2020). He has stepped down from ODI captaincy in January 2017 after having retired from Tests on December 30, 2014, in Australia. The 39-year-old last played for India in the World Cup 2019 semi-final loss to New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Check Instagram post of M.S Dhoni:-

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD6ZQn1lGBi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Covid-19 vaccine

 Russia claims world's first covid-19 vaccine developed jointly by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defense Ministry. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Covid-19 vaccine has been registered for use and one of his daughters already been inoculated. 

Russia has developed the world's first Covid-19 vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against coronvirus. The Russian administration says health workers, teachers and those with occupations at risk will be vaccinated first.  Then it will be applied to the body of ordinary people.

List of Prime Ministers of India

Name, Birth & Images	Party	Term of Office			Appointed by
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)	Indian National Congress	15th August 1947	15th April 1952	16 Years 286 Days	Lord Mountbatten
		15th April 1952	17th April 1957		Rajendra Prasad
		17th April 1957	2nd April 1962
		2nd April 1962	27th May 1964
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)	Indian National Congress	27th May 1964	9th June 1964	13 Days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966)	Indian National Congress	9th June 1964	11th January 1966	1 Year 216 Days
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)	Indian National Congress	11th January 1966	24th January 1966	13 Days
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)	Indian National Congress	24th January 1966	4th March 1967	11 Years 59 Days
		4th March 1967	15th March 1971
		15th March 1971	24th March 1977		V.V. Giri
Morarji Desai (1896-1995)	Janata Party	24th March 1977	28th July 1979	2 Years 126 Days	B.D. Jatti (acting)
Charan Singh (1902-1987)	Janata Party (Secular) With INC	28th July 1979	14th January 1980	170 Days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)	Indian National Congress	14th January 1980	31st October 1984	4 Years 291 Days
Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)	Indian National Congress	31st October 1984	31st December 1994	5 Years 32 Days	Zail Singh
		31st December 1994	2nd December 1989
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931-2008)	Janata Dal	2nd December 1989	10th November 1990	343 Days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Chandra Shekhar Singh (1927-2007)	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	10th November 1990	21st June 1991	223 Days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
P.V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004)	Indian National Congress	21st June 1991	16th May 1996	4 Years 330 Days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party	16th May 1996	1st June 1996	16 Days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
H. D. Deve Gowda (1933-)	Janata Dal	1st June 1996	21st April 1997	324 Days
Indra Kumar Gujral (1919 2012)	Janata Dal	21st April 1997	19th March 1998	332 Days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party	19th March 1998	10th October 1999	6 Years 64 Days	K. R. Narayanan
		10th October 1999	22nd May 2004
Manmohan Singh (1932-)	Indian National Congress	22nd May 2004	22nd May 2009	10 Years 4 Days	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
		22nd May 2009	26th May 2014		Pratibha Patil
Narendra Modi (1950-)	Bharatiya Janata Party	26th May 2014	30th May 2019		Pranab Mukherjee
		30th May 2019	Incumbent		Ram Nath Kovind