CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -ICANN, which matches domain names with appropriate IP address numbers, is hosting its 57th meeting in Hyderabad from November 3-9. Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will closely work with India to focus on its revised mission after the transmission, its president and CEO Goran Marby said.

Detailed explanation-2: -ICANN meetings are held three times each year in different regions of the globe to enable attendees from around the world to participate in person. One meeting each year is also the organization’s annual general meeting, during which new Board members take their seats.

Detailed explanation-3: -ICANN 75 was the first hybrid Annual General Meeting and the second ICANN meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It took place from September 17 through 22, 2022. It drew 1, 957 participants from 112 countries and territories, 1, 165 of which were in person and 792 attended remotely.

Detailed explanation-4: -MISSION. (a) The mission of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (” ICANN “) is to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet’s unique identifier systems as described in this Section 1.1(a) (the “Mission").