CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The launch in Delhi saw the coming together of inventors, micro-entrepreneurs and grassroots innovators with policymakers, scientists, experts from civil society and those who invest in new ideas from the private sector.

Detailed explanation-2: -UNDP has its headquarters in New York City, but works primarily through its offices in about 170 countries and territories.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Accelerator Labs are designed to close the gap between the current practices of international development in an accelerated pace of change. They model a new capability to make breakthroughs on the future of development: inequality, decarbonization, the 4th industrial revolution and new forms of governance.

Detailed explanation-4: -India and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have worked since 1951 on various issues related to human development involving sustainable livelihoods, environment, literacy, institutional strengthening, sustainable energy and resilience.

Detailed explanation-5: -The UN Development Program (UNDP) was founded in 1965 by the General Assembly of the UN. It is a subsidiary organ of the UN, with its headquarters in New York.