CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India has been elected as the external auditor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a prestigious institution that promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy, for a period of six years from 2022 to 2027 after beating Germany and the United Kingdom among other counties.

Detailed explanation-2: -The election was held on 23rd/24th September in the General Conference at IAEA Headquarters, Vienna where the CAG of India received majority support of the General Conference for this position for which several competing bids were submitted from different countries. Mr.

Detailed explanation-3: -The election took place on Thursday, 29 September, at the plenary session of the 66th IAEA General Conference. The newly elected Board members are the following: Brazil, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Kenya, Namibia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Türkiye and Uruguay.

Detailed explanation-4: -List of member states. The IAEA has 175 member states as of March 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. Operational liaison and regional offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland, New York, USA, Toronto, Canada and Tokyo, Japan.