CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India presented a cheque of USD 2.5 million, the second tranche of the pledged USD 5 million annual support, to a UN agency on Monday that will go directly to serve the schools, health centres and other basic services run by the organisation to support Palestinian refugees.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States, Germany, the EU, and Sweden were the largest individual donors, contributing a cumulative 57 per cent of the Agency’s overall funding. France was also among the top ten donors.

Detailed explanation-3: -What we do. UNRWA human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.