Indians plan to mark Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Day in Nigeria
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated once in every two years (celebrated yearly till 2015) to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India and reconnect them with their roots. During the Convention, selected overseas Indians are also honored with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to recognize their contributions to various fields both in India and abroad.
The 15th annual Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) was held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The first chapter of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held in 2003 to recognise the contributions of NRIs in academic and professional fields across the world.

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Mumbai became the first Indian city to be a member of World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF), a platform for cities to share their culture.
The WCCF enables the policy makers of member cities to share research and intelligence, while exploring the vital role of culture in prosperity.
Through its leadership exchange program, the city’s policy makers will be able to share ideas, technology, challenges and access cultures and arts.
The forum, which began in 2012 with eight members, is a network of more than 32 key cities today, including London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Dakar, Edinburgh, Lisbon, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Toronto and many others.

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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a payment system launched by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
It facilitates the fund transfer between two bank accounts through a smartphone.
It converts multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application (of any participating bank), merging several banking features, seamless fund routing & merchant payments into one hood.
The unique feature of UPI is that it immediate money transfer through mobile devices round the clock 24*7 and 365 days.
Also, a single mobile application may be used for accessing different bank accounts. It may also be used for Utility Bill Payments, Over the Counter Payments and Barcode (Scan and Pay) based payments.

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The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.
Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
Its diet consists primarily of fish, but also includes crustaceans, such as krill, and cephalopods, such as squid.
The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter, emperor penguins trek 50–120 km over the ice to breeding colonies which can contain up to several thousand individuals.
In 2012 the emperor penguin was uplisted from a species of least concern to near threatened by the IUCN.

Prelims 2014 Question

The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference. It is maintained as part of the Ramsar List.