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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

sites of Ancient Egypt are found along river banks.
Countries: The Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan. The Nile flows through eleven countries
in the African continent namely Egypt, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.

Tributaries: The Nile is formed by three principal streams, namely, the Blue Nile, the Atbara (which flow
from the highlands of Ethiopia), and the White Nile.

The Blue Nile river: It contains 80% of the Nile's water and silt. It begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows
into Sudan from the southeast.
The White Nile river: It is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa. It flows north through
Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda, and South Sudan.
Meeting point: The two rivers meet just north of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

India in Gavi Board

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization (GAVI) as a member on the GAVI Board.
About:
f The GAVI Alliance is a global health partnership of public and private sector organizations dedicated to
“immunization for all”.
f GAVI and the WHO: GAVI has observer status at the World Health Assembly of the World Health
Organisation.

f The functions of the Board: The GAVI Board is responsible for strategic direction and policy-making,
oversees the operations of the Vaccine Alliance and monitors program implementation.

f Members: Membership includes developing country and donor governments, the World Health
Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry in both industrialized and developing
countries, research and technical agencies, civil society organizations, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, and other private donors.

f Functions: Gavi supports vaccine programs in developing countries. Vaccine program includes
Rotavirus vaccine, Polio Vaccine, Ebola vaccine, etc.
f Involvement in Covid-19 Pandemic: GAVI is one of the organizations leading the COVAX vaccine
allocation plan, Gavi would ensure that any new COVID-19 vaccine would be shared equally between the
world's richest and poorest countries.
f GAVI programs can often produce quantified, politically appealing, easy-to-explain results within an
election cycle, which is appealing to parties locked in an election cycle.

India Mongolia Relationship

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel comprehensively reviewed Bilateral cooperation in
hydrocarbons and steel sector

About:
f India is supporting establishment of Mongolia's first petrochemical refinery. The GoI would establish

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