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Localities of Top Indian Cities

New Delhi Mumbai Goa Chennai Bangalore
Mayur Vihar Colaba anjuna goa Ambattur Doorvani Nagar
Patparganj Dadar candolim goa Anna Nagar Kadugodi Colony
Preet Vihar Fort Area majorda goa Ayanavaram Vimanapura
Shahdara Kalbadevi north goa Kilpauk Whitefield
Dwarka Nariman Point south goa Porur Basaveshwara Nagar
Janakpuri Parel benaulim goa Vadapalani Jnana Bharathi
Punjabi Bagh Tardeo baga goa Ennore Kamakshipalya
Rohini Worli calangute goa Perambur Laggere
Civil Lines Chembur colva goa Pozhal Banaswadi
Model Town Ghatkopar panaji goa Purasavakkam HBR layout
Pitampura Kurla panjim goa Tiruvottiyur Hebbal
Chanakyapuri Mulund palolem goa Tondiarpet Hennur
Greater Kailash Powai ramada goa Adyar Jakkur
Lajpat Nagar Andheri old goa KK Nagar Jalahalli East
Mehrauli Bandra ponda goa Kotturpuram Jalahalli West
Nehru Place Borivali madgaon goa Meenambakkam Peenya Industrial Area
Safdarjung Dahisar bardez goa Mylapore Sanjeevini Nagar
South Extension Goregaon arambol goa Saidapet Yeshwantpur
Vasant Kunj Juhu kamat goa Tambaram BTM layout
Chandni Chowk Kalyan aguada goa Teynampet Jayanagar
Connaught Place Navi Mumbai mapusa goa Thyagaraya Nagar J.P.Nagar
Karol Bagh Raigarh vasco da gama goa Tiruvanmiyur Koramangala
Pragati Maidan Thane margao goa Velachery Kumaraswamy Layout
canacona goa Egmore Puttenahalli
Kolkata Shimla George Town RajaRajeshwari Nagar
Baguiati Chamba Hyderabad Nungambakkam Adugodi
Salt Lake City Kangra Amberpet Royapettah Banashankari
Sealdah Una Habsiguda Triplicane Basavanagudi
Tangra Bilaspur Jamia Osmania Chickpet
Behala Solan Tarnaka Ahmedabad Indira Nagar
Garden Reach Sirmaur Banjara Hills Bapu Nagar Rajaji Nagar
Khidirpur Kinnaur Hitech City Rakhial R.T. Nagar
Dakshineswar Kullu Jubilee Hills Saraspur Shivaji Nagar
Dum Dum Langar House Sarangpur Darwaza
Lake Town Pune Mehdipatnam Ambawadi Jaipur
Maniktala Daund Mushirabad Ellis Bridge Adarsh Nagar
Nager Bazar Shirur Prakasham Nagar Ghatlodia Ashok Nagar
Shobha Bazar Bhor Punjagutta Gulbai Tekra Bani Park
Shyam Bazar Mulshi Afzal Gunj Mem Nagar Bapu Nagar
Tala Wadgaon Dilsukhnagar Naranpura Civil Lines
Alipur Welhe Keshavagiri Navrangpura Jawahar Nagar
Baliganja Ambegaon Lal Darwaza Paldi Jhotwara
Gariya Junnar NTR Nagar University Area Malviya Nagar
Jadavpur Rajgurunagar Umda Bazar Vadaj Mansarovar
Jodhpur Park Baramati Begumpet Vasana Pink City
Kalighat Indapur Bolarum Vastrapur Rambagh
Kasba Purandhar Marredpally Asarwa Sodala
Taliganja Aundh Sanathnagar Meghani Nagar Shankarnagar
BBD Bagh Bhawani Peth Trimulgherry Ranip Shastri Nagar
Entali Erandwana Karimnagar Sabarmati Vidhyadhar Nagar
Esplanade Ghorpuri Lines Mahabubnagar Shahibaug
Kalyani Nagar Medak Dani Limbada Agra
Kondhwa Nalgonda Jamalpur Civil Lines
Kothrud Nizamabad Kankaria Dayal Bagh
Narayan Peth Warangal Khokra Mehmedabad Etmadpur
Pimpri Chinchwad Abids Maninagar Idgah Colony
Shivaji Nagar Himayat Nagar Astodia Khandari
Swargate Nampally Dariapur Loha Mandi
Kadia Madhu Nagar
Kalupur Mantola
Lal Darwaza Rakabganj
Raipur Shahganj
Shahpur Sikandra
Tajganj
International Airport
Kolkata

Airport Name: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Interational Airport.

City Name : Kolkata

State : West Bengal

Distance from City : 20 Kms.

Gaya

Airport Name : Gaya International Airport (connected to Buddhist countries only)

City Name : Gaya

State : Bihar

Distance from City : 06 Kms.

Domestic Airport
Behala

Airport Name : Dum Dum Airport, Behala

City Name : Kolkata

State : West Bengal

Distance from City : 16 Kms. west of Kolkata

Agartala

Airport Name : C.A. Agartala

City Name : Agartala

State : Tripura

Distance from City : 12 KM South East From City (154°)

Tezu

Airport Name : Tezu Airport

City Name : Tezu

State Arunachal Pradesh

Distance 04 Kms.

Cooch Behar

Airport Name : Cooch Behar Airport

City Name : Cooch Behar

State : West Bengal

Distance from City : 5 Kms.

Dibrugarh

Airport Name : Dibrugarh

City Name : Dibrugarh

State : Assam

Distance from City : 15 Km / East, North East of Dibrugarh Town

Bagdogra

Airport Name : Civil Enclave Bagdogra

City Name : Siliguri

State : West Bengal

Terminal : Domestic Terminal

Distance from City : 16 KMS from Siliguri City

Airport Name : Civil Air Terminal, Jorhat

City Name : Jorhat

State : Assam

Distance from City : 7 Km south of city

Behala

Airport Name : Behala

City Name : Kolkata

State : West Bengal

Distance from City : 16 Kms. west of Kolkata

Dimapur

Airport Name : Dimapur Airport

City Name : Dimapur

State : Nagaland

Distance from City : 5 Kms.

Ranchi

Airport Name : Ranchi Airport

City Name : Ranchi

State : Jharkhand

Distance from City : 5 Kms.

Tezpur

Airport Name : Tezpur Airport

City Name : Tezpur

State : Assam

Distance from City : 7 Kms.

Gaya

Airport Name : Gaya Airport

City Name : Gaya

State : Bihar

Distance from City : 06 Kms.

Shillong

Airport Name : Shillong (Umroi) Airport

City Name : Shillong

State : Meghalaya

Distance from City : 30 Kms.

Patna

Airport Name : Patna Airport

City Name : Patna

State : Bihar

Passenger Terminals

Domestic Terminal

Distance from City : 05 Km. from City

Silchar

Airport Name : Silchar Airport

City Name : Silchar

State : Assam

Distance from City : 24 Km North East of Silchar City

Bhubaneswar

Airport Name : Biju Patnaik Airport

City Name : Bhubaneswar

State : Orissa

Distance from City : 3 Kms from city center south of city

Imphal

Airport Name: Imphal Airport

City Name: Imphal

State: Manipur

Distance from City: 08 Kms from Imphal city toward south.

Here is the list of all countries, their capital names, and currencies:

Countries with Capital and Currency of Asia
Country Capital Currency
Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar
Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
Bhutan Thimpu Ngulturm
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Ringgit
Cambodia Phnom Panh Rile
China Beijing Yuan
Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus Pounnd
India New Delhi Indian Rupee
Indonesia Djakarta Rupiah
Iran Tehran Riyal
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar
Israel Tel Aviv Shekel
Japan Tokyo Yen
Jordan Amman Lordan Dinar
Kazakhstan Akmola Tenge
Korea (North) Pyongyang Won (KPW)
Korea (South) Seoul Won (KRW)
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Dinar
Kyrgystan Bishkek Som (KGS)
Laos Vientiane Kip
Lebanon Beirut Lebnanesse Pound
Malaysia Kuala Lumpu Malaysian Ringgit
Maldives Male Rufiyaa
Mongolia Ulan-Bator Tugrik
Myanmar Yangoon Kyat
Nepal Kathamandu Nepalese Rupee
Oman Muscat Omani Rial
Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee
Philippines Manila Piso
Qatar Dola Qatari Riyal
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal (SAR)
Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar
Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka Rupee
Syria Damascus Syrian Pound
Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan Dushambe Tajik Rouble
Thailand Bangkok Baht
Turkemenistan Ashkabad Manat (TMM)
Turkey Ankara Turkish Lira
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Dirham
Uzbekistan Tashkent Som (UKS)
Vietnam Hanoi Dong
Yemen Sana Riya (YER)

Countries with Capital and Currency of Europe
Country Capital Currency
Albania Tirana Lek
Andorra Andorra-la-vella Franc Pesta
Armenia Yerevan Dram
Austria Vienna Schilling
Belarus Baku Manat
Belgium Minsk Russian Rouble
Bosnia-Herjego Vina Brussels Belgian Franc
Bulgaria Sarajevo Dinar
Croatia Sofia Lev
Czech Zagreb Kuna
Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone
Estonia Tallinn Kroon
Finland Helsinki Marakka
France Paris Franc
Georgia Tbilisi Lari
Germany Berlin Deutsche Mark
Greece Athens Drachma
Hungary Budapest Forint
Iceland Reykavik Krona
Ireland Dublin Irish Pound
Italy Rome Lira
Latvia Riga Lats
Leichtenstein Vaduz Swiss Franc
Lithuania Vilnius Litas
Luxemburg Luxemburg Luxemburg France
Macedonia Skopje Dinar
Malta Valletta Maltese Lira
Moldova Chisinau Leu
Monaco Monaco French Franc
Montenegro Podgorica Euro
Netherlands The Hague Guilder
Norway Oslo Norwegian Krone
Poland Warsaw Zloty
Portugal Lisbon Escudo
Republic Prague Koruna
Romania Bucharest Lei
Russia Moscow Rouble
San Marino San Marino Italian Lira
Slovakia Bratislava Slovak Koruna
Slovania Ljubljana Tolar
Spain Madrid Peseta
Sweden Stockholm Krona(SEK)
Switzerland Berne Swiss Franc
Ukraine Kiev Karbovanets
United Kingdom London Pound Sterling
Vatican City State Vatican City Italian Lira
Yugoslavia Belgrade New Dinar

Countries with Capital and Currency of Africa
Country Capital Currency
Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar
Angola Luanda Kwanza
Benin Porto Novo Franc (CFA)
Bostwana Gaborone Pula
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Franc (CFA)
Burundi Bujumbura Burundi Franc
Cameroon Yaoundi Franc (CFA)
Cape Verde Prala Cape Verde Escudo
Central African Republic Bangul Franc (CFA)
Chad N’D’ Jamena Franc (CFA)
Comoros Moroni Comorian Franc
Congo Brazzaville Franc (CFA)
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti Franc
Egypt Cairo Egyptian Pound
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Franc (CFA)
Eritrea Asmara Etheopian Birr
Gabon Libereville Franc (CFA)
Ghana Accra Cedi
Guinea Conakry Guinean Franc
Guinea Bissau Bissau Peso
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro Franc (CFA)
Kenya Nairobi Kenya Shilling
Lesotho Maseru Loti
Liberia Monorovia Liberian Dollar
Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar
Madagascar Antananrivo Malagasy Franc
Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha
Mali Bamako Franc (CFA)
Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya
Mauritius Port Louis Mauritius Rupee
Morocco Rabat Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Metical
Namibia Windhock Rand
Niger Niamey Franc
Nigeria Lagos Naira
Rwanda Kigali Franc
Senegal Dakar Franc
Seychelles Victoria Rupee
Sierra Leone Freetown Leone
Somalia Mogadishu Shilling
South Africa Cape Town Rand
Sudan Khartoum Pound
Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni
Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam Shilling
The Gambia Banjul Dalasi
Togo Lome Franc
Tunisia Tunis Dinar
Uganda Kampala Shilling
Zambia Lusaka Kwatcha
Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar


Countries with Capital and Currency of North America
Country Capital Currency
Antigua and Barbuda St. Johns Dollar
Bahamas Nassau Dollar
Barbados Bridgetown Dollar
Belize Belmopan Dollar
Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar
Costa Rica San Jose Colon
Cuba Havana Peso
Dominica Roseau Sterling
El Salvador San Salvador Colon
Grenada St. George Dollar
Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal
Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde
Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira
Jamaica Kingston Dollar
Mexico Mexico City Peso
Nicaragua Managua Cordoba
Panama Panama City Balboa
St. Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Dollar
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain Dollar
United States of America Washington D.C. Dollar


Countries with Capital and Currency of South America
Country Capital Currency
Argentina Buenos Aires Austral (Pesu)
Bolivia La Paz Boliviano
Brazil Brasilia Cruzeiro
Chile Santiago Peso
Colombia Bogotá Peso
Ecuador Quito Suere
French Guyana Koenne Franc
Guyana Georgetown Dollar
Paraguay Asuncion Guarani
Peru Lima Nuevosol
Surinam Paramaribo Guilder
Uruguay Montevideo Peso
Venezuela Caracas Bolivar
Countries with Capital and Currency of Oceania
Country Capital Currency
Australia Canberra Australian Dollar
Fiji Suva Fiji Dollar
Nauru Nauru Dollar
New Zealand Willington New Zealand Dollar
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina
Solomon Island Honiara Dollar
Tonga Nukualofa Panga

This post will guide you about International Organization and Group exists in the World. Here is the list:

The Common Wealth
  • It was originally known as ‘The British Commonwealth of Nations’. It is an association of sovereign and independent states which formally made up the British Empire.
  • Headquarters: London.
  • Members: 53
  • The British Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) is the symbolic head of the commonwealth.
  • Commonwealth heads of government meet (CHOGM) is held in every 2 years.
Arab League
  • Established: March 22, 1945.
  • Objective: To promote economic, social, political and military cooperation.
  • Members: 22
  • Headquarters: Cairo
Asia Public Economic Corporation (APEC)
  • Established: Nov, 1989
  • Objective: To promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin.
  • Members: 21
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Established: Dec. 19, 1966
  • Objective: To promote regional economic cooperation.
  • Members: 59
  • Headquarters: Manila
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Established: Aug. 8, 1967
  • Objective: Regional, economic, social and cultural cooperation among the non-communist countries of South-East Asia.
  • Members: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia.
  • Headquarters: Djakarta.
Common Wealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Established: Dec. 8, 1991
  • Objective: To coordinate inter-common wealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution on the USSR.
  • Members: 12
  • Headquarters: Kirava (Belarus)
Group of 8 or G-8
  • Established: Sept. 22, 1985
  • Objective: To promote co-operation among major non-communist economic powers.
  • Members: France, Germany, Japan, UK, US, Canada, Italy, Plus Russia (added later).
Group of 15 or G-15
  • Established: 1889
  • Objective: To promote economic co-operation among developing nations.
  • Members: 18
Group of 77 or G-77
  • Established: Oct. 1967
  • Objective: To promote economic co-operation among developing nations.
  • Members: 130
International Criminal Police Organization For (INTERPOL)
  • Established: 1914
  • Objective: To promote the international cooperation among criminal police authorities.
  • Members: 186
  • Headquarters: France.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • Established: June 23, 1894
  • Objective: To promote the Olympic ideals and administer Olympic Games.
  • Members: 203
  • Headquarters: Switzerland.
International Organization For Standardization ( ISO)
  • Established: Feb., 1947
  • Objective: To promote development of international standards.
  • Members: 158
  • Headquarters: Switzerland.
International Red Cross And Crescent Movement
  • Established: 1928
  • Objective: To promote worldwide humanitarian aid.
  • Headquarters: Geneva.
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
  • Established: Sep., 1961
  • Objective: Political co-operation and separate itself from both USA and USSR (in the cold-war era).
  • Members: 118
  • The credit of evolving the concept goes to Pt. Jawahar lal Nehru. The other contributors were Marshal Tito (President of Yugoslavia), Dr. Sukamo (President of Indonesia) and General Nasser (President of Egypt). Bandung conference in Indonesia became the forum for the birth of NAM.
European Union
  • Established: Apr.8, 1965. Effective on July 1, 1967
  • Objective: To create a united Europe in which member countries would have such strong economic and political bonds that war would cease to be a recurring fact.
  • Members: 27 (The ten new countries which joined in 2004 are Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slavakia and Slovania). Bulgaria & Romania joined in 2007.
  • Headquarters: Brussels (Belgium). The common European, currency, Euro, was launched on Jan. 1, 1999
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Established: April 4, 1949
  • Objective: Mutual defense and cooperation
  • Members: 26 + Russia
  • Headquarters: Brussels
Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)

  • Established: Sept,1959
  • Objective: Attempts to set world prices by controlling oil production and also persues member interest in trade and development.
  • Members: 12 (Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, UAE, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Angola and Venezuela).
  • Headquarters: Vienna (Austria).
South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  • Established: Dec. 8, 1985
  • Objective: To promote economic, social and cultural cooperation.
  • Members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Srilanka, Afghanistan.
  • Headquarters: Katmandu.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • Established: Oct. 11, 1947, Effective from April 4, 1951.
  • Objective: Specialized UN Agency concerned with meteorological cooperation.
  • Members: 162
  • Headquarters: Geneva
Amnesty International (AI)
  • Established: 1961
  • Objective: To keep a watch over human rights violation worldwide.
  • Headquarters: London
  • Got Nobel Prize in 1977 for Peace.
Organization Of The Islamic Conference (OIC)
  • Established: 1969
  • Objective: To promote Islamic solidarity among member states and to consolidate cooperation among members.
  • Members: 57
  • Headquarters: Saudi Arabia.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
  • Established: June 7, 2002.
  • Objective: To develop mutual cooperation.
  • Members: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrghiztan and Tajikistan.
Scouts and Guides
  • Established: 1907 by Lt. Gen. Baden Powell.
  • Objective: To encourage good character, loyalty to god and country, service to other people and physical and mental fitness.
  • Members: About 13 million members of around 115 nations.
  • World Scouts Bureau: Geneva (Switzerland).
World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF)
  • Established: Sept. 11, 1961
  • Objective: To save the wildlife from extinction
  • Members: All the countries of the world
  • Headquarters: Gland (Switzerland)

The United Nations (UN) Agencies plays a leading role in providing development and humanitarian assistance, including as a first-responder to natural disasters and complex emergencies. There are some important U.N. Agencies exists that are dedicated to work for human assistance and their development. Some of the main activities and their purpose are:

  • To improve conditions and living standard of workers.
  • Attainment of highest possible level of heath by all people.
  • To promote peaceful uses of atomic energy.
  • To Promote collaboration among nations through education, science and culture.
  • Promotes international monetary cooperation.
  • To improve living condition of rural population.

And there are more more activities they do for only humans and nature. Let see some details below. Here are the list of important U.N. Agencies. This post will described all of the details like Name of agency, Year of the Established, Head Quarter of U.N. Agencies, and their purpose to be active.

Name of Agency

Estd. In

Headquarters

Purpose

International Labour Organization (ILO)

1919

Geneva

To improve conditions and living standard of workers.

World Health Organization (WHO)

1948

Geneva

Attainment of highest possible level of heath by all people.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1946

Paris

To Promote collaboration among nations through education, science and culture.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

1957

Vienna

To promote peaceful uses of atomic energy.

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

1946

New York

To promote children’s welfare all over the world.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

1950

Geneva

To provide protection to refugees.

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

1967

New York

For formulating population policies.

International Fund for Agricultural Development

1977

Rome

For financing agricultural projects in the world to raise the economic growth.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

1964

Geneva

Promotes international trade to accelerate economic growth of developing countries.

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

1947

Montreal

Promotes safety of international aviation.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

1945

Washington D.C.

Promotes international monetary cooperation.

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

1956

Washington D.C.

Promotes economic development by encouraging private enterprise in its member countries.

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

1947

Berne

Improve various postal services in the world.

United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

1972

Nairobi

Promotes international co-operation in human environment.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

1967

Geneva

Sets international regulations for radio, telegraph, and telephone and space radio communication.

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

1945

Rome

To improve living condition of rural population.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

1945

Washington D.C.

Development of economic of members by facilitating investment of capitals by providing loans.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

1950

Geneva

Promote international exchange of weather reports.

World Trade Organization (WTO)

1995

Geneva

Setting rules for world trade to reduce tariffs.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

New York

Help developing countries increase the wealth producing capabilities o their natural and human resources.

Inter Government maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO)

1958

London

Promotes co-operation on technical matters of maritime safety, navigation and encourages anti-pollution measures.

International Development Association (IDA)

1960

Washington D.C.

An affiliate of the World Bank, aims to help under-developed countries raise living standards.

International Tele-communication Union (ITU)

1947

Geneva

Sets international regulations for radio telegraph, telephone and space radio communications.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

1965

New York

Provides training and research to help facilitate UN objectives of world peace and security and of economic and social progress.

United Nations Relief and Work for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

1949

New York

Provides basic amenities and education for the victims of Arab-Israel War.

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

1967

New York

Studying population dynamics, collecting population data, formulating and evolving population policies, family planning and related programmes

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