India and Britain to launch joint Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy program

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Recently a joint India-UK Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy program was announced by the Foreign Ministers of UK and India.

• It aims to equip diplomats from all Commonwealth member states with the expertise and skills required to deal with emerging challenges that have a global impact.

• This Academy event will be held in New Delhi.

• This was announced during the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Rwanda, East Africa from 24 to 25 June.

• The academy will be meant to jointly promote the values of the Commonwealth.

• About the United Kingdom or Britain -

• The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state consisting of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

• It is governed by a parliamentary system whose government sits in the capital, London.

• It was the first industrialised country in the world.

• The United Kingdom is one of three countries in the world that do not have a well-organised constitution.

• The United Kingdom is today the sixth largest economy in the world based on market exchange rates and the third in Europe after Germany and France.

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Prime Minister - Boris Johnson

• Currency - Pound Sterling