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BOOKS & AUTHOR

1.   Book Bikhare Khyalat, Urdu Translation of Mohammed Iqbal’s Stray Reflections has been released.

2.   Book Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower is written by Henry M. Paulson.

3.   Book Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is changing the World's Largest Democracy by Hindol Sengupta has been released.

4.   Book Sangharsh Ke Prayog based on speeches by Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav has been released by Vice President Hamid Ansari. It has been edited by Radhekrishna and Dinesh Shakya.

5.   Book titled The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy has been written by Daniel A. Bell.

6.   Book titled Yoga and Islam written by Imran Chaudhary and Abhijeet Singh has been released. The book indicates that Yoga has nothing to do with religion and is universally accepted.

7.   PM Narendra launched book Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and Education – Indian Context edited by JS Rajput.

8.   Vice President Hamid Ansari released a book K.G. Saiyidain – A Life in Education edited by Zakia Saiyidain Zaheer and Syeda Saiyidain Hameed.

Organization Name	Headquarters	Name of Current Chief
United Nations
UN General Assembly	New York	John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda)
UN Security Council		Gary Quinlan (USA)
UN Economic and Social Council		Martin Sajdik
UN Secretariat		Ban Ki-moon (South Korea)
International Court of Justice	Ther Hague (Netherlands)	Peter Tomka (Slovakia)
Food and Agriculture Organization	Rome (Italy)	Jose Graziano da Silva
International Labour Organization	Geneva (Switzerland)	Guy Ryder
International Maritime Organization	London (UK)	Koji Sekimizu
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)	New York (USA)	Anthony Lake
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	Paris (France)	Irina Bokova
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	Nairobi (Kenya)	Achim Steiner
World Health Organization	Geneva (Switzerland)	Margaret Chan
World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva (Switzerland)	Francis Gurry
World Food Programme	Rome (Italy)	Ertharin Cousin
World Tourism Organization	Madrid (Spain)	Taleb Rifai
United Nations Development Programme	New York (USA)	Helen Clark
United Nations Capital Development Fund	New York (USA)	Marc Bichler
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	Vienna (Austria)	Li Yong
Environmental
International Union for Conservation of Nature	Gland, Switzerland	Julia Marton-Lefèvre (Director General), Zhang Xinsheng (President)
Arms Control
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	The Hague, Netherlands	Ahmet Uzumcu
Energy
International Energy Agency	Paris (France)	Maria van der Hoeven
International Renewable Energy Agency	Masdar City (United Arab Emirates)	Adnan Amin
Nuclear Energy Agency	Paris (France)	William D. Magwood, IV
International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna (Austria)	Yukiya Amano
Economic Institutions
International Monetary Fund	Washington, D.C.( United States)	Christine Lagarde
Asian Development Bank	Manila (Philippines)	Takehiko Nakao
International Fund for Agricultural Development	Rome (Italy)	Kanayo F. Nwanze
African Development Bank	Ivory Coast	Donald Kaberuka
Bank for International Settlements	Basel, Switzerland	Jaime Caruana
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Paris (France)	Jose Angel Gurria
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)	Vienna (Austria)	President - Diezani Alison-Madueke,Secretary General - Abdallah el-Badri
World Bank Group
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	Washington, D.C. (United States)	Jim Yong Kim
International Development Association		Jim Yong Kim
International Finance Corporation		Jin-Yong Cai
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency		Keiko Honda
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes		Meg Kinnear