# United nations general assembly

• PM Modi has termed India as the “mother of all democracies” in his UNGA speech.

• In a wide ranging address, PM Modi spoke about climate change, poverty alleviation, developments in Afghanistan and UN security council reform.

• He also took aim at Pakistan and China respectively with references to support to terror groups and violating the international rules based order.

• Mr Modi did not mention either country by name, In contrast to Pakistan PM Imran khan who named India more than a dozen times, in a speech that focused on Kashmir.

# Cultural mapping

• The national mission on cultural mapping (NMCM), which was launched in 2017, has shown very little progress.

• This programme has now been handed over to the Indira Gandhi National centre for the arts (IGNCA).

• It is gearing up for a trial run for mapping 75 villages in october based on cultural heritage.

• The cultural ministry had approved the mission in 2017 with a 469 crore rupees budget from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

# Quad

• From detailling commitments on Covid-19 vaccines and climate to launching a new infrastructure partnership, the Quad leaders summit announced a wide range of deliverables.

• In their joint statement, the Quad leaders declared they would closely coordinate their “diplomatic, economic and human rights policies” towards Afghanistan and deepen their counter terrorism.

# China-Canada

• China’s government had insisted that the more than 1000 day imprisonment of Canadians was not an alleged case of “Hostage diplomacy”.

• The two Canadians were detained in 2018, shortly after Canada’s arrest of top Huawei’s executive Meng at vancouver airport, based on US warrant.

# Germany

• Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Germans to give her would be successor Armin Lanchet the vote to shape Germany’s future.

• Mr. Lachet, 60, has been trailing his social democrat challenger Olaf Scholz in the race for the Chancellory.