SAARC Year's

1989: SAARC year of Combating Drugs and Drug Trafficking
1990: SAARC year of Girl Child
1991: SAARC year of Shelter]
1992: SAARC year of Environment
1993: SAARC year of Disabled Person
1994: SAARC year of The Youth
1995: SAARC year of Poverty Eradication
1996: SAARC year of Literacy
1997: SAARC year of Participatory Governance
1999: SAARC year of Biodiversity
2002-2003: SAARC year of Contribution of Youth to Environment
2004: SAARC Awareness year for TB and HIV/AIDS]
2006: South Asian Tourism Year
2007: SAARC Year of Good Governance
2008: Green South Asian Year.

Signatories of SAARC Charter

1. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
2. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime minister of India
3. Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq ,President ofPakistan
4. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of Maldives
5. Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King Of Bhutan
6.Junius Richard Jayewardene, President of Srilanka
7. Hussain Muhammad Ersahad, President of Bangladesh.

Principles Of SAARC

The SAARC Principles are:

1. Cooperation within the framework of the association shall be based on respect for the principle os sovereign equality, territorial integrity, political independence, non interference in the internal affairs of other States and mutual benefits.

2. Such co-operation shall not be substituted for bilateral and multilateral co-operation but shall complement them.

3. Such co-operation shall not be inconsistent with bilateral and multilateral Obligations.

Paris Attack

Paris Attack: 13 Nov 2015
No of Death: 130
Location:Paris and Saint-Denis, France
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks

Mountaineers Everest permits to be extended .

                   Climbing permits of hundreds of mountaineers who had been forced to abandon their expeditions last year due to avalanches on the Himalaya triggered by the April 25 earthquake. The permits will be extended for two years.