1. India and Russia have
signed comprehensive anti-terror pact agreement for enhancing bilateral
cooperation in tackling all forms of terrorism and countering threat posed by
narcotics. Both countries emphasized need to strength of relationship
between them which has been consolidated in past 70 years in all areas. The
agreement was signed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Russia’s Interior
Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in Moscow after they held wide-ranging talks.
2. An intensive
training program for Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRIs) and Master Trainers have been launched by the Union
Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi. It aims to
train approximately twenty thousand EWRs covering nearly 50 EWRs from each
district by March 2018. It is for first time ever initiative of this scale has
been taken up to train EWRs who will go out and administer villages
professionally. It is capacity building program organized by National Institute
of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) of WCD Ministry. The
Capacity building of EWRs is critical to empower women to participate
effectively in governance processes.
3. (INSPIRE 2017)- The
first edition of International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research
in Energy Efficiency was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The
objective was to provide common platform for energy efficiency community
to discuss energy efficiency policies, emerging technologies, market
transformation strategies, delivery and business-model driven transformations.
The five-day symposium was organized by Energy Efficiency Services Limited
(EESL) in partnership with World Bank and Alliance for an Energy Efficient
Economy ( AEEE). This international conference aimed to bring together various
stakeholders such as policy makers, innovators, financiers, influencers to
showcase best practises.
4. India and Greece
have signed Air Services Agreement (ASA) and MoU on Cooperation (MoC) in field
of New and Renewable Energy. ASA is signed between countries to decide on number of flights
that airlines can fly into each other’s countries. Under it, there is no
restriction on flights or seats. The agreements were signed after bilateral
talks between External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and her visiting
counterpart Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Kotzias in New Delhi.
5. The increases in
cocktail of drought and heat waves were seen particularly in Maharashtra and
Southern Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Central India. Researchers
from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have found that frequency of heatwaves
accompanied by drought has increased in magnitude and in area over past three
decades in India. The conclusion was based on analysis of rainfall and
temperature data of 50 years. Researchers had compared Heatwave Magnitude Index
daily (HWMId) — which combines duration and magnitude of heatwaves — and
Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), which defines meteorological drought
from 1951 to 1981.
6. According to
recently published study conducted using geochemical proxies, high-resolution data
and chemical signatures preserved in carbonate rocks formed from
seawater, boost in levels of oxygen may have caused three-fold increase
in biodiversity (or biodiversification) during between 445 and 485 million
years ago.
7. World’s first
artificial intelligence politician named SAM has been developed by Scientists
from New Zealand. It was created by Nick Gerritsen, entrepreneur in
New Zealand. The virtual politician SAM can answer person’s queries
regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and
immigration. It constantly learns to respond to people through Face book Messenger
as well as a survey on its homepage. It may help to bridge the growing
political and cultural divide in many countries.
8. IMMSAREX
2017-International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise was held in
Bangladesh from November 26 to 28 2017. The exercise is taking place
under the aegis of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). Indian Naval Ships
(INS) Ranvir, Sahyadri, Gharial and Sukanya along with one Maritime Patrol
Aircraft P-8I participatied in the exercise. From India, Navy Chief Admiral
Sunil Lanba participated in the exercise to consolidate bilateral naval
relations between India and Bangladesh and to explore new avenues for naval
cooperation.
9. For the first time,
the World Health Organisation (WHO) has formulated clinical guidelines on
responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. The guidelines
put best interests of children first by ensuring confidentiality and privacy,
respecting their autonomy and wishes and addressing needs with vulnerabilities
such as LGBT adolescents. The guidelines are grounded in human rights standards
and ethical principles. They will assist frontline health care providers —
general practitioners, gynecologists, nurses and others — who may directly
receive victim of sexual abuse or may identify sexual abuse during course of
diagnosis and treatment.
10. Renowned author and
Padma Bhushan Awardee Ruskin Bond was presented with Lifetime
Achievement award by the Chandigarh Literary Society during the 5th edition
of Chandigarh Literary Festival. He was conferred with the award comprising a
citation and Rs 2 lakh for his outstanding contribution in the field of
literature.
11. Soumiya
Swaminathan, Chief of Indian Council of Medical Research ( ICMR) will, take
charge as the Deputy Director- General for Programmes(DDP) of World Health
Organisation( WHO) in Geneva in December 2017.Soumiya , a
pediatrician by training is daughter of agriculture scientist MS
Swaminathan, who is hailed as the ‘Father of Green revolution “Her
appointment as Deputy Director-General of WHO made India’s stature
globally as it is the second- highest position in the WHO.
12. ISRO will
launch its first solar mission Aditya –L1 in 2019. It will be India’s and
ISRO’s first dedicated mission to study the sun. The mission will
provide observation’s of sun’s photosphere ( soft and hard X-ray), Chromosphere
(UV) and Corona ( Visible and NIR). The particle payloads will study the flux
emanating from the Sun and reaching the LI orbit and magnetometer payload
will measure the variation in magnetic field strength at the halo orbit.
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