Climate Change Conference in Paris
The
international conference on climate change has began on 30 November,
2015 in Paris -Le Bourget, France. The summit is aimed at ending a two
decade long logjam that seeks to contain global warming. About 40,000
delegates from 195 nations are attended the summit. Among the
participants, 183 countries have submitted action plans to achieve the
goal of limiting warming to 2 degree centigrade. World leaders launched
Mission Innovation for accelerating clean energy revolution across the
world. As part of this initiative, the participating countries double
their clean energy research and development funding by 2020.
India’s GDP growth accelerates to 7.4 per cent
India’s
economic growth accelerated to 7.4% in the July- September quarter,
overtaking China as the world’s fastest growing major economy in
manufacturing, mining and services sectors. The GDP expansion by 7.4 per
cent in the second quarter of the current fiscal bettered 6.9% growth
in China for the same period. Russia contracted by 4.1 per cent and
Brazil with 4.2 per cent in the same period. How ever, the growth rate
for the latest quarter was far below 8.9 per cent recorded in the July-
September quarter of the previous fiscal.
India launched International Solar Alliance
India
launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the CoP21 Climate
Conference held on 30 November, 2015 in Paris. The new body, which has
invited all countries located fully or partly between the tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn to join, is to function from the National Institute
of Solar Energy in India, Gurgaon, Haryana. The centre will provide
land and 30 million dollars to form a secretariat for the Alliance, and
also support it for five years.
Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) injection launched by Centre
As
part of Global Polio Endgame strategy, India has launched Inactivated
Polio Vaccine (IPV) in New Delhi. The vaccine was launched by the Union
Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda. The launching of IPV
would enable children to get double protection from polio i.e. orally
and in the form of injection. IPV and OPV together will further
strengthen the children’s immune system and will provide double
protection against polio. IPV injection will be given to children below
one year of age along with the third dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine
(OPV) at the routine immunization sessions free of cost.