TNPSC Current affairs March 2017
1.India to ratify Kyoto
Protocol's 2nd Commitment Period On Climate Change
Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change said that, Indian Government has decided to ratify the second
commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from 2013-2020 to cut down the emission
of Emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs).
He also said that developing countries like India
are no mandatory mitigation obligations or targets under the Kyoto Protocol.The second commitment period (2013-2020) which was
adopted on Doha in 2012 after successfully completing the first commitment from
2008 to 2012 as per Kyoto protocol.
Official statement said that ,The Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol enables developed countries to invest
in “Clean” projects in developing countries to gain emissions credits
(Certified Emission Reduction-CER).
Indian Industry has benefited from trading in CERs
in the international market. Of late, due to lack of
demand internationally, prices of CERs have been
very low leading to low activities under this mechanism.”
About Kyoto Protocol:
The Kyoto Protocol is the first International agreement between
countries to mandate country by country reduction of six greenhouse gases in
order to prevent global warming. Kyoto emerged from the UN Framework Convention
on climate Change, which was signed by almost all nations on 1992 mega-meeting
popularly known as Earth Summit to curb global Warming.
To put teeth into the pledge, a new treaty was finalized in Kyoto,
Japan in 1997 for Green House Gas reduction after years of negotiations and
entered into force on February 16 2005.
2. Ek Bharat
Shrestha Bharat’ programme
The Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Mahendra Nath
Pandey in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question said that ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha
Bharat’ programme aims to actively enhance interaction between people of
diverse cultures living in different States and union territories with the
objective of promoting mutual understanding amongst them.
Currently 20 States/ union territories have
signed MoUs and all States have been advised to draw up Action Plans for
implementing selected joint activities in the year 2017.
About the Programme
The programme is conducted every year, programme
will make State or union territroy to paired with another State or union
territory or reciprocal interaction between the people.
The programme will help to exchange the knowledge
of the language, culture, traditions and practices of different states will
lead to an enhanced understanding and bonding between one another, thereby
strengthening the unity and integrity of our country.
The programme will help to exchange the knowledge of
the language, culture, traditions and practices of different states will lead
to an enhanced understanding and bonding between one another, thereby
strengthening the unity and integrity of our country.
3.The Indian Navy decommissioned iconic Tupolev-142M anti-submarine warfare .
Indian Navy has decided to decommissioned Iconic Tupolev-142M Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft used for anti-submarine warfare ,which was guarding the
Indian Ocean region for last 29 years.
As per official statement, it is one of
the most formidable airborne reconnaissance
platforms around the world, was part of all majoroperations of the Navy since
its induction in 1988.
About the Aircraft:
- It was inducted in Indian Navy at Dabolim , Goa from the erstwhile USSR in 1988.
- It was then shifted its base permanently to INS Rajali in 1992 in Tamil Nadu.
- Indian navy has inducted total of 8 Tupolev-142 M but currently only 3 of them are in operation.
- The Tuploev-142M has four powerful engines, slender fuselage and swept wings and which is fastest turboprop aircraft in the world
- It is participated in operation Cactus in Maldives and operational missions off srilanka to provie airborne surveillance
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