NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed appointed as the Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia.
2.
Security expo in Capital concludes: UBM India
recently concluded its 9th
International Fire and Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo
2015 in the capital. It was inaugurated by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
COP 21 under UNFCCC adopted Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Conference of
the Parties 21 (COP 21) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement on Climate Change which was attended
by 192 parties. India was represented by Union Minister for Environment, Forest
and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar. The agreement facilitates enforcement of
global greenhouse emission reduction measures in the post 2020 (post Kyoto
Protocol) scenario. The primary objective of the protocol is to limit the global
average temperature to well below 2̊ C above pre-industrial level.
2.
Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist festival, began in Ladakh region:
The
festival marks the beginning of New Year of Buddhists. The annual festival is
celebrated by people of the area with traditional and religion fervor.
3.
Saudi voters elected women candidates for first time in Municipal council polls:
Saudi Arabian
voters voted to elect women in at least 18 municipal council seats. This was a
historic local elections in Saudi Arabia in which women were allowed to vote and
run for office for the first time in the history of the country.
4.
Construction work of TAPI Gas Pipeline started: The construction
work of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-
5.
Typhoon Melor struck Philippines: The storm is
expected to trigger flooding, landslides and 4 meter storm surges in the coastal
region.
OTHER
UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1.
Mascot and Logo of 2016 South Asian Games unveiled: Organising
Committee of 12th
South Asian Games unveiled mascot of the games and logo at ITA Cultural Centre
Machkhowa in Guwahati, Assam. The mascot Tikhor is a one horned Rhino. On the
other hand, the logo has eight petals representing the countries participating
in the mega event.
2.
Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, Kento Momota won singles titles at World Dubai
Super-series Finals: The shuttlers
won the Women’s singles and Men’s singles titles respectively.
3.
Vijay Kumar won gold at the 59th
National Shooting Championships: He won the
centre fire pistol gold at the event held at Tughlakabad in New
Delhi.
AWARDS:
4.
Indian-origin writer J M Sali won 2015 South East Asian Write Award for
Singapore: The legendary
actor was presented the award by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the
thespian’s residence in suburban Bandra.
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