Current Affairs for IAS Exams – 07 November 2016
:: National ::
India to host a special event during Climate Change Conference
India will host a special side event during the UN
Climate Change Conference opening at Marrakech, Morocco, on the 12 Himalayan
States that face the impact of a changing climate.
The Himalayas provide water to 1.3 billion people in
Asia, but have been inadequately represented over the past three decades in
climate change discussions, an expert said.
Currently, the Himalayas are not spoken about even at
discussions in international forums on mountain countries.
Centre has asked the G.B. Pant Institute to represent the
12 Himalayan States at the Conference of the Parties (CoP 22) of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change being held.
The Hindu Kush region was represented at UNFCCC by the
Nepal-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
At the CoP on November 17, the impact of climate change
on disasters, biodiversity, livelihood, and agriculture will be highlighted.
Freedom is not above nation’s interest says Govt
Freedom is not above nation’s interest and views cannot
be promoted as news, said Union Information and Broadcasting Minister.
Mr Naidu asked the mediapersons to remember that they are
citizens first and journalists next. News should not promote hatred between
groups and religions or anti-nationalism.
“Confine your views to the editorial and the edit page
articles and report the news as it is,” he said expressing regret at the
growing tendency of mixing views and news.
At the same time he said the Government was committed to
the Freedom of the Press. There are more restrictions from the managements
of the media than the Government, he added.
Criticising the sensationalism in the electronic media,
he advised them to be close to the truth and not solely depend on
sensationalism. In a lighter vein he compared electronic media to a film
heroine and print media to a housewife.
Mr Naidu said time has arrived to promote regional
languages and Government was committed to promote Urdu.Doordarshan has
dedicated Urdu news bulletins and the duration of the bulletin is likely to
be increased soon.
Laws on conservation of agro-biodiversity should be
protected says PM
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U.S.’s “partnership with India will continue to deepen
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:: International ::
Banners come in support of Pak army general
Mysterious banners have appeared in Pakistan urging the
country’s powerful Army chief General Raheel Sharif, who is set to retire
this month, to contest elections, a media report has said.
The banners put up on electricity poles in Rawalpindi
urged Gen. Sharif to contest election in 2018.
Since government officials cannot enter politics for at
least two years after leaving service, the banners urged that the mandatory
period should be reduced in case of Gen. Sharif.
In July, posters were seen in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi
and several other major cities, urging the general to impose martial laws
instead of retiring.