World Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rose 2.7 Percent in the Last Year, New Studies Show
World carbon dioxide emissions are estimated to have risen 2.7 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to three studies released from the Global Carbon Project, an international scientific collaboration of academics, governments and industry that tracks greenhouse gas emissions.The studies concluded that this year the world would spew 40.9 billion tons (37.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide, up from 39.8 billion tons (36.2 billion metric tons) last year. The margin of error is about one percentage point on either side.
The world is on track for a 3-5 degrees Celsius rise in global average temperature this century and if all known fossil fuel resources are used the rise will be even bigger, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization warned earlier.
Who is emitting more?
China is foremost carbon polluter of the world. It alone is responsible for 9.8% carbon emission in the world.
On the 2nd spot is the USA, responsible for the 5.3% carbon emissions in the world. On top of that, USA has also withdrawn from Climate Change Agreement 2015, so technically it is not following any target to reduce the carbon footprint.
European Union is the third largest and India at the fourth position.
What led to this growth?
The record high of carbon emissions in 2018 was driven by a solid growth in coal use for the second year in a row, along with sustained growth in oil and gas use.
Ideate for India- Creative Solutions using Technology” - National challenge for youth launched by Meity
The Minister for Electronics & IT, Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, launched a National Challenge for Youths, “Ideate for India – Creative Solutions using Technology”, at New Delhi on 7 Dec.The aim of this National Challenge is to give school students across the country a platform and opportunity to become solution creators for the problems they see around them and their communities.
“Ideate for India” will empower and enable these students to transition from being ‘users’ of technology to become ‘creators’ of new indigenous technologies to solve local problems in their community by re-imagining solutions to work out critical local issues.
The Challenge
The National Challenge is open to students of classes 6 – 12 all across the country – all 29 States and 7 Union Territories and aims to reach out to at least 1 million youth over the next 3 months.
There are 11 core theme areas on which students can share their ideas- healthcare services, education services, digital services, environment, women safety, traffic, infrastructure, agriculture, social welfare, disability and tourism. The Challenge requires students to access online videos and understand how to identify problems and share a 90 second video explaining the problem and their proposed solution.
From the submitted ideas in the form of videos, around 360 students (10 students per State & UT) will be selected by a panel of experts to attend 5 regional Boot Camps organized in North, South, East, West and North Eastern regions of the country ( 1 in each region).
Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Pune from January 9, 2019
Khelo India Youth Games-2019 will be held in Pune of Maharashtra from the 9th to 20th of January 2019.It is estimated that 9000 youth will participate in this mega event.
It will cover college students, taking the age group from under-17 to under-21, this would be a big jump from the 3750 athletes who competed in the Khelo India School Games earlier this year.
Sports Ministry is trying to develop a sports system that connects local talents to global podiums. The government will also involve private organisations to supplement its efforts to groom the talents in various disciplines.
1st International Conference on Sustainable Water Management at Mohali from tomorrow
The first International Conference under the aegis of National Hydrology Project, Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is being organised by Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) during 10-11 December, 2018 at Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali.Theme: Sustainable Water Management
A number of Experts & Delegates from reputed organisations from both within India and from other countries like Australia, United Kingdom, USA, Spain, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Canada, Germany, Sri Lanka etc. will be taking part in the event to deliver their experience and expertise in the use of state of art technology to the stakeholders for sustainable development of water resources.
Sebi to relax listing norms for start-ups, rename it Innovators Growth Platform
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has lined up a slew of relaxations for new-age ventures to kick-start listing of start-ups in India in a big way.The regulator has proposed to rename Institutional Trading Platform (ITP) as Innovators Growth Platform (IGP)
It suggests IGP be designated as a main board platform for startups
The policy change is being made in view of the evolving Indian startup ecosystem, maintains Sebi.
Road Ahead
The Sebi has proposed that IGP would be designated as a main board platform for startups with an option to trade under regular category after completion of one year of listing.Current rules say an entity listed on ITP can migrate to the main board after expiry of three years from the date of listing.
Sebi has also proposed to reduce the minimum trading lot size to $2.7K (INR 2 lakh) from the existing $13.6K (INR 10 lakh), also proposed to minimise number of allottees to 50 from the existing 200.
Besides, it has also proposed 10 crores as minimum net offer size to public.
Ranji Trophy: Ajay Rohera creates world record for highest first-class debut score
Madhya Pradesh opener Ajay Rohera created history on 08 Dec 2018 by slamming the highest first-class score on debut when he scored an unbeaten 267 against Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B game in Indore.The 267 not out by Rohera is a world record with the previous best held by Mumbai stalwart Amol Muzumdar who had scored 260 against Haryana in Faridabad in 1994.
The right-handed wicket-keeper batsman also became the highest individual scorer for Madhya Pradesh surpassing J P Yadav’s 265.
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