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.
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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.
