Published on: November 19, 2022

Snippets: 19 November 2022

Snippets: 19 November 2022

  • The GreenVoyage2050 Project is a partnership project between the Government of Norway and IMO launched in May 2019 aiming to transform the shipping industry towards a lower carbon future.
  • The Global Shield(GS), coordinated by G7 president Germany, aims to provide rapid access for climate-vulnerable countries to insurance and disaster protection funding after floods or drought. It is being developed in collaboration with the ‘V20’ group of 58 climate vulnerable economies. Germany is the largest contributor
  • Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Virmani has been appointed as a full time member of NITI Aayog
  • Paddler Sharath Kamal becomes first Indian player elected to International Table Tennis Federation
  • The Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships is a multilateral convention adopted in 2009, which has not entered into force. It has been designed to improve the health and safety of current ship breaking practices.
  • Madhya Pradesh notifies PESA Rules on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
  • The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners
  • Mysuru zoo’s surplus deer to be transferred to Kali tiger reserve