World Organisations – Pacts and Summits
India Announced its long-term Low Emission Development Strategy at COP 27
- At the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) in Sharm el Sheikh, India announced its LTLEDS (Long Term Low Emission Development Strategy) which is premised on expanding its nuclear power capacity by at least threefold in the next decade, apart from becoming an international hub for producing green hydrogen and increasing the proportion of ethanol in petrol.
- These steps were consonant with India’s “five decade journey” to net zero, or being carbon neutral by 2070 which was the commitment made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 26th COP in Glasgow.
- While 195 member countries, signatories to the UN climate agreements, were obliged to submit the long term document by 2022, only 57 countries have done so. India is the latest addition.
- The LTLEDS (Long Term Low Emission Development Strategy) has been prepared in the framework of India’s right to an equitable and fair share of the global carbon budget.
- India “aspires” to maximise the use of electric vehicles, with ethanol blending to reach 20% by 2025 (it is currently 10%) with a “strong shift” to public transport for passenger and freight traffic.
- India will also focus on improving energy efficiency by the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, the National Hydrogen Mission, increasing electrification, enhancing material efficiency, and recycling and ways to reduce emissions.
- India’s forest and tree cover is a net carbon sink absorbing 15% of carbon dioxide emissions in 2016, and the country is on track to fulfilling its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) commitment of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of additional carbon sequestration in forest and tree cover by 2030.
Awards and Honour
National Sports Awards 2022
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2022.
- The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022.
- National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.
Note
- ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ : awarded for the spectacular and most outstanding 1 performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the period of the past four years.
- Arjuna Award : awarded for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
- Dronacharya Award : awarded for coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
- Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games : awarded to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and who continue to contribute to promotion of sports event after their retirement.
- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar : awarded to corporate entities (both in private and public sector), Sports Control Boards, NGOs, including sports bodies at the State and National level, who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
- The overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy.
| Major Dhyan ChandKhel Ratna Award 2022 | ||
| S.No. | Name of the sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Sharath Kamal Achanta | Table Tennis |
| Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022 | ||
| 2. | Ms Seema Punia | Athletics |
| 3. | Shri Eldhose Paul | Athletics |
| 4. | Shri Avinash Mukund Sable | Athletics |
| 5. | Shri Lakshya Sen | Badminton |
| 6. | Shri Prannoy HS | Badminton |
| 7. | Shri Amit | Boxing |
| 8. | Ms Nikhat Zareen | Boxing |
| 9. | Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni | Chess |
| 10. | Shri R. Praggnanandhaa | Chess |
| 11. | Ms Deep Grace Ekka | Hockey |
| 12. | Ms Shushila Devi | Judo |
| 13. | Ms. Sakshi Kumari | Kabaddi |
| 14. | Ms. Nayan Moni Saikia | Lawn Bowl |
| 15. | Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar | Mallakhamb |
| 16. | Ms. ElavenilValarivan | Shooting |
| 17. | Shri Omprakash Mitharval | Shooting |
| 18. | Ms. Sreeja Akula | Table Tennis |
| 19. | Shri Vikas Thakur | Weightlifting |
| 20. | Ms Anshu | Wrestling |
| 21. | Ms. Sarita | Wrestling |
| 22. | Shri Parveen | Wushu |
| 23. | Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi | Para Badminton |
| 24. | Shri Tarun Dhillon | Para Badminton |
| 25. | Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil | Para Swimming |
| 26. | Ms. Jerlin Anika J. | Deaf Badminton |
| Dronacharya Award for Outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2022 | ||
| A. Regular Category | ||
| S.No. | Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms) | Discipline |
| 27. | Shri Jiwanjot Singh Teja | Archery |
| 28. | Shri Mohammad Ali Qamar | Boxing |
| 29. | Ms Suma Siddharth Shirur | Para Shooting |
| 30. | Shri Sujeet Maan | Wrestling |
| B. Lifetime Category : | ||
| 31. | Shri Dinesh Jawahar Lad | Cricket |
| 32. | Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh | Football |
| 33. | Shri Raj Singh | Wrestling |
| d. Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and games 2022 | ||
| 34. | Ms Ashwini Akkunji C. | Athletics |
| 35. | Shri Dharamvir Singh | Hockey |
| 36. | Shri B.C. Suresh | Kabadi |
| 37. | Shri Nir Bahadur Gurung | Para Athletics |
| e. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022 | ||
| S.No. | Category | Entity Recommended for RashtriyaKhel Protsahan Puruskar, 2022 |
| 38. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding and young Talent | TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited |
| 39. | Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology |
| 40. | Sports for Development | Ladakh Ski & Snowboard Association |
| f. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2022 | ||
| Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar | ||
53rd IFFI
- The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is set to be held between November 20 and 28 in New Delhi
- The Ministry of State for Information and Broadcasting announced that the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award will be given to Spanish film Director Carlos Saura at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
- A children’s film package, as suggested by UNICEF, has been introduced for the first time in IFFI, and which would include the screening of about seven films.
- Opening Film and Closing Film : The Austrian film ‘Alma and Oskar’, directed by Dieter Berner, will open the annual festival while Krzysztof Zanussi’s ‘Perfect Number’ is the closing film.
- Country Focus : France is the ‘Spotlight’ country and 8 films will be screened under the ‘Country Focus’ package.
