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- 01st December is observed as:
– World AIDS Day
– Nagaland Statehood Day (1963; Hornbill Festival)
- India assumes G20 presidency for a year
- Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s Vice Chairman Vikram Kirloskar passes away in Bengaluru at the age of 64
- Maternal Mortality (no. of maternal deaths) Ratio declines to 97 per lakh births in 2018-20 (from 130 per lakh births in 2014-16)
- UNESCO gives Intangible Cultural Heritage Status to the bakery item ‘French Baguette’
- Kirit Parikh panel suggests ending control on pricing of gas from older blocks with floor, ceiling price from 01 January 2027
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published first State of Global Water Resources report to assess the effects of climate and society on Earth’s water resources
- Between 2001 and 2018, 74% of all-natural disasters were water related
- 6 billion people face inadequate access to water for at least a month per year
- Recommendation: Development of end-to-end drought and flood early warning systems
- World Bank report “Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector:
- 2030 onwards, around 20 Crore people could be exposed to a lethal heat wave in India every year
- Food wastage will increase with increasing temperature
- Suggestions:
- Adopt natural, climate responsive cooling techniques
- Investing in pre-cooling and refrigerated transport
- Theme of the Manipur Sangai Festival 2022 is ‘Festival of Oneness’
- Sangai Deer is endangered and it is the state animal of Manipur
