The 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) will take place from 10 to 13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Ministerial Conference, will be attended by trade ministers and other senior officials from the organization’s 164 members.
It is the highest decision-making body of the WTO.
Under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO, the Ministerial Conference is to meet at least once every two years.
The last Ministerial Conference took place in Nairobi, Kenya, in December 2015.
Supreme Court’sdirection on Taj mahal
The Supreme Court recently directed the UP government to prepare a comprehensive document with a futuristic vision to protect the monument.
SC stated that members of the civil society including experts from cultural heritage, historical heritage, environment and wildlifeshould be involved in devising a strategy to protect the Taj Mahal.
It ordered comprehensive plan on Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) an area of about 10,400 sq kms spread over spread over 6 districts of UP and Bharatpur in Rajasthan for a few hundred years should be prepared.
Waste management and pollution exchange platform
India is set to launch its first waste management and pollution exchange and trading platform.
London based leading provider of exchange technology will collaborate with the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (CGanga) will to launch this Platform.
It will address the waste management and pollution related problems in the Ganga river basin, which is a part of the Ganga clean-up initiative.
The exchange solution will include technology to deliver market data, warehouse receipts, finance and trading, including auctions, quoting and continuous trading facilities.
CGanga
CGanga is the new think-tank formed under the aegis of NMCG (National Mission for Clean Ganga).
Its stated objectives is to make India a world leader in river and water science.
It is responsible for introducing new technologies, innovations and solutions into India.
The Centre is headquartered at IIT Kanpur and represents leading science and technological institutes of the country.
Day Zero
Weekly reports on water levels in the dams that supply Cape Town capital of South Africa, terms “Day Zero”.
It is the day when most taps could stop running and in South Africa it is expected to probably arrive in May 2018.
The severity of the crisis, brought on by three years of poor rains and surging water demand.
In a bid to curb water consumption, the city has banned residents from watering their gardens and washing their cars, shut most public swimming pools.
Polyamory
It is a practice of engaging in multiple sexual relationships with the consent of all the people involved.
Its definition is often expanded as consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy which is different from polyandry and polygamy.
The polyamorous group or Polycules is committed to every one of its members, mentally and physically.
This society is distantly related to the Gond people, an indigenous tribal people still living in central India.
Excitonium
Scientists have proven the existence of new form of matter called Excitonium, which was first theorised almost 50 years ago.
There are five known phases of matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates, Excitonium is a condensate.
Excitonium is made up of particles known as excitons, which are made from an escaped electron.
Excitonium exhibits phenomena like a superconductor.
Source: Business Line, the Hindu, Financial Express
