National Energy Conservation Day - 14th December
1) 15th INDIA-UAE Joint Commission Meeting Held in New Delhi.
* India And UAE Signed MoU On Polar Research Collaboration.
* India (NCPOR) Has Signed A MoU With UAE For Cooperation In The Field Of Polar And Ocean Region.
2) 1995 Batch IAS Officer Ashwini Bhide Has Been Appointed As The Principal Secretary To Chief Minister Of Maharastra Devendra Pandavis.
3) Indian Maritime Heritage Conclave Concluded.
4) Somalia And Ethiopia Agreed To Work Together To Resolve a Dispute Over Addis Abba's Plan To Build a port In The Breakaway Region Of Somaliland.
5) DRDO Has Successfully Completed The Final Experimental Test Of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet ( SFDR) Propulsion
6) Uber Launched WOMEN Only Bike Taxi Service MOTO WOMEN In Bengaluru.
7) Max Life Has Been Rebranded To Axis Max Life Insurance.
8) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu Unveiled The SWARNA ANDHRA 2047 Vision.
9) Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Unveiled The Centenary Celebration Logo Of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata.
10) Union Minister H D Kumarswamy Released The India's Green Steel Taxonomy.
FEATURES OF GREEN STEEL TAXONOMY
Green Steel” shall be defined in terms of percentage greenness of the steel, which is produced from the steel plant with CO2 equivalent emission intensity less than 2.2 tonnes of CO2e per tonne of finished steel (tfs). The greenness of the steel shall be expressed as a percentage, based on how much the steel plant’s emission intensity is lower compared to the 2.2 t-CO2e/tfs threshold.
- Based on the greenness, the Green steel shall be rated as follows:
- Five-star green-rated steel: Steel with emission intensity lower than 1.6 t-CO2e/tfs.
- Four-star green-rated steel: Steel with emission intensity between 1.6 and 2.0 t-CO2e/tfs.
- Three-star green-rated steel: Steel with emission intensity between 2.0 and 2.2 t-CO2e/tfs.
Steel with emission intensity higher than 2.2 t-CO2e/tfs shall not be eligible for green rating.
- The threshold limit for defining the star rating of Green Steel shall be reviewed every three years.
- The scope of emissions shall include Scope 1, Scope 2, and limited Scope 3, up to finished steel production. Scope 3 emissions shall include agglomeration (including sintering, pellet making, coke making), beneficiation, and embodied emissions in purchased raw materials and intermediary products, but shall not include upstream mining, downstream emissions and transportation emissions, both within and outside the gates of a steel plant.
- The National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST) shall serve as the nodal agency for measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) as well as for issuing the greenness certificates and star ratings for the steel.
- The certificate shall be issued on yearly basis (financial year). In case the steel plants opt for MRV more frequently, then the certificate may be issued more than once in a year as per the requirement.
11) 1991 Batches IPS Officer Vinay Kumar Has Been Appointed As The DGP of Bihar.
12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched The KUMBH Sah AI yak Chatbot For Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.
13) Supreme Court Judge Justice Bela M Trivedi Appointed As Chairman Of The Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal.
14) ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) Has Approved USD 788.88 Million Loan For Amaravati Development As Green And Smart City.
15) French President Emmanuel Macron Named Francois Bayrou As Prime Minister.
16) Eminent Inorganic Chemist, Dr Mihir Kanti Chaudhary Passed Away.
