Morning Digest | India offers to host 2028 climate meet; LS ethics panel report on Mohua Moitra’s expulsion to be tabled in House on December 4, and more
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PM Modi pitches for 2028 edition of COP in India
Refraining from fresh commitments to contain global temperature rise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at COP-28, offered to host the 33rd edition of the annual summit due in 2028 in India. He said that developed countries ought to be “vacating the carbon space” before 2050 and made a pitch for the world’s countries to join India on its “Green Credit initiative” which was a “non-commercial” effort to create a carbon sink.
Mahua Moitra expulsion | Lok Sabha ethics panel report to be tabled in House on December 4
The report of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee recommending the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a ‘cash-for-query’ case will be tabled in the Lower House of Parliament on December 4.
UAE announces $30 billion fund to catalyse private sector climate investments
The United Arab Emirates, host of COP-28, announced a US$30 billion commitment to an investment fund called ALTÉRRA. The privately managed fund aims to mobilise US$250 billion globally by 2030 and be the largest of its kind, geared towards climate investments and transform emerging markets and developing economies.
GST revenues rise to ₹1.68 lakh crore in November; fastest growth this fiscal
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