4 Dec. 2015: Daily News Updates

1. GAIL (India) Limited in collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre, a unit of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has launched a surveillance geoportal – ‘Bhuvan-GAIL Portal’ – that utilises space technology for its pipeline safety application.
   
   
2. Himachal Pradesh became first state to launch Rotavirus vaccination project. The vaccine will help in controlling the child mortality rate (under five years of age) due to diarrhea.
   
   
3. Tata Sons Ltd and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) have formed a long-term partnership, under which ICBC will become a strategic banking partner to the Tata group.
   
   
4. Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation announced at the Water Resilience Focus event held under the Lima to Paris Action Agenda on climate change. And, the event was held on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris, France.
   
   
5. National Textile Corporation (NTC) Limited on 3 November 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Transparency International India (TII) for adopting Integrity Pact (IP).
   
   
6. First India International Science Festival began at IIT-Delhi today. The five day festival will explore ways to translate academic research into industrial applications benefiting the common man and encourage culmination of scientific temperament among youngsters, especially school children.
   
   
7. YouTube along with Subhash Ghai-owned film school Whistling Woods International, has opened its first video production studio in India.