TITBITS: 27.12.2024

TITBITS:

1. India, the third-largest carbon emitter, is
pivoting to renewable energy and faces a growing need for rare earths. 

2.
Britain's House of Commons voted by a majority to legalise assisted dying a
less controversial synonym for assisted suicide in England and Wales. 

3. The NHRC has sought the Kerala government's
response to reports of high incidence of suicide among the tribal population in
Peringammala Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district.

4. 125TH Anniversary: Udham Singh, born in Punjab in
1899, was a revolutionary who assassinated General O'Dwyer in 1940 to avenge
the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was executed in London after being tried for
the assassination, symbolizing India's struggle against colonial rule.