The five things to look out for today

Microsoft will launch its Windows 10 handsets Lumia 950, 950 XL in the country today. The 950 and 950XL handsets feature a 20-megapixel rear camera with 4K video capability, have up to 32GB of storage and use liquid cooling technology. The phones are likely to be priced at about ₹40,000.

President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to Gujarat and Diu starting today. He will inaugurate Amul's new plant and interact with students and faculty of IIM-Ahmedabad. This is Mukherjee’s first visit to Gujarat and Diu after taking office in July 2012.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference starts today in Paris. President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day . Modi’s statement that the fight against climate change is the responsibility of all is significant, as the developed world is placing greater onus on developing nations.

The Kerala Assembly session begins today. With hartals costing the State , the government plans to introduce a Bill to regulate them. The session is expected to be stormy with the CPI(M)-led LDF opposition gunning for Excise Minister K Babu’s ouster in the bar bribery scam.

The Central Statistics Office will release GDP data for the second quarter of 2015-16 today. The economy is estimated to have grown at a more robust pace in the second quarter of the fiscal, compared with the 7 per cent it clocked in the first.