Priority watch list In news: In its latest 2018 Special 301 Report, the USTR has placed 12 countries on its priority watch list. Highlights of the report: India continues to remain on the priority watch list for longstanding challenges in its intellectual property framework and lack of sufficient measurable progress. As per the report, the... Continue Reading →
National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018: In news: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category “Top R&D Institution / Organization for Patents and Commercialization”. About the award: The Indian Intellectual Property Office confers National Intellectual Property (IP) Award on outstanding innovators, organizations... Continue Reading →
Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. IN NEWS: In a boost to indigenisation and in realisation of India’s growing technological prowess, the DAC has approved procurement of Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO’s) designed and developed NAG Missile System (NAMIS) at the cost of Rs 524 crore. About NAG missile and the system: The... Continue Reading →
TOPIC: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources' Issues relating to poverty and hunger In news: In February, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) released a report highlighting the grim state of the Indian health system for newborns. With an average newborn mortality rate of 25.4 deaths... Continue Reading →
TOPIC : Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation, Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Background: The government has this lofty goal of Among the different instruments to achieve this goal, promotion of new and scaling... Continue Reading →
Preventing defaults: Reducing NPAs Background: Both Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi cheated the Indian banks of over Rs. 22,000 crore and are enjoying their ill-gotten gains after fleeing India. To put the matter into perspective Rs. 22,000 crore is a small fraction of the total Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of banks that runs into lakhs of... Continue Reading →
Topic: awareness in space. Why in news: NASA has cancelled Resource Prospector Mission, a mission to assay the resources that may be available to humans on the moon. About the Resource Prospector Mission: The Resource Prospector mission would have sent a rover to the moon’s polar regions to learn about water and other deposits... Continue Reading →
In news: India will have to make money laundering an explicitly standalone offence to upgrade its compliance ahead of the on-site mutual evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which is due in November-December 2020. Background: FATF had undertaken mutual evaluation of India in 2010 when the body expressed satisfaction with the measures... Continue Reading →
Topic: IPR related issues. WHY IN NEWS: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) granted First Licence to M/s Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd for Liquid Chlorine on All India basis. This is the First Licence granted on All India basis. License for Liquid Chlorine will facilitate industry to get a quality product with Standard Mark under... Continue Reading →
Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. WHY IN NEWS: Due to the massive drive of scaling up the retail marketing activities by TRIFED, the value of... Continue Reading →
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