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19TH JANUARY 2021 – PIB SUMMARIES
Posted on January 21, 2021 by admin
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National Startup Advisory Council
Context:
The Central Government has now decided to nominate the non-official members on the National
Startup Advisory Council.
Details:
The nominated members represent various stakeholders such as founders of successful
startups, veterans who have grown and scaled companies in India, persons capable of
representing the interest of investors into startups, persons capable of representing interests of
incubators and accelerators, representatives of associations of stakeholders of startups and
representatives of industry associations.
The term of the non-official members of the Startup Advisory Council shall be for a period of
two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had constituted the
‘National Startup Advisory Council’ in January 2020 to advise the Government on measures
needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country to
drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.
India-EU IPR Dialogue
Context:
The first India-EU IPR dialogue held to strengthen relations and facilitate enhanced cooperation in
the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
Details:
The first India – EU dialogue was held between the EU Commission and India’s Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) virtually.
The aim of the dialogue was to further strengthen the India-EU relationship & facilitate
enhanced cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Parakram Diwas
Context:
Government announces 23rd January to be celebrated as ‘PARAKRAM DIWAS’ every year.
Details:
The government announced that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary on January
23 will be marked as “Parakram Diwas (Courage Day)”.
Both the Centre and the Bengal government will begin yearlong celebrations on the day to
mark Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary year.
Exercise Desert Knight-21
Context:
Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace) will conduct a
bilateral Air exercise, Ex Desert Knight-21 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021.
About Ex Desert Knight:
It is a bilateral air exercise between India and France.
The French side is participating with:
Rafale
Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)
A-400M Tactical Transport aircraft
175 personnel (approx.)
Indian Air Force aircraft participating:
Mirage 2000
Su-30 MKI
Rafale
IL-78 Flight Refuelling Aircraft
AWACS and AEW&C aircraft
The exercise is unique as it includes fielding of Rafale aircraft by both sides and is indicative of
the growing interaction between the two premier Air Forces.
Background:
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As part of Indo-French defence cooperation, Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force
have held six editions of Air Exercises named ‘Garuda’, the latest being in 2019 at Air Force
Base Mont-de-Marsan, France.
As measures to further the existing cooperation, the two forces have been gainfully utilising
available opportunities to conduct ‘hop-exercises’.
MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab
What’s in News?
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will establish a Quantum Computing
Applications Lab in the country, in collaboration with AWS.
Purpose of the Lab:
To accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific
discoveries.
Significance:
The MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab will provide quantum computing as a service
to government ministries and departments, researchers, scientists, academia, and developers,
to enable advances in areas such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and aerospace
engineering.
AWS will provide hosting with technical and programmatic support for the Lab.
This MeitY initiative will provide scientific, academic, and developer communities access to a
quantum computing development environment aligned with the government’s science and
technology priorities.
Background:
Quantum computing is an emerging field that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to
build powerful tools to process information.
It has the potential to solve computational problems that are beyond the reach of classical
computers, and lead to new breakthroughs that can transform chemical engineering, material
science, drug discovery, financial portfolio optimization, machine learning, and more.
The initiative is expected to boost India’s ongoing efforts in developing Quantum Computing
Applications.
This is in line with one of the core missions of MeitY which is to identify and deploy
technologies to promote innovation and discovery to help India advance and achieve a more
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sustainable future.
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