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2021-08-04 15:30:02 Q.)Consider the following statements regarding "Defence
Industrial Corridor".
1. Ministry of Defence has established two Defence
Industrial Corridors (DICs), one each in the States of
Uttar Pradesh and Telangana respectively.
2. The establishment of the DICs aims at providing frilip
to the defence manufacturing ecosystem through
synergistic development of technologies, promote
growth of private domestic manufacturers, including
MSMEs and Start-Ups.
3. UPDIC has potential to generate employment for more
than 16,700 persons. Open / Comment

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2021-08-04 09:37:13 36th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (India-Indonesia CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy is being conducted.

To reinforce maritime links, the two navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line since 2002.
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Saryu, an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel is participating in the 36th edition along with Maritime Patrol Aircraft, to forge strong bonds of friendship across the Indo Pacific
Ensuring safety and security of shipping and international trade in the region.
CORPATs build up understanding and interoperability between navies and facilitate institution of measures to prevent and suppress Illegal Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking, maritime terrorism, armed robbery and piracy.
As part of Government of India’s vision of SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region), the Indian Navy has been proactively engaging with countries in the Indian Ocean Region for coordinated patrols, cooperation in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) surveillance, passage exercises and bilateral/multilateral exercises.
The main objective is towards enhancing regional maritime security.
Other Military Exercises with Indonesia:
Samudra Shakti: A bilateral maritime exercise.
Garuda Shakti: A joint military exercise.

SOURCE: PIB Open / Comment

2021-08-04 09:37:13 Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines was released by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology.

Website of Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) was also launched.

Biotech-PRIDE Guidelines:
These guidelines envisage to bridge other existing biological datasets/data centres with the IBDC, which will be called Bio-Grid.
This Bio-Grid will be a National Repository for biological knowledge, information and data.
Also, Bio-Grid will be responsible for enabling its exchange, developing measures for safety, standards and quality for datasets and establishing detailed modalities for accessing data.
These guidelines will be implemented through Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC).
Currently, India ranks number 4 amongst the top 20 countries contributing biological databases.

Need for Bio-Grid and its Advantages
With a large population of over 135 crore and heterogeneous character of the country, India needs its own exclusive database for Indian research and solutions.
This indigenous database will have a huge enabling mechanism for exchange and adoption of data by young scientists and researchers for the benefit of Indian citizens.
Sharing a wide range of large scale data advances the understanding of the molecular and biological processes.
This will contribute to human health, agriculture, animal husbandry, fundamental research and thus will extend to societal benefits.
Advances in DNA sequencing with a steep drop in DNA sequencing cost have enabled government agencies to fund research towards generation of large volumes of biological data in various sectors of Biosciences.

SOURCE: PIB Open / Comment

2021-08-04 09:37:13 Government of India has accorded sanction to Team CLAW to lead a team of people with disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier and create a new world record for the largest team of people with disabilities.

This is the land world record expedition part of ‘Operation Blue Freedom Triple World Records’ being undertaken
Triple Elemental World Records is a series of world records being attempted by the team in 2021 of collectives of people with disabilities achieving great feats on land, in air and underwater.
About the Expedition:
Initially, a team of 20 people with disabilities would be selected to undergo training, after which the final expedition team shall be selected.
Final expedition team (including a minimum of 6 people with disabilities), who will trek from the Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post.
Kumar post is located at an altitude of about 15,632 feet.
Team CLAW
 Team CLAW (Conquer Land Air Water) is a team of ex-Indian Special Forces commandos.
Generally, all are either from Indian Army Para Commandos or the Naval Marine Commandos, also known as the MARCOS.
These veterans have multiple specialisations - not just in combat but also in other elite skills such as skydiving, scuba diving, mountaineering, emergency medical response and all-terrain survival amongst others.
The initiative was taken by Major Vivek Jacob, a Para (Special Forces) officer.
Operation Blue Freedom
Operation Blue Freedom is a social impact venture aimed at rehabilitating people with disabilities through adaptive adventure sports.
It aims to shatter the common perception of pity, charity and inability associated with people with disabilities and recreate it to one of dignity, freedom and ability.
Further, their focus is to ‘design and implement sustainable large-scale employment solutions’ for people with disabilities, especially in the ‘Environment conservation and Sustainability’ space.
It was launched in 2019 by Team CLAW.
CLAW Global: Team CLAW is in the process of setting up centres across the globe where-in Special Forces Veterans and People with Disabilities are merging in action for creating a better life experience, for not only persons with disability but the non-disabled as well. Open / Comment

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2021-08-03 11:57:44 PM to launch digital payment solution e-RUPI.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch e-RUPI, a person and purpose specific digital payment solution 
Over the years, several programmes have been launched to ensure that the benefits reach its intended beneficiaries in a targeted and leak-proof manner, with limited touch points between the government and the beneficiary.
The concept of electronic voucher takes forward this vision of Good Governance.


About e-RUPI
e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment.
It is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries.
The users of this seamless one-time payment mechanism will be able to redeem the voucher without a card, digital payments app or internet banking access, at the service provider.
It has been developed by National Payments Corporation of India on its UPI platform, in collaboration with the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and National Health Authority.
e-RUPI connects the sponsors of the services with the beneficiaries and service providers in a digital manner without any physical interface.
It also ensures that the payment to the service provider is made only after the transaction is completed.
Being pre-paid in nature, it assures timely payment to the service provider without involvement of any intermediary.
It is expected to be a revolutionary initiative in the direction of ensuring a leak-proof delivery of welfare services.
It can also be used for delivering services under schemes meant for providing drugs and nutritional support under Mother and Child welfare schemes, TB eradication programmes, drugs & diagnostics under schemes like Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, fertilizer subsidies etc.
Even the private sector can leverage these digital vouchers as part of their employee welfare and corporate social responsibility programmes.

SOURCE: PIB Open / Comment