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ONLINEMODULES Union Cabinet approves countrys first National Intellectual Prope
Rights Policy
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Target 2016: UPSC GS The Union Government has approved National Intellec
CURRENTAFFAIRS2016 Property Rights (IPR) Policy, 2016 to promote the IP regime a
to encourage innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in Ind
May 2016
The rst of its king policy in the country seeks to strengt
April 2016 | legislative and legal framework of IPRs, their commercializat
March 2016 | and reinforce enforcement and adjudicatory mechanisms for
infringements.
February 2016 |
The National IPR Policy will endeavour for a Creative India; Innovative India:
January 2016 | ; .
The Policy lays down seven objectives
December 2015 |
IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion- It seeks to create public awareness ab
November 2015 | the social, economic and cultural benets of IPRs among all sections of society.
October 2015 | Generation of IPRs: It seeks to stimulate the generation of IPRs.
Legal and Legislative Framework: It call for a strong and effective IPR laws, which
September 2015 |
have balance the larger public interest and interests of rights owners.
August 2015 |
Administration and Management: It seeks to strengthen and modernize serv
July 2015 | oriented IPR administration.

June 2015 | Commercialization of IPRs: Provide appropriate value for IPRs thro
commercialization.
May 2015 | |
Enforcement and Adjudication: Seeks to strengthen the adjudicatory and enforcem
April 2015 | mechanisms for combating IPR infringements.
Human Capital Development: Seeks to expand and strengthen human resourc
March 2015 |
capacities and institutions for teaching, research, training and skill building in IPRs.
February 2015 |
Other highlights of the Policy
January 2015 | Recognises abundance of innovative and creative energies in the country
Current Affairs 2014 prioritizes the need to tap and channelise these energies towards a better and brigh
future for all.

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E-Book Compilations Exploit and create synergies between all forms of intellectual property (IP), concer
CURRENTAFFAIRSCATEGORY agencies and statutes in the country.

National Current Affairs Sets in place an institutional mechanism for monitoring, implementation and review
IP regime.
State Current Affairs
Aims to incorporate and adapt global best practices to the Indian scenario.
International Affairs Makes the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), under the Un
Business & Economy Commerce Ministry nodal agency for regulating IP rights in the country.
Seeks to weave in the strengths of the Government, R&D organizations, educatio
Banking Current Affairs
institutions, corporate entities including start-ups, MSMEs and other stakeholders
Science & Techonlogy the creation of an innovation-conducive environment.

Environment Current Affairs | Facilitates a transparent, stable and service-oriented IPR administration in the coun
Recognizes that India has well-established TRIPS-compliant administrative, legisla
Bills and Acts
and judicial framework to safeguard IPRs.
Defence Current Affairs Meets international obligations while utilizing the exibilities provided in

Persons in News international regime to address its developmental concerns.

Reiterates Indias commitment to the Doha Declaration on Trade-Related Aspects
Places in News
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement and Public Health.
Awards & Honours Tags: Cabinet Decisions Government Policies Intellectual Property National

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May 11: National Technology Day

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National Technology Day is being observed across India on M
11 to glorify the importance of science in day-to-day life a
motivate students to adopt science as a career option.
2016 Theme: Technology enablers of Startup India.
Several events are organized in various engineering colleges
technical institutes to mark the occasion.
Signicance of the day
The day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of rst of the ve te
of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test, held on 11 May 1998 in Pokh
Rajasthan.
Apart from Pokhran nuclear test, on this day rst indigenous aircraft Hansa-3 was t
own at Bangalore.
India also conducted successful test ring of the Trishul missile on the same day.
Background
Considering all these technical achievements, 11 May was chosen to
commemorated as National Technology Day.
To commemorate this day, Technology Development Board (TDB) has institute
National Award.
This award is conferred on to various individuals and industries by the President
their successful achievement in commercialization of Indigenous Technology.
Tags: Days And Events National Technology Day Science And Technology

NASAs Kepler telescope finds largest trove of exoplanets

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NASAs unmanned Kepler space observatory has discovered

largest trove of exoplanets outside our solar system.
So far, it has discovered total of 1,284 exoplanets and it is m
than double the number of known exoplanets found with
Kepler space telescope. Of the new trove of 1,284 exoplan
nearly 550 are said to be rocky planets like Earth, based on t
size.
The new discovery has given hope that eventually another Earth can be discovered.
far NASA has discovered nearly 5,000 total planet candidates, of them more than 3,2
have been veried and 2,325 of these were discovered by Kepler.
About Kepler space observatory
The unmanned Kepler space observatory was launched in 2009 and was tasked w
determining how commonly, Earth-like planets occur throughout the Milky Way gala
Since then it has scanned nearly 150,000 stars for signs of orbiting bodies, particul
those that might be able to support life.
The Kepler observatory works by observing a dimming in the light of a star, known a
transit, each time an orbiting planet passes in front of it
The observatory has been designed for a statistical mission and not to probe into
environmental conditions of planets that exist in the so-called Goldilocks zone
stars.
Exoplanet: It is a planet that does not orbit the Sun and instead orbits a different s
stellar remnant, or brown dwarf. It is also termed as extrasolar planet.
Goldilocks zone: It refers to a habitable zone in the planetary system where
temperature is neither too high nor too low. Such conditions could allow for the prese
on the planets surface of liquid water a key ingredient for life.
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