Current Affairs 14th January 2019

Current Affairs 14th January 2019 - Important Points

• Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza intiated by - NASSCOM
• Delhi to Open 6 World-Class Skill Centres  declared by - CM Arvind Kejriwal in 2017
• 25th Edition of Partnership Summit to be held in Mumbai, initiated by - Vice President of India
• Sanskriti Kumbh inaugurated at - Prayagraj UP
• One family One Job scheme of Sikkim by - Sikkim CM
• Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook Released by - NITI Aayog
• Trishna GasProject of ONGC approved by - National Wildlife Board 

Current Affairs 14th January 2019 - Details

Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza intiated by - NASSCOM

The Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza- SIDCOP, has been initiated by the National Association of Software and Services Companies in collaboration with Municipal Governments of Guiyang & Dalian.
More about the SIDCOP

• The initiative goals to bring Indian Information & Technology companies & Chinese enterprises closer to each other on a single AI enabled stage.
• This stage will be managed by a combine venture comprising of one Indian & Chinese firms.
• The initiative goals to encash the knowledge of Indian Information & Technology enterprises in business transformation & operational optimization by utilising Information & Technology tools in complex business environments.
• Indian Information &Technology firms are successfully working many international clients to transform their businesses & globalize & revolutionize with changing times.
• The Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza proposes a boundary-less marketplace for Chinese initiatives in order to backing them in operational optimization & adopting industry best practices in business solutions by connecting with Indian firms.

National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM)

• National Association of Software &  Services Companies is a non-profit industry association & is the top body for the Indian Information & Technology-BPM industry.
• The membership of the National Association of Software & Services Companies is open for firms registered in India & are focused on providing Information & Technology-BPM products & services.
• National Association of Software & Services Companies goals to ensure that service quality & 
  enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights have been properly implemented in the Indian software & BPM industry.

Delhi to Open 6 World-Class Skill Centres  declared by - CM Arvind Kejriwal in 2017

The government of Delhi has finalised to open 6 World-Class Skill centres- WCSCs, in the national capital to make students to obtain different professional skills.
More about the World Class Skill Centres

• The decision to initiate the World Class Skill Centres was declared by the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in 2017.
• The 6 skill centres would be initiated at Institute of Basic Business Studies; Integrated Institute of
  Technology Dwarka, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University; Society for Self-Employment Wazirpur; SSE- Jhandewalan & RIT Rajokari.
• These skill centres would be formed at the non-used space in the current buildings of ITIs, polytechnics, degree colleges & universities.
• The courses in Health & Wellness, Information and Technology & IT-based Services, Retail Management, Hospitality &Tourism, Accounts, Banking & Finance, Automobile, Electronics, Media & Event Management, Production, Apparel & Food Production will be available in these skill centres.
• The government would form 6 World class Skill Centres in phase-1 & 19 extra Skill centres in Phase-2.
• The government of Delhi had announced the decision to initiate 25 WCSCs after the success of the first World-Class Skill centres at ITI, Vivek Vihar, ongoing in 2013.

25th Edition of Partnership Summit to be held in Mumbai, initiated by - Vice President of India

The Partnership Summit delivers for a global platform to dialogue, debate, deliberate & engage Indian & global leaders on economic policy & development trends in India. The 25th edition of the Partnership Summit would be initiated by Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu in Mumbai.

The Partnership Summit is being held by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, State Government of Maharashtra & Confederation of Indian Industry. The Partnership Summit-2019 will resent India in the present landscape of a developing “New India” & the “New Global Economic Address”.
The sessions will be organised on the following themes in the Partnership Summit:
Partnering with New India,
Reforms & De-regulation– Strategies to Boost Investment,
The Infra Expanse– A Super Imperative for Growth,
The Inclusion Dynamics– A Digital Wireframe for all.
The Summit will be chaired by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Suresh Prabhu. He will deliver the important address.
A Special address will be given by Minister of Trade of South Korea, Kim Hyun Chong & Minister of
Economy of United Arab Emirates, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori.

Sanskriti Kumbh inaugurated at - Prayagraj UP

The UP-Governor Shri Ram Naik initiated the Sanskriti Kumbh at Prayagraj. The Sanskriti Kumbh rejoices the composite of Spiritual Consciousness & Cultural Heritage of India in the main grounds of Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. It is being held by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat initiative.
Celebrating the Diversity of India

• The Sanskriti Kumbh is focused at presenting the vibrancy of India. The Sanskriti Kumbh will deliver a chance to people to experience all the colours of Indian Culture at single place.
• This cultural extravagance goals to encourage & reconnect the people especially the youth with their magnificent & multifaceted culture along with the wealth & its historical importance.
• The cultural performances would display the legacy of India’s Spiritual & Mythological performs.
• The presentations will display the feeling of visitors towards devotion & Kumbh tradition.
• The folk dances, on behalf of states from East-West-North-South India, will display the spirit of Unity in Diversity that is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• Under the realm of Sanskriti Kumbh, Rashtriya Shilp Mela is being planned to display handicrafts & live presentation of the skill by craftsmen.
  Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj
  Kumbh Mela is one of the oldest & biggest audience in the world. The Kumbh Mela is now part of the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural heritage for humanity. This year Kumbh Mela is being held in the city of Prayagraj which is situated at the convergence of the Ganges, the Yamuna & Mystic river of Saraswati in UP.

One family One Job scheme of Sikkim by - Sikkim CM

The CM Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling has declared the ‘One family One job’ Plan to provide
employment to the youngsters of Sikkim.

More about the Plan

• One family one job plan permits single government job for every family in the state.
• The CM gave appointment letters to more than 12000 unemployed youngsters at an employment fair held at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. Only members of those families which do not have a government job currently were eligible for government employment under the plan.
• The government has declared that the nature of the job is not temporary & would be regularised after 5 years.
• Sikkim is the 1st state in the nation to launch an exclusive program which permits every family in the state with a government job & Sikkim earmarks 70% of its revenues towards salaries for state government employees.

Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook Released by - NITI Aayog

The Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat was publicised by the
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission.
During the programme, an announcement of 10 Months Student Entrepreneurship Program to assist the top 6 innovations across 6 crucial themes having wider social impact, namely, Clean Energy, Waste
Management, Agritech, Healthcare, Smart Mobility & Water Resources under the Atal Tinkering
Marathon 2017 to convert these innovative prototypes into working, scaled & Go-to-Market products was accomplished.
Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat

• The Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook together with catching the experiences of the young innovators of the nation with the Atal Tinkering Lab, issues for a compendium of rules, resources, methodologies, significant learning, case studies of the Atal Tinkering Lab ecosystem.
• The handbook displays the outcome & impact that is being developed by the Atal Tinkering Labs has been displayed, including some case examples of celebrating & rewarding innovation, over the past 2 years.
• The Handbook also functions as an action plan to deliver for a smooth scale-up method for the Atal Tinkering Lab initiative, through the public-private-partnership & Centre-State co-operation.
  Atal Innovation Mission
• Atal Innovation Mission is the Government of India’s flagship enterprise to promote a culture of
  innovation & entrepreneurship in the nation.
• Atal Innovation Mission goals to create a parasol structure to supervise innovation ecosystem of the nation & revolutionize the innovation eco-system by moving upon the whole innovation life cycle through various programmes.

Trishna GasProject of ONGC approved by - National Wildlife Board 

The National Wildlife Board has given its consent for the Trishna Gas project of ONGC which comes
under the Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in the Gomati district of Tripura.
Trishna gas project
Oil and Natural Gas Commission has found 10-12 gas bearing wells in the Trishna Wildlife sanctuary. The gas filtered from these wells would be delivered to the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd maintained 100 megawatts gas-based thermal power project at Monarchak in Sonamura subdivision of Sipahijala district of Tripura. The Tripura unit of Oil and Natural Gas Commission has also promissed to issue Rupees 25 crore to the state government for ongoing Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.
Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary

• The Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary was found in 1988.
• The flora and fauna in the sanctuary fall under 4 broad categories of tropical semi-evergreen forest, the East Himalayan lower Bhanar sal, Moist mixed deciduous forest & the Savanah woodland.
• Protruding medicinal plant species include Kurcha, Tulsi, Vasak, Sarpaganda, Rudraksha, Bel, Chirata, & Kalamegh that can be found here.
• The wildlife prominent in the sanctuary consists of Indian Gaur, Deer, Hooklock Gibbon, Golden Langur, Capped Langur, Pheasants & Reptiles.
• National Wildlife Board National Board for Wild Life is a statutory society constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is a top body to review all wildlife-linked matters & supports projects in & around national parks & sanctuaries.