International Events
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India and Israel collaboration in dealing with
cyber threat
India and Israel have signed an agreement to
further, expand collaboration in dealing with cyber threats amid rapid
digitisation due to the coronavirus pandemic that exposed the vulnerabilities
of the virtual world. The agreement was signed between the Director-General of
Israel's National Cyber Directorate (INCD), Yigal Unna, and India's Ambassador
to Israel, Sanjeev Singla.
Source: Economic Times
National Events
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PM SVANidhi
§ The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent
lockdowns have adversely impacted the livelihoods of street vendors. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to provide credit for working capital to street vendors
to resume their business.
§ The scheme is a Central Sector Scheme i.e.
fully funded by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
§ Objectives:
(i)
To facilitate
working capital loan up to `10,000
(ii)
To incentivize
regular repayment
(iii)
To reward
digital transactions
§ Urban street vendors will be eligible to avail
a Working Capital (WC) loan of up to `10,000 with tenure of 1 year and repaid
in monthly instalments.
§ For this loan, no collateral will be taken by
the lending institutions.
§ On
timely or early repayment, the vendors will be eligible for the next cycle of
working capital loan with an enhanced limit.
§ No prepayment penalty will be charged from
the vendors for repayment before the scheduled date.
§ The vendors, availing loan under the scheme,
are eligible to get an interest subsidy @ 7%.
§ The interest subsidy amount will be credited
into the borrower’s account quarterly
Source: PM SVANidhi
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Science & Technology
· NRDC
Funds 16 COVID Technologies for Scaling up and Validation
§ The
National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) invited proposals from the
innovators under its DSIR grants-in-aid promotional programme for development
of technologies for commercialization (PDTC) for Up-scaling the Covid-19 related
technologies.
§ NRDC is
an enterprise under DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology
§ Against
the advertisement, 65 proposals were received seeking funding from NRDC.
§ A 3
members external Technology Expert Committee was constituted and they have
recommended 16 projects for funding as they are technically sound and relevant.
Source: PIB
· ARCI & Vehant Technologies co-develop UV
System for baggage Scan Disinfection to fight COVID 19
Source: PIB
Miscellaneous
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World
Day For International Justice 2020:
Also known as Day of International Criminal Justice or
International Justice Day.The day is celebrated throughout the world as part of
an effort to recognize the emerging system of international criminal justice.
Source: India.com
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