DAILY GK: 27, 28 FEB 2022
1.
28TH DST-CII INDIA-SINGAPORE
TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2022
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The 28th edition of DST-CII India-Singapore Technology
Summit 2022 held virtually on the theme
‘Building Economies for the Future’ which was attended by Minister of State(MoS-Independent
Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST),
Government of India and S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations, Singapore.
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It was organized by New Delhi, Delhi based Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department of Science &
Technology (DST), Government of India.
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Singapore Currency – Prime
Minister– Lee Hsien Loong
2.
INDIAN NAVY’S MULTILATERAL
EXERCISE MILAN-2022 -
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Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise ‘MILAN 2022’
commenced in Visakhapatnam, the ‘City of Destiny’, commemorating India’s 75th
year of independence in 2022.
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Theme – ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion –
Collaboration’ which aims to project India as a responsible maritime power to
the world at large.
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MILAN was introduced by the Indian Navy in 1995 at
Andaman and Nicobar Command.
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MILAN 22 witnesses participation of more than 40 countries
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Operational Conferences and Seminars are also being
conducted for expressing views on maritime security by different navy’s
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MILAN 22 will also host an International Maritime Seminar with the theme –
‘Harnessing Collective Maritime Competence through Collaboration’.
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Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) –
Admiral R. Hari Kumar
3.
INDIA-UAE CEPA: INDIA TO SET
UP 1ST IIT OUTSIDE INDIA IN DUBAI, UAE
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The government of India (GoI) is set to establish the
first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
as a part of the India-UAE trade deal, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Agreement (CEPA),
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There are 23
IITs in India
