DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
COUNTRY’S 1ST BIO REFINERY PLANT INAUGURATED IN PUNE
i. Nitin Gadkari, Union
Minister for Road Transport and Highway inaugurated India’s 1st bio refinery
plant for renewable fuels and chemicals at Rahu in Pune district of
Maharashtra.
ii. This plant has been
set up by Praj Industries. It can produce 1 million litre of ethanol per annum
by processing a variety of agro-residue like rice and wheat straw, cane trash,
cotton stalk and corn cobs. With further research and development, pipeline of
other renewable fuels and chemicals will also be produced from this technology
platform.
iii. India’s National
Policy on Bio fuels has set indicative target of 20% blending of biofuels, both
for bio-diesel and bio-ethanol.
2.
CRPF COMMAND SHIFTED FROM KOLKATA TO CHHATTISGARH
i. Central Reserve Police
Force has shifted its strategic anti-Maoist command headquarters from Kolkata
to Chhattisgarh.
ii. Its aim is to bring
focus on combing operations in Chhattisgarh. This decision has been taken as
surprise attack in Sukma district that killed 37 jawans of the paramilitary
force.
iii. The move is in line
with the Centre’s plan to redeploy its forces from peaceful West Bengal to
Maoist of Abujmad in Chhattisgarh.
3.
DIPP, WIPO TO SET UP TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION SUPPORT CENTRES FOR IP
GENERATION
i. Industrial promotion
body DIPP and the World Intellectual Property Organisation have signed an
agreement to establish Technology and Innovation Support Centres in the
country.
ii. Its aim is to boost
generation and commercialization of intellectual properties. It will provide an
impulsion to knowledge sharing, capacity building and sharing of best practices
among the over 500 TISCs operating worldwide.
iii. WIPO’s TISC
programme provides innovators in developing countries with access to locally
based, high quality technology information and related services.
iv. It helps in creating
protecting and managing their intellectual property rights. The Cell for IPR
Promotion and Management act as the main intermediary between WIPO and TISC.