DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 14 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
SHRI J P NADDA LAUNCHES THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION
2017-22
i. Union Minister of
Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda, launched the National Strategic Plan for
Malaria Elimination (2017-22) at a function in New Delhi.
ii. The Strategic Plan
gives year wise elimination targets in various parts of the country depending
upon the endemicity of malaria in the next 5 years. It is to be noted that
National Framework for Malaria Elimination that was launched last year outlined
India’s commitment for eliminating malaria by 2030.
2.
DIPP TO SET UP INDIA’S FIRST TISC IN PUNJAB
i. The Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India, signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State
Council of Science and Technology in New Delhi to establish India’s 1st
Technology and Innovation Support Center at Patent Information Centre, Punjab,
under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s TISC program.
ii. The objective of the
TISC is to stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and balanced Intellectual Property
Rights system in India to foster creativity and innovation, thereby promoting
entrepreneurship and enhancing social, economic and cultural development.
iii. WIPO’s TISC program
provides innovators in developing countries with access to locally based, high
quality technology information and related services, helping them to exploit
their innovative potential and to create, protect, and manage their
Intellectual Property Rights.