SC issues notice on RTI portal
The Supreme Court on 26 August 2019 issued notice to the Centre and state governments on a petition seeking to establish a Right to Information (RTI) portal to enable people to file online applications for information from any department.
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Coal in India report 2019
India, the world’s third largest coal consumer, is one of the most appealing market for Australia’s thermal coal to meet its increasing energy requirements, according to a new report.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21316-coal-in-india-report-2019
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Amazon Forest fires
As the Amazon forest fires rage on, US space agency NASA said that 2019 has seen an increase in the number forest fires in the Amazon region in Brazil.
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First crime committed in space
US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported.
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India’s first startup IPO
Desi startup Alphalogic Techsys became the first enterprise to float India’s first startup IPO, which would allow it to raise growth capital from a group of investors instead of select VCs.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21313-india-s-first-startup-ipo
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First Indian to win BWC's gold
P.V. Sindhu on 25 August 2019 became the first Indian to win a Badminton World Championships (BWC's) gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final in Basel.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21312-first-indian-to-win-bwc-s-gold
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Start-up ecosystem rankings 2019
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has awarded Gujarat as the best performer in State Startup India Ranking 2019.
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KSG PODCAST | What is a unicorn? | Source: By Saurabh Kapoor | The Indian Express #editorial #upsc
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KSG PODCAST | Direct-to-mobile technology | Source: By Soumyarendra Barik: The Indian Express
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KSG PODCAST | What is a unicorn? | Source: By Saurabh Kapoor | The Indian Express #editorial #upsc
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KSG PODCAST | Direct-to-mobile technology | Source: By Soumyarendra Barik: The Indian Express
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KSG PODCAST | What is a unicorn? | Source: By Saurabh Kapoor | The Indian Express #editorial #upsc
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KSG PODCAST | Direct-to-mobile technology | Source: By Soumyarendra Barik: The Indian Express
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Today's Headlines - 07 August 2023
Draft National Deep Tech Startup Policy
GS Paper - 3 (Economy)

The office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government put out a draft National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP) for public comment, following two versions that were iterated at high levels with other government departments, academia and stakeholder firms. The policy seeks to “ensure India’s position in the global deep tech value chain,” in areas such as semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and space tech.

More about the Policy

The policy seeks to bolster research and development in deep tech start-ups, which work on fundamental and technical problems, unlike firms that monetise technology with distinguished business models.
The policy also seeks to find approaches to provide financing to deep tech start-ups at critical moments, such as before they go to market with their products or ideas.
Additionally, the policy seeks to simplify the intellectual property regime for such start-ups, ease regulatory requirements, and proposes a slew of measures to promote these firms.
For instance, the NDTSP suggests that an Export Promotion Board be created to ease barriers of entry for Indian deep tech start-ups into foreign markets and those clauses to ease such market access be included in foreign trade agreements.
The policy also includes resource-intensive policy approaches to attract global talent, such as offering “networking opportunities to international deep tech startups and experts interested in relocating and contributing to the local ecosystem.
Since expertise and regulatory overview of different aspects of deep tech and its supply chains are under different Ministries, the policy suggests the creation of an “Inter Ministerial Deep Tech Committee” to regularly review the requirements of enabling the deep tech ecosystem to function better.

International agreement

The policy restates the government’s disappointment with international agreements that it argues have left India on the backfoot in terms of manufacturing and development power.
India’s experience with some aspects of international cooperation has had a deleterious effect on the domestic ecosystem. A key example of this is the Information Technology Agreement-I that India joined in 1997.
The policy calls for a more multi-pronged approach to protect Indian interests. The need of the hour is a coordinated, comprehensive push to optimally engage with international partners and multilateral institutions to push the Indian Deep Tech Ecosystem, the policy says.

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