{"id":14614,"date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/01-04-2021\/facts-in-news-114\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-04-2021\/facts-in-news-114","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DSIR-PRISM Scheme<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Union Science And Technology Minister has inaugurated a awareness event for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research – Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups and MSMEs (DSIR-PRISM<\/strong>) at IIT Delhi.<\/li>\n
  • PRISM is an initiative of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)<\/strong> that aimed at transforming an individual innovator into a successful technopreneur by promoting, supporting, and funding implementable and commercially viable innovations created for the society.<\/li>\n
  • Under PRISM, an innovator of the Indian nationality is provided technical, financial and strategic assistance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • It is implemented across the various sectors from energy to healthcare to waste management <\/strong>etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Undersea Internet Cables<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Facebook and Google <\/strong>are planning two undersea internet cables named \u201cEcho and Bifrost\u201d<\/strong> to connect the US to Singapore and Indonesia.\n
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    • Echo will run from Eureka, California to Singapore, with a stop-over in Guam, and thereto in Indonesia.<\/li>\n
    • Google is only investing in Echo, Facebook is investing in both cables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Need<\/strong>: The current COVID-19 pandemic across the globe has increased the need for reliable Internet access.\n
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      • And, this will provide vital new connections between the Asia-Pacific region<\/strong> and North America<\/strong> and increase the overall transpacific capacity by 70 per cent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Military Farms<\/h3>\n

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  • The farms were set up with the sole requirement of supplying hygienic cow<\/strong> milk to troops in garrisons across British India.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0The first military farm was raised on February 1, 1889, at Allahabad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Post-independence, the farms flourished with 30,000 heads of cattle<\/strong> in 130 farms all over India. <\/strong>\n
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    • They were even established in Leh and Kargil<\/strong> in the late 1990s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The farms were a necessity as cantonments were located<\/strong> far away from urban areas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • The military farms had been a big contributor to the promotion of dairy farming<\/strong>, which has helped the army provide <\/strong>milk in inaccessible areas<\/strong> of the country.<\/li>\n
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AIM-PRIME Initiative<\/h2>\n

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  • Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship),<\/strong> an initiative to promote and support science-based deep-tech startups & ventures across India.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • The first cohort of the program is open to technology developers<\/strong> (early-stage deep tech start-ups, and scientists\/ engineers\/ clinicians) with strong science-based deep tech business ideas.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0The program is also open to CEOs and Senior incubation managers<\/strong> of AIM Funded Atal Incubation Centers<\/strong> that are supporting deep tech entrepreneurs.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Candidates selected for the program will get access to in-depth learning<\/strong> via a comprehensive lecture series<\/strong>, live team projects, exercises<\/strong>, and project-specific mentoring.<\/strong>\n
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    • They will also have access to a deep tech startup playbook<\/strong>, curated video library, and plenty<\/strong> of peer-to-peer<\/strong> learning opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The AIM-PRIME program is aimed at promoting science-based,<\/strong> deep<\/strong> technology <\/strong>ideas to market through training and guidance<\/strong> over a period of 12 months<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bandhavgarh National Park<\/h2>\n

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  • It is the most popular national park<\/strong> in India is located in the Vindhya Hills <\/strong>of the Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It was declared a national park in 1968<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • The name Bandhavgarh <\/strong>has been derived from the most prominent<\/strong> hillock of the area of Umaria. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  • The area of Bandhavgarh is being flourished<\/strong> with a large biodiversity<\/strong>, the place which is also famed to grasp the highest density<\/strong> of tiger population in India. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Similarly, the park also beholds the largest breeding population<\/strong> of leopards <\/strong>and various species <\/strong>of deer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Over the years, the park has shown a great number of increases in the count of the tiger species<\/strong> and this is the reason why tiger tours are so famed to attract a large number of tourists in its vicinity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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GigaMesh<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • An innovative wireless backhaul solution, based on patented millimeter wave wireless technology for Mesh Architecture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • It is an innovative wireless product<\/strong> that gives fibre-like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas.<\/li>\n
  • Benefits: <\/strong>Making 5G infrastructure ready and reduces network congestion, reducing operational costs and enabling telecom operators to deploy quality.<\/li>\n
  • Recently, a women-led startup Astrome has developed \u2018Giga Mesh\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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