Uttar Pradesh
- Suspected explosive found in Uttar Pradesh assembly.
- Top dispensation in Uttar Pradesh remains on their toes as 60 gm of what seems like high-intensity explosive material had been found inside Vidhan Sabha building during session.
- The packet containing white powder was traced by anti-sabotage team on July 12 during routine checking day after budget was tabled in the house.
- The team handed over the suspicious packet to marshal and left the house thereafter.
· IT industry jolted by impact of global meltdown
- For the second day in a row, some employees of TCS wore masks and tried to protest in front of their office.
- The TCS’ decision to leave Lucknow has come as a blow to the Yogi
- Adityanath government, which has decided to set up information technology parks in other districts too.
- During the Akhilesh Yadav regime, Lucknow was touted as being on way to becoming the next information technology (IT) hub in UP after Noida.
- Besides the presence of TCS in Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, the country’s fourth largest IT services company HCL Technologies pumped Rs 1,500 crore into a 100-acre area of CG City in the state capital.
- Disappointing financial results for the quarter ending June 2017 seems to have trig- gered the move for the closure of Lucknow office sooner than expected.
INTERNATIONAL
• India ranks 116 out of 157 nations on Sustainable Development Goal
India ranked low 116 out of 157 nations on the 2017 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index and Dashboard report released by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung.
The Top Countries in the Index are 2017 SDG Index were Sweden (1st), Denmark (2nd), Finland (3rd), Norway (4th), Czech Republic (5th).
The SDGs are the set of 17 non-binding goals featuring 169 targets to be implemented from 2015 to 2030. They were adopted by member countries of United Nations at the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit held in New York.
• India contributes additional $1 million to India-UN Development Partnership Fund.
India has contributed an additional $1 million to India-UN Development Partnership Fund launched to support sustainable development projects across the developing world.
Earlier, India had made an initial contribution of $1 million when the fund was created. The amount was allocated for the implementation of a project benefiting seven Small Island Developing States in South Pacific Ocean.
National
• India’s first TISC to be established in Punjab.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology in New Delhi to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab, under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program.
The objective of the TISC is to stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and balanced Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) system in India to foster creativity and innovation, thereby promoting entrepreneurship and enhancing social, economic and cultural development by establishing a network of TISCs in India.
The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) is designated as the National Focal Point for the TISC national network.
• Sandeep Patil named brand ambassador of indoor cricket team
Former Indian batsman Sandeep Patil was named as the brand ambassador of the Indian I
ndoor Cricket Team.
Patil, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad, will be the face of the team in the lead-up to the 10th edition of the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) World Cup, to be held from September 1
6-23 at the Insportz Club in Dubai.
• Indian scientists discover supercluster of galaxies – Saraswati
A team of Indian astronomers have identified previously unknown, extremely large supercluster of galaxies located in the direction of constellation Pisces. It has been named “Saraswati”.
A supercluster is a chain of galaxies and galaxy clusters. It bound by gravity consisting of tens of thousands of galaxies. It often stretches several hundred times the size of clusters of galaxies. So, galaxies are made of billions of stars and planets and grouped into clusters. These clusters of galaxies, in turn, are grouped together to form superclusters.
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