15 July 2024 PIB
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024 2. Report of India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure 3. SYNCHN 2024 4. Tizu Zunki River
1. World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024
Syllabus: GS-1, Art & Culture
Prelims: World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024, UNESCO, Archaeological Survey of India
Mains: India’s heritage, soft power
Context:
World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024 was inaugurated.
Details:
- India is hosting UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage Committee meeting for the first time from 21st-31st July 2024 in New Delhi.
- As an integral part of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Ministry of Culture is hosting the 2024 World Heritage Young Professionals Forum.
- Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology, a sub-office under the Archaeological Survey of India is hosting the Young Professionals Forum under the theme of World Heritage in the 21st Century: Building Capacities and Exploring Opportunities for Youth from 14th to 23rd July 2024, at New Delhi.
World Heritage Young Professional Forum:
- The Forum serves as a platform for bringing young people and heritage experts together to foster intercultural learning and exchange.
- It also provides an opportunity for the youth to meet and learn about each other’s heritage, discuss common concerns in preservation and discover new roles for themselves in heritage conservation.
- Each Forum is focused on a specific topic linked to World Heritage and aligned with the context of the World Heritage properties of the Host Country.
- The forum discusses various sub-themes such as:
- Understanding the achievements and challenges of the World Heritage Convention
- Climate change and its impact on World Heritage sites
- Integrating innovative technologies for the promotion of World Heritage
- Leveraging World Heritage conservation as a participative approach alongside communities
- Strengthening sustainable tourism and development through young entrepreneurship
- During this year’s Forum, 50 Young professionals from across the globe (20 from India and 30 from outside India) will make presentations.
- This event would enhance the expertise, skills and capacities of young professionals in protecting, preserving, and promoting our natural and cultural World Heritage.
2. Report of India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure
Syllabus: GS-2, Governance, International Relations
Prelims: India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure
Context:
Report of India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure released.
Details:
- The final ‘Report of India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure’ by ‘India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion and Development’ was released in New Delhi.
- The Task Force was led by the Co-Chairs — Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa of India and Shri Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys and the Founding Chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar).
- The Task Force was established in January 2023 to oversee and facilitate achieving India’s G20 Presidency agenda and priorities on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Financial Inclusion.
- The Task Force looked at ways G20 member countries can boost productivity by adopting digital technology and DPI across sectors as well as help the government’s digital economy policies and regulations.
- The work of this Task Force led to the acceptance of the definition and framework of the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) during India’s G20 Presidency and will be taken forward for implementation during the Brazilian and South African Presidencies.
About the report:
- The Report encompasses three essential parts that collectively unravel the approach for global DPI advancement and adoption.
- Part 1: Here, the DPI Approach emerges as a transformative paradigm that effectively addresses global challenges through innovative technological solutions.
- Part 2: This part delves into how India has steered its DPI agenda, especially during its G20 Presidency in 2023 under its various working groups including the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) of Finance Track and Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) of Sherpa Track.
- Part 3: This part outlines a strategic blueprint for elevating DPI across various sectors, as well as on a global scale through a range of its policy recommendations.
- The report also highlights the need to identify an existing body of global standards with the scope of multinational presence, to foster and harness the DPI ecosystem across various regions and countries, especially Global South countries.
3. SYNCHN 2024
Syllabus: GS-3, Science and Technology
Prelims: BRIC-THSTI
Mains: Developments in biotechnology
Context:
BRIC-THSTI hosts the industry meet, SYNCHN 2024 – Synergy in science built through elements of collaboration for high-quality data & expertise in NCR Biotech Cluster.
Details:
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) an institute of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India hosted an industry meet, SYNCHN 2024 (Synergy in science built through elements of collaboration for high-quality data & expertise in NCR Biotech Cluster).
- This event brought together stakeholders from the biotechnology industry, including representatives from startups, established companies, and policymakers.
- The focus of SYNCHN 2024 was to foster and strengthen academia-industry collaborations.
About BRIC-THSTI
- The institute acts as a catalyst to translate fundamental discoveries by building rigorous clinical research capacity and enabling a faster transition of discoveries from bench to bedside.
- THSTI is housed within the NCR Biotech Science Cluster in Faridabad.
About BRIC:
- The Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) is intended to integrate the multi-disciplinary research, training, and innovation programs operational across various DBT institutions for maximum impact and establish structures that leverage existing strengths to build systemic collaborations, identify convergent directions, and set a clear path for translation and asset monetization.
- It was formed when the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) subsumed its 13 Autonomous Institutions (AIs) and created one Autonomous Body, BRIC.
- BRIC aims to advance cutting-edge efforts in biotechnology by the establishment of multi-disciplinary research programs across institutional boundaries.
4. Tizu Zunki River
Syllabus: GS-1, Geography
Prelims: Tizu Zunki River
Context:
Union Minister announced the development of the Tizu Zunki River (National Waterways 101) with both the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and the Transport Department of Govt. of Nagaland to work together to study navigation feasibility.
Details:
- The minister also announced taking initiatives to develop the immense tourism potential of Doyang River Lake with community jetties as well as study the feasibility of Ro Pax ferries.
- Tizu River in Nagaland further flows into Chindown River (the Third largest Tributary of river Irrawaddy River), also known as Ningthi River in Myanmar, at Htamanthi in Myanmar.
- Chindown River further enters into the Irrawaddy River – the largest river in Myanmar.
- River Irrawaddy further drains into the Andaman Sea via the Irrawaddy Delta after travelling through river ports like Mandalay Chauk, Prome and & Hinthada providing an alternative opportunity to use waterways for cargo movement from the Northeast to the international trade routes.
Rivers of Nagaland:
- Nagaland has four main rivers, namely, Doyang, Dhansiri, Dhiku and Tizu. The first three flow towards the west through the Assam plains to join River Brahmaputra, while the Tizu River system flows towards the east and southeast and pours into the Irrawaddy in Myanmar.
- The Tizu River forms an important drainage system in the eastern part of Nagaland.
- It originates from the central part of Nagaland state and runs in a northeast direction, flows through the Kiphire and Phek districts and confluences in the Chindwin River of Myanmar.
- The main tributaries of River Tizu are Zunki, Lanye, and Likimro.
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