Current Affairs - May 19

In today's article, you will read

• Tatkal window opened to speed up patent grant process
• World's largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant inaugurated in Amritsar.
• UNPA and Department of posts inked MoU for 'HeForShe stamp'
• Prithvi- II, the indigenously developed missile successfully test fired.

Tatkal window opened to speed up patent grant process

Union Government has opened a special Tatkal like window to expedite examination process of patent applications by start-ups as well as of entities choosing India for filing the first patent. Union Government is aiming to reduce the time frame for the grant of patents to 18 months form the present 5-7 years by March 2018.

The Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks (CGPDT) will only take up a limited number of applications under the fast-track route in one year. Applicants can opt for the Expedited Examination Route if they have chosen India as International Preliminary Examining Authority or International Searching Authority.

Questions:

• Union Government has Opened what to Expedite Examination of Patent Applications?
• Extend the term CGPDT
• Govt has planned to reduce the time frame for the grant of patents to what extent?

Answers:

• Tatkal Window
• Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks
• 18 months

MoU for "HeForShe" stamp

A Memorandum of Understanding was inked between Department of Posts and United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) in February this year for HeForShe stamp, as Union Cabinet apprised the joint issue of UN Women HeForShe postage stamp. Upon this move the stamps were printed in the form of sheetlet fo 20 se-tenants and Miniature Sheet of two stamps.

UN Women HeForShe campaign is a unity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity for the benefit of all in social terms. The empowerment of women around the world is been encouraged in the campaign. This give fillip to great cause of gender equality.

Questions:

• UNPA and Department of Posts Inked an MoU on what?
• Extend the term UNPA.

Answers:

• HeForShe stamp
• United Nations Postal Administration

World's largest Single Rooftop Solar power plant inaugurated in Amritsar

In Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal inaugurated the World's largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant with capacity of 11.5 MegaWatt (MW) at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh at Beas, in Amritsar district. This is the largest Solar Power Plant spread over 82 acres of rooftop in single campus on multiple roofs with installed capacity of 19.5 MW. The plant has been set up with the cost of 139 crore rupees.

A power purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed between the Dera and the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for 25 years. The project will generate 27 million units of electricity per annum, enough to cater to the electricity needs of approximately 8,000 households.

Questions:

• World's largest single Rooftop solar power plant inaugurated in which state?
• What is the capacity of the plant?

Answers:

• Punjab
• 11.5 MW

Prithvi-II, the indigenously developed missile successfully test fired

India on 18 May 2016 Successfully test fired indigenously test fired indigenously developed Prithvi - II missile from the Chandipur, off Odisha coast. As Part of a user trial, the surface-to-surface missile was fired from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range. The launch activities were carried out by the Strategic Force Command and monitored by the DRDO scientists. 

It is the first missile to be developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programe (IGMDP). It weighs 4600 kilogram and has a strike range of 350 kilometer. The naval operational variant of prithvi - II class missiles are known as Dhanush. It was already inducted into Indian navy.

Questions:

• Which if the first missile developed by DRDO under IGMDP programme?
• Prithvi-II missile was successfully test fired from which place?
• The naval operational variant of Prithvi-II class missiles are known as _______.

Answers:

• Prithivi -II
• chandipur, Odisha coast
• Dhanush

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