26 April 2016 Current Affairs

Union Tourism Ministry Launches NMA’s NOAPS Web Portal

Union Tourism Ministry on 26 April launched NOC Online Application and Processing System (NOAPS) Web Portal of National Monuments Authority. The web portal will provide single window clearance for applicants to get no-objection certificates (NoC) within six working days for construction-related works near the 3,686 protected monuments in the country. The Portal was developed through the technology and expertise of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), who are in the process of mapping of 3686 ASI protected monuments and sites.


“Vijayveer Selected For Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award – 2016”

Dr. Vijayveer Vidyalankar, one of India’s leading Sanskrit scholars, has been selected for 25th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award on 26 April for his work on the Rasa Siddhant and the Vedas. Vidyalankar has supervised the translation of 12 Telugu books into Hindi. His writings include Vipanchika, Dakshin Mein Ram Katha and Vedic Vichar. His major work are the scholarly exposition of the Indian theory of aesthetics (Nava Rasas) in Ras Siddhanth Vivechan, the preparation of the index of the mantras of all the four Vedas in their original order, and the translation of the Yajur Veda from Sanskrit into Hindi verse. Vidyalankar is the Founder Vice-President of Dakshinanchaliya Sahitya Samiti. His awards include the Rashtriya Bhavatmak Ekta Award (2001) for his contribution in the field of Education, the Maharishi Dayanand Vaidik Jagran Award (2001) and Bhagwan Mahavir Vishwa Sadbhavana Award (2005). He was honoured for outstanding contribution to Vedic literature by the Gurukul Kangri University in 2009.


Ashok Kumar Won International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award

K Ashok Kumar, a research food engineer scholar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has won the prestigious 2016 International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award (IPNSA). The award carries a cash prize of 2000 US dollar and a recognition certificate. He was bestowed with this award for his research on nutrition management of rice-chickpea production system in laterite soil. He belongs to the food engineering department of the IIT Kharagpur and currently is pursuing his PhD on nutrition management of rice-chickpea production system in laterite.


World Intellectual Property Day 2016 

The World Intellectual Property Day 2016 was on 26 April observed across the world with the theme Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined. The theme seeks to explore the future of culture in the digital age in order to answer questions how we create it, how we access it, how we finance it related to it. On this day, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) works together with various government agencies, non-government organizations, community groups and individuals to hold different events and activities to promote World Intellectual Property Day. The day is celebrated to spread awareness about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity. In October 1999, the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved the idea of declaring a particular day as a World Intellectual Property Day. In 2000, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) designated 26 April as an annual World Intellectual Property (IP) Day to address the perceived gap between Intellectual Property as a business/legal concept and its relevance to people’s lives. April 26 was specifically chosen as the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, first entered into force in 1970 on this date.


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