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New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 pushes for decentralization, ‘renewed STI ecosystem’

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New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 pushes for decentralization, ‘renewed STI ecosystem’

A power-packed apex committee meeting of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020 discussed various suggestions for the upcoming policy, a statement said on Saturday.

The draft STIP-2020 policy was presented in the meeting held on 26 November, it said.

Secretaries of all science and several line ministries – Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary M Rajeevan; Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) secretary K N Vyas; Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) director general Shekhar Mande; Department of Biotechnology (DBT) secretary Renu Swarup; Department of Space secretary K Sivan; Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) secretary Sandeep Verma; Ministry of AYUSH secretary Vaidya Rajesh and Scientific Secretary at the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser Arabinda Mitra participated and shared their insights and expectations from the STIP 2020.

Heads of several national-level S&T

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New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at meeting

[email protected]_84 November 29, 2020

PTI, Nov 29, 2020, 7:58 AM IST

New Delhi: A power-packed apex committee meeting of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020 discussed various suggestions for the upcoming policy, a statement said on Saturday.

The draft STIP-2020 policy was presented in the meeting held on November 26, it said.

Secretaries of all science and several ministries – Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary M Rajeevan; Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) secretary K N Vyas; Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) director-general Shekhar Mande; Department of Biotechnology (DBT) secretary Renu Swarup; Department of Space secretary K Sivan; Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) secretary Sandeep Verma; Ministry of AYUSH Secretary Vaidya Rajesh and Scientific Secretary at the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser Arabinda Mitra participated and shared their insights and expectations from the STIP 2020.

Heads of several national-level S&T institutions like the IITs, Indian Institute of Sciences,

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New Science Technology Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at meeting

[email protected]_84 November 28, 2020

    New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) A power-packed apex committee meeting of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020 discussed various suggestions for the upcoming policy, a statement said on Saturday.
    The draft STIP-2020 policy was presented in the meeting held on November 26, it said.
    Secretaries of all science and several line ministries — Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary M Rajeevan; Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) secretary K N Vyas; Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) director general Shekhar Mande; Department of Biotechnology (DBT) secretary Renu Swarup; Department of Space secretary K Sivan; Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) secretary Sandeep Verma; Ministry of AYUSH secretary Vaidya Rajesh and Scientific Secretary at the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser Arabinda Mitra participated and shared their insights and expectations from the STIP 2020.
    Heads of several national-level S&T institutions like the IITs, Indian Institute of Sciences, and science organisations also

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New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at govt meeting held on November 26

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Heads of several national-level S&T institutions like the IITs, Indian Institute of Sciences, and science organisations also took part in the deliberation process. Representative Image

A power-packed apex committee meeting of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020 discussed various suggestions for the upcoming policy, a statement said on Saturday. The draft STIP-2020 policy was presented in the meeting held on November 26, it said.

Secretaries of all science and several line ministries — Ministry of Earth Sciences secretary M Rajeevan; Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) secretary K N Vyas; Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) director general Shekhar Mande; Department of Biotechnology (DBT) secretary Renu Swarup; Department of Space secretary K Sivan; Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) secretary Sandeep Verma; Ministry of AYUSH secretary Vaidya Rajesh and Scientific Secretary at the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser Arabinda Mitra participated and shared their insights and expectations from

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Opinion | Science-led policy will get Montgomery’s schools reopened

[email protected]_84 November 27, 2020

Montgomery County leadership has made unreasonable health metrics, not grounded in science or the interests of our children, a prerequisite for hybrid learning: a daily average of fewer than five cases per 100,000 residents over a 14-day period. This is far more stringent than the state recommendation and approximately four times stricter than what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Even at the pandemic’s lowest ebb, Montgomery County has never met this standard. In contrast, students in other U.S. communities that do not meet Montgomery County’s standard have enjoyed months of live instruction, some five days a week, without harming public health.

In September, many large U.S. school districts offered some in-person learning, and the evidence is in. Schools that take proper mitigation measures do not stoke community transmission. In October, New York public schools tested tens of thousands of students and faculty and found only 28 were

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020: A Way Forward

[email protected]_84 November 26, 2020

a person standing in front of a graffiti covered wall: Technologies can be transferred from other countries.

By Rajesh Mehta and Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan

Gone are the days when countries could build their global competitiveness based on low labor costs or cheap/abundant natural resources. The new innovation era only favors those who invest their resources and thought process deeply in science and technology. Renowned Scientist and Intellectual Dr. R.A. Mashelkar says: “India needs science that solves, technology that transforms and innovation that impacts. Our new policies must be aspirational in terms of India creating new frontiers of actionable science, technology and innovation that may bring rapid, radical yet sustainable transformation.

The pandemic has made the nation realise the importance of science as a saviour. The investment in science and technology, which has hovered around 0.7% must be raised progressively in the decade of 2020s to 2% of GDP, that has been consistently promised over

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Box’s CEO is ready for a more consistent approach to tech policy under Biden

[email protected]_84 November 20, 2020

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Box chief executive Aaron Levie is expecting a Biden administration to bring more stability to relations between Washington and Silicon Valley.

As a member of the executive council of the industry trade group TechNet, Levie says he has been engaging with the Biden camp on issues including immigration, data and American competitiveness.

The tech industry’s push to weigh in on future public policy decisions comes as the coronavirus pandemic makes tech more essential to the economy than ever before as businesses, governments and schools shift more operations online. But at the same time, there’s a major push from Democrats and Republicans to rein in the tech industry’s power.

Levie’s comments signal how CEOs are bracing for a dramatic shift after the presidential transition. Like many tech executives, Levie has been publicly critical of the Trump administration on issues such as immigration and racial equality.

Levie spoke

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University of Dayton sociologist awarded Science & Technology Policy fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science : University of Dayton, Ohio

[email protected]_84 November 17, 2020

By Dave Larsen

A University of Dayton sociologist is working to reduce gender-based violence around the world through a competitive fellowship program that places scientists in U.S. federal government policy positions.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded Jamie L. Small, assistant professor in the UD Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, a 2020-21 Science & Technology Policy fellowship (STPF). She is one of 284 highly trained scientists and engineers who will spend a year serving professionally in federal agencies and congressional offices, where they learn first-hand about federal policymaking and implementation.

“Particularly in this age of COVID-19, we are proud and grateful to usher in the 48th class of Science & Technology Policy fellows,” said Jennifer Pearl, STPF director. “The present state of the world demands a strong link between science and policy.”

In September, Small started her position at the U.S. Agency for International Development

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Styra Expands Declarative Authorization Service with Free and Mid-tier Offerings to Manage Open Policy Agent at Scale

[email protected]_84 November 17, 2020

New Styra DAS Free and Pro editions simplify on-ramp for teams of all sizes to harness the power of Open Policy Agent for Kubernetes admission control in just minutes

Press release highlights:

Styra announces new editions of DAS, including free edition
Expands the ability to use OPA for Kubernetes admission control to teams of any size or budget and enables a completely self-service experience
Speeds OPA implementation and eliminates the need for learning and custom coding OPA policies for Kubernetes admission control

KubeCon | CloudNativeCon North America 2020 — Styra, Inc., the founders of Open Policy Agent (OPA) and leaders in cloud-native authorization, today announced a new three-tier product offering for Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS). The new DAS Free and DAS Pro editions, along with the existing DAS Enterprise, give teams of any size and stage a budget-friendly and fast option to operationalize OPA at scale for Kubernetes. Platform

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Better price, privacy policy than Google

[email protected]_84 November 17, 2020

Apple is late to the consumer priced smart speaker market, but it finally joined Amazon and Google with the $99 HomePod Mini.

Here’s what you need to know: The Mini is way smaller in size than both the new Amazon Echo fourth generation speaker and Google Nest Audio. And while it doesn’t sound as great for music as either of them, (it is way smaller, after all) in our unscientific home ears test, it probably doesn’t matter. This is a really useful speaker for anyone living in the Apple ecosystem and it makes the Siri personal assistant way more competitive with Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Assistant.

The HomePod Mini sounds fantastic as a TV speaker. More on that in a minute.

One big selling point: you don’t have to worry about Apple’s speakers spying on you, as Apple has a different privacy policy than Google and Amazon. The

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New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 pushes for decentralization, ‘renewed STI ecosystem’

New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at meeting

New Science Technology Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at meeting

New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2020 discussed at govt meeting held on November 26

Opinion | Science-led policy will get Montgomery’s schools reopened

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020: A Way Forward

Box’s CEO is ready for a more consistent approach to tech policy under Biden

University of Dayton sociologist awarded Science & Technology Policy fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science : University of Dayton, Ohio

Styra Expands Declarative Authorization Service with Free and Mid-tier Offerings to Manage Open Policy Agent at Scale

Better price, privacy policy than Google