UTTARAKHAND

Garud telemedicine launched at AIIMS Rishikesh

Chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat inaugurated ‘Garud’ the telemedicine service started by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Monday. A total of 898 trained medical and paramedical students will provide relevant information and consultation to citizens in all 110 Tehsils through this service.

Speaking at the inauguration of the telemedicine service, the chief minister appreciated the initiative taken by AIIMS Rishikesh to involve youths of the medical and paramedical fraternity. He said that the state government is making consistent efforts to ensure that as many doctors as possible are posted in the state. The biggest challenge in the current times is to strengthen connectivity and health systems in the border areas of the state, he said. Rawat said that it had been noticed in the past few days that while the Covid situation appeared to have stabilised in the urban areas, the graph is rising in the rural areas. Considering this, all the officials concerned have been directed to establish control rooms at each block. Before this, control rooms were being made at the district level. The chief minister further said that the state government is presenting the testing data in a transparent manner.

The testing in Uttarakhand is more than the national average which clearly shows that more testing is being conducted in the state. The state government is also making efforts to ensure that all necessary preparations are completed before the onset of the third wave of Covid-19.

INTERNATIONAL

Stratolaunch Test Flies – World Largest Airplane

The world’s largest aircraft manufactured by Stratolaunch recently completed its second test flight from the Mojave Aerospace Port in California.

The flight reached an altitude of 4,267 meters during the test flight. It got a top speed of 320 kilometres per hour. This aircraft can carry a payload of more than 220 tons. The wingspan of the aircraft is 117 meters. This is bigger than an American football field. It was named “Roc”.

The roc bird is a big bird usually mentioned in the mythology of the Middle East. It is very popular in “Sinbad the Sailor”. It uses a dual body configuration. The fuselage is the main part of the aircraft. It accommodates cargo, crew and passengers. The dual body design has two bodies.

NATIONAL

DCGI Approved 2-deoxy-D-glucose

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has authorised the anti-COVID drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose for emergency use.

It was established in partnership with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) in Hyderabad by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage Production-Linked Incentive Scheme

The proposal of the Department of Heavy Industry to introduce the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’ has been approved by the Union Cabinet.

With an investment of Rs 18,100 crore, achieve a manufacturing capacity of 50 GWh of ACC and 5 GWh of Niche ACC.

ACCs are a new generation of advanced storage technologies that can store electric energy as electrochemical or chemical energy and then convert it back to electricity as required.

It will also boost electric mobility, which will support three-wheelers, four-wheelers, and heavy vehicles.

NITI Aayogs Project for Great Nicobar Island

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCCEnvironment )’s Appraisal Committee (EAC) – Infrastructure I has raised serious concerns about NITI Aayog’s ambitious project for Great Nicobar Island.

The committee, on the other hand, has overcome the project’s first hurdle.

It has “recommended” that it be granted “terms of reference (TOR)” for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies, which will begin with three-month baseline studies.

RBI Grants PPI Authorisation to Eroute Technologies

Eroute Technologies has been given permission to operate as a prepaid payment instruments (PPI) company by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Eroute Technologies Pvt Ltd was granted a perpetual licence by the RBI to begin issuing and operating semi-closed pre-paid instruments in India.

Through developing user-friendly payment solutions that meet the unique needs of different customer segments in our society, the company aims to support the underserved segments, which number nearly 680 million people.

PPIs are financial instruments that allow the purchase of goods and services, such as financial services, remittances, and funds transfers, against the value stored in them.

Smokeless Cremation System Developed

The Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, has produced a prototype of a moveable electric cremation device that claims to be the world’s first smokeless cremation system despite the use of wood.

It uses half of the wood required for cremation.

Because of the use of combustion air system technology, it is very environmentally friendly.

It is based on the wick furnace technology, in which the wick will turn yellow when lighted.

With the aid of a combustion air system mounted over the wicks, this is transformed into a smokeless blue flame.

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