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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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23011. Railways has made over 2.8 lakh masks, 25000 litres of sanitiser
- Railways has produced more than 2.8 lakh masks and over 25,000 litres of sanitiser in its production units till April 1, as part of its efforts to augment the government's efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
- To ensure safety of the staff and boost their morale "Soap, water and washing facilities are being provided at all workplaces. With local innovations, hands-free washing facilities have been provided," the statement said.
- The railways has also manufactured essential medical equipment and aims to convert around 20,000 coaches into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients.
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23012. Gujarat govt ropes in pvt firms to manufacture PPE, N95 masks
- The Gujarat government has roped in state-based private companies to manufacture personal protective equipment and N95 masks required by health staff.
- Rajkot-based Jyoti CNC has started production of ventilators after getting necessary approvals. Two other companies - Arvind Mills in Ahmedabad and Sure Safety in Vadodara - will soon start production of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- The state government got technology transferred from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur for N95 masks, he said, adding that Ahmedabad-based Cellulose Products will manufacture 25,000 such masks per day.
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23013. Indian scientists, Intel to use AI to fight COVID-19
- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) along with Intel India and International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad is working together to come up with a faster and less expensive COVID-19 testing and coronavirus genome sequencing to find an effective cure.
- “Intel India is developing an end-to-end system that consists of multiple applications, testing devices, data collection and aggregation gateways, a data exchange SDK and an AI model-hub platform,” as per a statement by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
- Durgapur-based CSIR lab, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute has created a robotic device called HCARD or Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device to help frontline healthcare workers in maintaining physical distance from those infected by coronavirus.This robot having such features as navigation, drawer activation for providing medicines and food to patients, sample collection and audio-visual communication. The cost of this device is less than Rs 5 lakh and the weight is less than 80 kilograms.
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23014. Guv sore over KSU threat on migrants
- India has started manufacturing indigenous swabs for Covid-19 testing, with two firms —Tulips and a Mumbai-based Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) — getting a green signal from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute for Virology in Pune.
- The swabs — used for collection of oral and throat samples from patients — will cost one-tenth of the imported swabs currently in use, bringing down the cost of Covid-19 testing.
- The swabs imported from US and China cost between Rs 20 and Rs 30 apiece. But even their supply started drying up in last week of April. The desi polyester swabs will cost between Rs 1.4 and Rs 3.5 each. Reliance provided the raw material and Johnson & Johnson India provided pro-bono scientific expertise and R&D.
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23015. HRD minister launches ‘world’s most affordable’ Covid-19 test kit developed by IIT Delhi
- (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Minister of State (HRD) Sanjay Dhotre launched a low-cost Covid-19 test developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT) Delhi .
- The test, Corosure, has been billed as the world’s most affordable probe free RT-PCR based Covid-19 diagnostic kit. The total cost of the kit roughly comes to around Rs 650.
- The product is approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
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23016. आईआईआईएम जम्मू ने विकसित की कोरोना की सस्ती टेस्टिंग किट, मंजूरी के लिए आईसीएमआर को भेजी
- कोरोना संक्रमण की जांच अब जल्दी, सटीक और पहले से मौजूद तकनीक के मुकाबले ज्यादा सस्ती होगी। इंडियन इंस्टीट्यूट आफ इंटिग्रेटिव मेडिसिन (आईआईआईएम) जम्मू ने पीसीआर तकनीक के विकल्प के तौर पर आरटी-लैंप (रिवर्स ट्रांसक्रिप्टेस-लूप मीडिएटेड आइसोथर्मल एंप्लीकेशन) टेस्ट किट विकसित की है।
- मंजूरी के लिए टेस्ट किट इंडियन काउंसिल फार मेडिकल रिसर्च को भेज दी गई है। आईआईआईएम जम्मू के निदेशक डॉ. डी श्रीनिवास ने कहा कि इस तकनीक में आरटी-पीसीआर टेस्टिंग किट की तुलना में संवेदनशील मशीन की जरूरत नहीं है। इसी वजह से टेस्टिंग किट सस्ती होगी। हालांकि अभी तक इसका मूल्य तय नहीं किया गया है।
- आईआईआईएम जम्मू ने रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड के साथ मिलकर किट को विकसित किया है। डॉ. श्रीनिवास ने कहा कि मौजूदा हालात में संक्रमण जांच का दायरा बढ़ाना जरूरी है। ज्यादा जनसंख्या होने की वजह से जांच उपकरणों की उपलब्धता बढ़ानी होगी। ऐसी स्थिति में इस किट को मंजूरी मिलने में कोई दिक्कत नहीं होगी।
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23017. India's new paper Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’
- A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test. The BBC's Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi unpack how it works.
- The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on a gene-editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that the kit - called Feluda - would return results in under an hour and cost 500 rupees (about $6.75; £5.25).
- "This is a simple, precise, reliable, scalable and frugal test," Professor K Vijay Raghavan, principal scientific adviser to the Indian government, told the BBC.
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23018. भारत और इजरायल का कमाल, चुटकियों में पता चलेगा कोरोना है या नहीं, सिर्फ पाइप में मारना होगा फूंक और 1 मिनट के भीतर नतीजे
- भारत और इजरायल ने साथ मिलकर तैयार की कोरोना टेस्ट की गेमचेंजर टेक्नॉलजी सिर्फ 30 से 50 सेकंड में मिलेंगे नतीजे, सैंपल भी देने की जरूरत नहीं, सिर्फ पाइफ में फूंक मारना होगा भारत में इजरायल के राजदूत रॉन माल्का ने पीटीआई को दिए इंटरव्यू में इस बारे में जानकारी दी
- आवाज से कोरोना टेस्ट का भी हो चुका है ट्रायल - भारत और इजरायल ने संयुक्त रूप से 4 टेस्ट टेक्नॉलजी का ट्रायल कर चुके हैं। भारत में बड़ी तादाद में इन टेस्ट के लिए सैंपल लिए गए। इन तकनीकों में ब्रेथ ऐनालाइजर और वॉइस टेस्ट भी शामिल हैं। इनमें कोरोना का तुरंत पता लगाने की क्षमता है।
- वैक्सीन को लेकर दोनों देशों के बीच तालमेल के सवाल पर माल्का ने कहा कि दोनों देश हमेश से रिसर्च और टेक्नॉलजी को एक दूसरे से शेयर करते रहे हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हम एक दूसरे का सहयोग और समर्थन कर रहे हैं। इजरायली राजदूत ने कहा कि भारत में कोरोना वैक्सीन का हब बनने के लिहाज से तमाम सुविधाएं मौजूद हैं। उन्होंने उम्मीद जताई कि जब भी विश्वसनीय, सुरक्षित और कारगर वैक्सीन बनेगी तब उसमें से ज्यादातर का उत्पादन भारत में होगा। माल्का ने कहा कि भारत जब भी वैक्सीन बनाएगा तब इजरायल की जरूरतों का भी ख्याल रखेगा।
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23019. Minister says India produced over 150 mln N-95 masks, 60 mln PPE suits
- Federal textile minister Smriti Irani said India produced over 150 million N-95 masks and 60 million personal protective equipment (PPE) suits, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, officials said Saturday.
- Irani said India has exported over 20 million PPE suits and 40 million N-95 masks.
- the federal health ministry said the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 9,826,775 and the death toll has risen to 142,628.
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23020. Centeral prison inmates make over 34,000 masks in 2 weeks
- More than 34,000 masks which were manufactured by inmates of the Madurai Central Prison in the last two weeks were handed over to various government agencies such as the police and health departments
- An official from the Madurai Central Prison said that out of 34,000 masks, 17,000 were sold at Rs 10 each to various government agencies.
- The work started on March 25 and since then around 40 inmates are working on the production. It includes 10 inmates from women’s prison on the same premises.
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