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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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23501. Isro signs pacts with four countries for satellite launches, to earn 132m euros: Minister
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The Times Of India
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- Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has signed six agreements with four countries for launching foreign satellites during 2021-23. Its commercial arm New Space India Ltd inked the pacts for launching the satellites by India’s mainstay rocket PSLV, Union space minister Jitendra Singh said
- about 132 million euros will be earned through launches of these foreign satellites on a commercial basis.
- from 1999 to till date, a total of 342 foreign satellites belonging to 34 countries have been successfully launched on board PSLV on a commercial basis.
23502. Railway Installs Satellite-Based RTES in 93 Trains Passing Through Chhattisgarh
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News18
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- The Indian Railways has installed the Real-Time Information System (RTES) in 93 trains of the Raipur Railway Division. This device will help retrieve accurate information about the arrival of the train at the station.
- n association with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), these satellite-based devices have been installed in trains by railways. The information of arrival and departure of the train at the station will be received with the help of the RTES.
- The satellite-based device installed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in the locomotives will read the speed of trains based on GPS and issue updates.
23503. BLADE India launches helicopter service from Bengaluru to Coorg, Kabini
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Msn.com
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- The Indian subsidiary of US-based helicopter transport firm BLADE has launched its scheduled by-the-seat services on Bengaluru-Coorg and Bengaluru-Kabini routes in Karnataka.
- BLADE first entered the state in December 2020 with its weekend private charter services.With the launch of the services on the two routes, travel time to the two cities from the state capital will be reduced from 6-7 hours by road at present, the company said in a release.
- BLADE India said it aims to connect congested and inaccessible surface routes in the country through an efficient air transport system and provide an all-around holistic experience through its baggage and ground transfers and partner benefits.
23504. India Tests SFDR Technology Critical For Development Of Long Range Air-To-Air Missiles
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SWARAJYA
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- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested its Solid Fueled Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology for the fourth time with a demonstration flight earlier.
- The development of SFDR technology will enable India to make its own long-range air-to-air missile, which could mirror the capabilities of the best missiles in this class, like MBDA’s Meteor, which the Indian Air Force uses on its Rafales.
- The development of SFDR technology will enable India to make its own long-range air-to-air missile, which could mirror the capabilities of the best missiles in this class, like MBDA’s Meteor, which the Indian Air Force uses on its Rafales.
23505. 'Personnel sphere' for 1st desi deep ocean manned mission being developed; Isro, DRDO provide expertise
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Msn.com
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- Along with the ongoing Gaganayaan programme to send a manned mission to space by 2023, the Centre is also simultaneously working on the country’s first manned scientific submersible for deep ocean missions. The project has been named ‘Samudrayaan’.
- National Institute of Ocean Technology, an autonomous institute under the ministry of earth sciences, has developed and tested a ‘personnel sphere’ for a manned submersible system.
- The personnel sphere of 2.1m diameter, to be used as a crew module for up to a depth of 500m, has been developed using mild steel and tested by sending it down 600m in the Bay of Bengal using the research vessel Sagar Nidhi in October this year, minister of earth sciences and S&T Jitendra Singh informed Rajya Sabha
23506. Canada's Trudeau Govt Questioned For Not Asking India & Modi For Vaccine; Takes Pak Route
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Republic
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- A video of a Canadian Opposition lawmaker quizzing sitting Procurement Minister Anita Anand over contacting India to procure Covid-19 vaccines for the country is being widely shared on social media.
- Michelle Rempel Garner, a Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Health, in a meeting of the standing committee on health asked if the Trudeau government had reached out to Prime Minister Modi for vaccines.
- India has been sending out vaccine doses in large numbers to other countries under the "Vaccine Maitri" initiative. Till now, as many as 15 countries have received COVID-19 vaccine supplies from India, while another 25 countries are queued at different levels to receive supplies, Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar has said.
23507. Uzbekistan, India talk delivery terms of Indian vaccine against COVID-19
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Trend
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- Uzbekistan’s Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency and Indian Bharat Biotech International Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding, Trend reports with reference to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in India.
- According to the information, the parties discussed the conditions for registration and delivery of the Indian vaccine Covaxin against coronavirus to Uzbekistan.
- ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) emphasized the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and donated its strain to Bharat Biotech to develop an inactivated vaccine. The vaccine has been fast-tracked for emergency use by the national regulatory authority, which has confirmed the drug is safe and immunogenic.
23508. अफगानिस्तान पहुंची भारत की पांच लाख कोरोना वैक्सीन, जयशंकर बोले- हम हमेशा अपने दोस्तों के साथ हैं खड़े
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- भारत द्वारा भेजी गई एस्ट्राजेनेका की पांच लाख कोरोना वैक्सीन रविवार को अफगानिस्तान पहुंच गई। विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने ट्वीट करके इसकी जानकारी दी। उन्होंने ट्वीट में लिखा, 'मेड इन इंडिया वैक्सीन अफगानिस्तान पहुंच गई हैं।
- मानवीय सहायता के तौर पर इन वैक्सीन को मुंबई-दिल्ली-काबुल एयर इंडिया फ्लाइट से भेजा गया। भारत अभी तक नेपाल, बांग्लादेश, भूटान, मालदीव, सेशल्स, म्यांमार और मॉरीशस को कोरोना टीकों की खेप भेज चुका है।
- इतना ही नहीं सऊदी अरब, दक्षिण अफ्रीका, ब्राजील और मोरक्को सहित कई देशों को भी कोरोना वैक्सीन की आपूर्ति कर रहा है।
23509. China pressurizes Nepal to accept Sinopharm’s vaccine instantly
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English Khabar Hub
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- Despite Nepal’s concern about the efficiency and effectiveness of the Chinese vaccines against COVID-19 assured to be provided to the government, the Chinese side has been mounting pressure against the government through various channels and now overtly.
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with his Nepali counterpart and put pressure to accept the vaccines first under the condition that the details about the vaccines will be sent afterward; a topsy-turvy way of vaccine procurement.
- The P&G Holdings Pvt Ltd and Hospice Enterprises Pvt Ltd had applied for permission to supply Chinese vaccines to Nepal.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that there is a dilemma as to which company is the official company for importing vaccines.
23510. Coronavirus | 25 countries in queue for ‘Made in India’ COVID-19 vaccine: Jaishankar
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The Hindu
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- India has so far supplied COVID- 19 vaccine to 15 countries and another 25 nations are in the queue at different levels for the jab, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in Amaravati on February 6.
- The Minister said some poor countries are being supplied the vaccine on a grant basis while some nations wanted it on par with the price that the Indian government pays to the vaccine makers.
- The Centre has already given the nod for two COVID-19 vaccines — Covaxin of city-based Bharat Biotech and Covishield of Oxford, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India in Pune, which are being administered to frontline workers from January 16, under Emergency Use Authorisation.