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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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22701. Major boost to Atmanirbhar Bharat, India records 5.5 lakh crores of electronics manufacturing; aims at broadening domestic market
- India has recorded 5.5 lakh crores of electronics manufacturing, Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while releasing the 2nd Volume of Vision Document on Electronics Manufacturing.
- The vision report also chalks out a five-part strategy to reach the US$300 billion goal. ICEA, released a 5-year roadmap and Vision Document for the electronics sector today, titled “$300 bn Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing & Exports by 2026.
- The domestic market is expected to increase from US$65 billion to US$180 billion over the next 5 years. This will make electronics amongst India’s 2-3 top ranking exports by 2026. Of the US$300 billion, exports are expected to increase from the projected US$15 billion in 2021-22 to US$120 billion by 2026.
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22702. Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: NHSRCL signs agreement for design, supply, construction of track & related work
- An agreement was signed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) with IRCON International Limited recently for the design, supply as well as construction of rail track and also track related works for Double Line High Speed Railway.
- Bullet Train project implementing agency, NHSRCL, the ballast-less slab Track system as used in Japanese Bullet Trains (Shinkansen) will be used on the first high-speed rail corridor project of India.
- The contract will give a boost to the “Make in India” initiative as the contract has been awarded to an Indian firm IRCON International Limited.
22703. Researchers At SSN College Of Engineering Develop Technology To Manufacture High-Performance Solar Ingots – Potential To Help India Become Self Reliant In Solar Technology
- 1) Chennai: SSN College of Engineering, have been awarded a grant of INR 12 crore by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India towards Directional Solidification (DS) technology that has the potential to catalyze India’s solar wafer and ingot manufacturing abilities.
- 2) Wafers and ingots are the building blocks for manufacturing solar cells and modules and are essential to India’s clean energy plans.
- 3) The research features an indigenously designed Directional Solidification (DS) technology system for growing high performance multi-crystalline silicon ingots.
- 4) This will aid the production of cost-effective, next-generation solar wafers and ingots and paves way for domestic manufacturing of large and better-quality silicon (mc-Si) ingot with enhanced efficiency of solar cells.
- 5) The team designed and developed mathematical simulations to use on industrial Directional Solidification (DS) system to produce high quality silicon (mc-Si) ingots.
22704. Bengaluru airport records highest-ever cargo throughput for 2021
- The Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) Airport processed an all-time high tonnage of 406,688 Metric Tonnes (MT) of cargo, recording a significant growth of 28.6 per cent vs. 316,305MT in 2020.
- This is 7.2 per cent more than the pre-COVID-19 level tonnage of 379,348MT in 2019. BLR Airport has had a phenomenal year in 2021, winning multiple global recognitions for top-notch service excellence.
- The highest single-day ATMs was 590, registered on 19 December 2021, while the daily average ATMs for CY 2021 was 420 per day.
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22705. Couple Quits UAE to Make Tableware & Grow Bags From Areca Leaf; Earn Rs 2Lakh/Month
- . Kerala couple Devakumar and Saranya quit their corporate jobs in the UAE to launch Papla, a venture that makes sustainable tableware, grow bags and more from arecanut leaf sheaths
- Engineer Devakumar Narayanan spent four years in the UAE, working a 9-5 corporate job and leading a fast-paced life. Shortly after his wife Saranya joined him, the gruelling pace and lifestyle that his work entailed left the couple with a strong desire to return to their homeland – Kerala.
- So in 2018, they returned to Kasaragod, with the idea of starting their own business. arecanut leaf sheaths, locally known as Paala. Arecanut trees grow in abundance in Kasaragod, making the produce easier to source. Also, they are eco-friendly, biodegradable and a good alternative to plastics.
- Launched in 2018, Papla now manufactures products ranging from tableware to grow bags out of arecanut leaf sheaths, clocking a turnover of Rs 2 lakh per month.
22706. साइकिल पर सुपरहीरो! जान जोखिम में डालकर, COVID संक्रमितों तक पहुंचाते हैं मदद
- सौमित्र मंडल, पश्चिम बंगाल के दक्षिण 24 परगना जिले के सुदूर द्वीप में लोगों के लिए किसी सुपरहीरो से कम नहीं हैं। वह एक वन मैन आर्मी हैं, जो आज भी अपने दम पर अकेले एक गांव से दूसरे गांव जाकर, लोगों को दवाइयां और ऑक्सीजन पहुंचाते हैं।
- डायबिटिक होने के बावजूद, सौमित्र (COVID Warrior) पहली और दूसरी लहर के दौरान भी लोगों की मदद करने से नहीं रुके। उन्होंने अपनी सेहत की परवाह नहीं की और लोगों तक, उनके इलाज के लिए जरूरी समान पहुंचाते रहे। वह मरीजों की हालत देखकर उन्हें दवाएं भी देते हैं।
- उन्होंने कहा, “मरीजों को दवाएं देने से पहले मैं हमेशा डॉक्टर से फ़ोन पर सलाह लेता हूं। मैं सिर्फ डॉक्टर की सलाह के अनुसार ही काम करता हूं।
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22707. Samsung opens new innovation lab at Delhi Technological University
- 1) Samsung India has inaugurated a Samsung Innovation Lab at Delhi Technological University (DTU) under the Samsung Innovation Campus initiative.
- 2) At the lab, students and faculty at DTU will work on advanced technology training as well as joint research collaborations on domains such as Application Framework, Multimedia, Health and Security.
- 3) With this Addition, Samsung now has eight technical labs spread across the country as part of its Samsung Innovation Campus initiative
- 4) As part of the lab, engineers at Samsung R&D Institute, Noida (SRI-N) will work on collaborative research projects with DTU students and faculty on smartphone domains based on technology areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
- 5) Students are also encouraged to publish research papers jointly with SRI-N engineers on these projects.
- 6) Samsung engineers and students will also work on several innovative sustainable research projects to solve real-life problems that can benefit the society.
22708. US patent granted to 'neurosurgery simulator' developed in India
- 1) Indian Council of Medical Research on Friday announced that India's indigenous neurosurgery simulator has been granted US Patent through the ICMR Patent Cell.`
- 2) "We are proud to announce that India's indigenous neurosurgery simulator, neuro-endoscope-box-trainer, granted US Patent through the ICMR Patent Cell.
- 3) The simulator has been developed jointly by AIIMS Delhi and IIT Delhi," ICMR tweeted with a hashtag 'Make In India'.
22709. Innovative India-Made MRI Machine Can Make Medical Imaging Affordable And Accessible
- 1) The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine developed by Voxelgrids Innovations Private Limited is entirely made in India and eases some of the primary challenges associated with widespread adoption of MRI – cost, size, and time.
- 2) It is a marked improvement on the typically costly, bulky, and noisy MRI machine that generally sits in radiology labs with little possibility of transport.
- 3) The Voxelgrids team is diverse and consists of radio-frequency, mechanical, and software engineers. The team is led by Arjun Arunachalam, who is the founder of the company and the system architect.
- 4) “They (Tata Trusts) supported an idea on paper. They had supported a not-for-profit incubator called Social Alpha, through whom we received this support,” Arunachalam says.
- 5) Tata Trusts and Social Alpha invested crores of rupees into the project. A government grant of Rs 2.38 crore followed soon after.
22710. IIT-BHU Develops Clean Hydrogen Fuel That Could Help Reduce Air Pollution
- 1) The department of chemical engineering and technology at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) , has developed a membrane reformer prototype for producing ultra-pure hydrogen from methanol.
- 2) The Centre has recently launched the National Hydrogen Energy Mission to promote the production of hydrogen from green energy resources.
- 3) Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay of the department and his team said that it is the first such prototype in India and there are no such commercial units worldwide.
- 4) Upadhyay said that the prototype isolated 99.999 percent pure hydrogen from a mere 15 ml/minute methanol to 13 litres/minute and succeeded in producing 1 KW of power on integration with a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 5) Hydrogen is said to be the top clean fuel with its high energy density and versatility to replace fossil fuels.
- 6) The entire unit is manufactured in India and all components like methanol-reforming catalysts and hydrogen-selective membranes were synthesized at the chemical engineering lab in the institute.