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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102026) | |
23021. Amid Shortage of Remdesivir, Himachal-Based Company Gets Licence To Manufacture The Drug
- Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), a Himachal Pradesh-based drug manufacturing company located in the Baddi-Brotiwala-Nalagarh industrial belt, has got the government’s approval to manufacture antiviral Remdesivir, a drug considered important for the treatment of Covid-19, for emergency use in India.
- Keeping in view the high Covid caseload of the states, the company will supply the drug to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi on a priority basis.
- Apart from DRL, four other companies based in Himachal Pradesh — Cipla, Hetero Labs, Nitin Lifesciences and Jubilant Pharma—are already manufacturing Remdesivir. The Centre has flagged “irrational use” of the Remdesivir drug, urging the hospitals and physicians to judiciously use it for Covid patients only, and those on oxygen support.
23022. रेमडेसिविर इंजेक्शन को लेकर केंद्र ने दी अच्छी खबर, आज से 1.5 लाख वाइल का उत्पादन शुरू
- केंद्रीय रसायन और उर्वरक राज्य मंत्री मनसुख मंडाविया ने कहा है कि देश में रेमडेसिविर इंजेक्शन के उत्पादन में तेजी आए और इसकी कीमतें कम हों, इसके लिए भारत सरकार लगातार कोशिश कर रही है।
- उन्होंने कहा है कि आज से इस दवा की 1.5 लाख वाइल का प्रतिदिन उत्पादन शुरू हो गया है और आने वाले 15 दिनों में इसका उत्पादन बढ़कर रोजाना 3 लाख वाइल हो जाएगा। इसके लिए इसके 20 प्लांट बढ़ाने की भी मंजूरी दी गई है, जिससे यह मौजूदा 20 प्लांट से दोगुनी हो जाएगी।
- उन्होंने कहा है कि सरकार ने रेमडेसिविर की कीमतें कम करने के लिए भी सभी कंपनियों से बातचीत की है, जिसकी वजह से सभी कंपनियों ने अपनी कीमतें घटा दी हैं। यही वजह है कि कल तक इसकी खुदरा कीमतें जो 5,000 रुपये या उससे भी ज्यादा थी, अब वह घटकर 3,500 रुपये से भी कम हो गई है
23023. Philippines to acquire 3 batteries of BrahMos
- The Philippines confirmed on Friday it will acquire three batteries of the BrahMos cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia in a deal worth almost $375 million, a development expected to boost India’s efforts to become a major exporter of defence hardware.
- The defence deal is unlikely to go down well with China, whose aggressive behaviour in the disputed South China Sea has taken relations with the Philippines to a fresh low. The Philippine Marines intend to use the BrahMos as a shore-based anti-ship missile.
- Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he had recently signed the “notice of award” – or the acceptance of India’s proposal for supplying the missile – for the Philippine Navy’s shore-based anti-ship missile acquisition project. “Negotiated with the Government of India, it includes the delivery of three batteries, training for operators and maintainers as well as the necessary Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) package,” Lorenzana said in a brief post on his Facebook page.
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23024. DAC reviews imported equipment plans
- In yet another push towards focusing on indigenously manufactured weapons system for the armed forces, the Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) on Friday held a special meeting to review some upcoming projects under which equipment would have had been imported.
- The government is reviewing all upcoming Buy (Global) projects under which the weapon systems or other equipment were imported from foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). The government is pushing the forces to focus on “Atmanirbhar” or equipment manufactured by the domestic industry as much as possible.
- Only certain systems, which are at the cutting edge globally, will be allowed to be imported directly.
23025. Indigenisation of nuts and bolts can’t be a cause for celebration
- A list of 2,500 items already indigenised by the 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings, including the magnificent seven created last year by corporatizing 41 ordnance factories, was notified on 27th of December 2021 by MoD’s Department of Defence Production (DDP).
- The Press Release circulated by the Press Information Bureau claimed that the list had been notified ‘as (a) part of the efforts to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing and minimise imports’ by the DPSUs.
- It sounded very impressive but browsing through the list made the heart sink, for it includes several types of nuts, bolts, screws, bushes, washers, gaskets, pins, hoses, sealing rings, rivets, clamps, plugs, elbows, and jets. In some cases, different sizes of the same item have been listed separately to expand the list.
23026. Bajaj Healthcare launches 'Ivejaj' tablets for COVID treatment
- Bajaj Healthcare announced the launch of its anti-parasitic drug 'Ivejaj', which can be used for treatment of COVID infections. The company has received approval from India's drug regulator DCGI to manufacture and market the tablets, it said in a BSE filing.
- Bajaj Healthcare said it has successfully developed the active pharmaceutical ingredient and the formulation for Ivermectin through its own in-house R&D team.
- The DCGI has granted permissions to supply 'Ivejaj' in the domestic as well as overseas markets, Bajaj Healthcare said.
23027. Why is India willing to buy 2nd hand Mirage and MiG, but not 2nd hand Rafale fighter jets?
- India buys second-hand Mirage 2000 and MiG 29 fighters in large quantities, and will incorporate them into active service to enhance its military strength. In fact, the reality is that India buys second-hand Mirage 2000 and MiG in large quantities every year
- The second-hand fighter is not to expand the size of its fighter squadron, but to provide parts for these Mirage 2000 fighters and MiG 29s in active service. After all, these second-hand fighters are very cheap, and the parts removed from them are not only universal, but also of stable quality. It is more cost-effective, and more importantly, it is more convenient and quick to dismantle where it needs to be.
- Many people may find it inconceivable. Why doesn’t India just retire these Mirage 2000 and MiG 29 fighters, which require frequent replacement of parts, ahead of schedule? It’s not that India doesn’t want to, no country in the world really retires all models overnight.
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23028. Rs 9000 Crore Push For Battery Infrastructure In India: Reliance, Mahindra, Hyundai Place Bids (Full Details)
- Reliance, Hyundai and Mahindra & Mahindra are some of the companies that have submitted bids under the country’s $2.4 billion battery scheme. India had finalised an incentive program last year which would incentivise companies investing in local manufacturing of batteries.
- The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2021 which aims to achieve a manufacturing capacity of 50 GigaWatt Hour (GWh) of ACC and five GWh of niche ACC.
- Electric vehicles (EVs) still account for only a fraction of total sales mainly due to their high price from imported batteries. It is targeting EVs to comrpise 30% of private car sales by 2030 and for electric two wheelers to make up 40% of such sales. This would drive demand for batteries which currently takes up 35% to 40% of the total vehicle cost.
23029. E-commerce roll-up giant Thrasio enters India with Rs 3,750 cr investment
- US e-commerce roll-up start-up Thrasio has announced its foray into India with a Rs 3,750 crore commitment towards the market.
- This announcement comes on the heels of nearly a $1 billion fund-raise that the roll-up unicorn raised in October last year, which was led by Silver Lake at a $ 5 billion valuation.
- India is one of the fastest-growing regions for Amazon’s third-party marketplace, making it enticing for aggregators. This enormous opportunity, combined with the success of leading acquirers, has fuelled a rise in start-ups created under the rubric of the “Thrasio model”, the company said in a statement.
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23030. India Secures Deal To Export BrahMos Cruise Missiles Worth $375 Million To Philippines
- The major deal worth $374.9 million was communicated to India through a Notice of Award by the Philippines Department of National Defence, signed by Secretary Delfinn Lorenzana. The order directed the BrahMos Aerospace to provide the supply of the Shore-based Anti-ship Missile System with ten calendar days of receiving the order.
- DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace have been jointly pushing hard for the export deal to friendly foreign nations. It is to mention that the BrahMos supersonic missile is produced by an Indo-Russian joint venture and can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.
- The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile can cover a range of 290 km reaching the Mach 2.8 to 3 Mach speed. Meanwhile, the BrahMos- II Hypersonic cruise missile can be deployed to hit the target within a range of 450 – 600 km at Mach 7 velocity. The missile is currently under joint development by the DRDO and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyenia.
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