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Hackathon ” Hack the Crisis-India ” launched

April 4, 2020
hack the crisis in india
  • Hackathon “Hack the crisis-India” has been organized by “Hack a cause-India” and ” Ficci Ladies Organization Pune” along with the support of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.

Multi-feed oxygen Manifold designed by Visakhapatnam Naval dockyard

April 3, 2020
Multi-feed oxygen Manifold
  • Portable multi-feed oxygen manifold has been designed by the Visakhapatnam based Naval Dockyard.
  • This portable system ca deliver oxygen to multiple patients at a time. 

Pune woman behind the first Indian made testing tool “Pathodetect COVID-19 Kit”

April 2, 2020
Pathodetect COVID-19 Kit
  • Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale from Pune had led the designing team for the coronavirus testing kit named ‘Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit’.
  • She is the research and development chief of Mylab Discovery Solutions in Pune.

Ministry of Tourism released ‘Stranded in India’ portal to aid foreign tourists stuck in India

April 1, 2020
Stranded in India
  • The Ministry of Tourism has released a portal ‘Stranded in India’ as a support network to aid foreign tourists who are stuck in the different areas of India.
  • Its web address is strandedinindia.com.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets NASA award for planned lunar space station

March 30, 2020
lunar space station
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen a new space capsule from SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency’s planned lunar space station.
  • The Dragon XL spacecraft will carry out research supplies to aid future astronauts on surface of the moon in collecting lunar samples.

Abbott Labs releases a 5-minute coronavirus test

March 28, 2020
Abbott Labs
  • Abbott Laboratories, United States is releasing a coronavirus test that will tell if the person is infected within 5 minutes.
  • This test is so small and transportable it is often used in almost any health-care setting.

IIT-Gandhinagar starts “Project Isaac” for students during lockdown

March 28, 2020
Project Isaac
  • The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) has begun ‘Project Isaac’ to engage students in inventive projects during the COVID-19 lockdown.
  • The project tries to improve the student’s skills while they are confined in their homes.

Government of India releases coronavirus tracking app “Corona Kavach”

March 27, 2020
Corona Kavach
  • The Government of India has released a coronavirus risk-tracking app called ‘Corona Kavach.’
  • This app is being formed in the public interest to provide information and capture the outbreak of Coronavirus. The data will be used to conduct an analysis of the active COVID 19 cases in India.

US releases advanced high-frequency satellite for military communication

March 27, 2020
US launches advanced high frequency satellite for military communication
  • The United States Space Force has released an Advanced Extremely High-Frequency satellite (AEHF-6) for its military communications.
  • The Lock Heed Martin AEHF-6 (Advanced Extremely High Frequency) satellite was ejected on the Atlas V551 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida to provide global protected communications.

Microsoft & US CDC pairs-up to create a COVID-19 self-screening bot, “Clara”

March 26, 2020
Clara
  • The United States CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) paired-up with CDC Foundation and Microsoft’s Azure healthcare bot service has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) based bot named “Clara”
  • The bot is now available in the US on the CDS website.