The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, (RGIA) Hyderabad, has been declared the best airport by size and region in the Asia-Pacific region for 2021.
This is in the category of 15 million to 25 million passengers per annum.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director general, ACI World, congratulated GMR Hyderabad International Airport and said that the award reflects their commitment to improving passenger experience.
source: thehindu.com
The research could facilitate better diagnosis of diseases, detection of minute abnormalities and better real-time image-guided biopsy procedures and treatment monitoring applications.
“This research could potentially facilitate several applications like early detection and better diagnosis of diseases, detection of minute abnormalities within human body like renal stones, better real-time image-guided biopsy procedures and treatment monitoring applications,” Arun K Thittai, Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, told PTI.
source: newindianexpress.com
Veteran Indian fast bowler Jhulan Goswami playing in her 5th ODI World Cup equalled former Australia spinner Lyn Fullston’s tally of 39 scalps to become the joint-highest wicket taker in Women’s World Cup.
The 39-year-old, achieved the feat against New Zealand in the ongoing tournament when she dismissed wicketkeeper Katey Martin in the 50th over.
source: theprint.in
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday,March 09th, approved the establishment of a WHO (World Health Organization) Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO GCTM) at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
An agreement was signed by the Government of India with the world body in this regard.
The WHO GCTM, to be established under the Ministry of AYUSH ( Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy), will be the first and only global outposted centre (office) for traditional medicines.
source: thehindu.com
India’s Ravindra Jadeja climbed to the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for all-rounders on Wednesday after his match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the opening Test in Mohali.
source: timesofindia.com
Two nurses T R Priya and T Bhavani from the Kerala Health Department have won the best vaccinators’ award instituted for health care workers as part of India’s National Covid Vaccination Programme.
T R Priya, a Grade I Nursing Officer at Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital, and T. Bhavani, a JPHN Grade I at Payyannur taluk hospital in Kannur, have won the honour at the national level.
The awards constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were presented by the Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on March 8, the International Women’s Day .
source: theweek.in
Indian-origin Nishant Batra working as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer (CSTO) at smartphone maker Nokia is helping NASA to build the first ever cellular network on the Moon.
Batra joined Nokia as CSTO and a member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team in January 2021.
Batra is based in Espoo, Finland, and has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and the US.
source: thenewsmen.co.in
Use of insecticides and pesticides will soon become a thing of past.
Scientist of Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Dr Mamoni Dash has developed the polymer, which can be used instead of pesticides. The polymer has been developed to target the specific genes of different types of crops that come under the pest attack. It will help overcome the ongoing conventional control strategy of insecticides and pesticides usage.
This new invention in the field of agriculture has made her one of the 75 achievers under 50 in the field of Science and Technology in India.
source: newindianexpress.com
‘Kavach’ a technological development of the Indian Railways. It is a phenomenal improvement in safety and a significant contributor to accident prevention.
A major milestone in the Indian Railways in the avoidance of the head-on collusion by ‘Kavach’ without any manual intervention.
The technology is scheduled to be implemented in the entire rail network in the country and will also be exported to the world in the future.
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits developed by the DRDO are on board the EOS04 satellite launched on February 14 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Defence Ministry.
The circuits have been used in radar imaging modules of the satellite, the ministry said in a statement..
source: newindianexpress.com