Category Archives: Amazing Feats

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : Odia Scientist Dr Mamoni Dash Invents Polymer for Pest Control

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : Indigenously Developed ‘Automatic Train Collusion Prevention System ‘Kavach’ for Domestic Implementation and Future Exports.

‘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.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : DRDO-developed Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits on board ISRO’s EOS04 Satellite

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

RECORDS, MEDICINE : U.P. Doctor sets Record with 107 Eye Surgeries in 16 hours

Dr S.P. Singh, Director of the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Principal of the MLN Medical College (MLNMC), Prayagraj, has set a new record by conducting 107 phacoemulsification surgeries with intraocular lens (IOL) implant free of cost within a span of 16-and-a-half-hours.

“The surgeries were performed between 6 a.m and 10.30 p.m. continuously for 16-and-a-half hours on February 25.

Earlier, then Brigadier (Dr) J.K.S Parihar of the Army Hospital Research and Referral in New Delhi, had performed 34 phacoemulsification surgeries in October 2011 in eastern Ladakh and made a place for himself in the Limca Book of Records.

On March 5, 2001, Singh had set a record, which was registered in the Limca Book of Records, by performing 81 operations in 11 hours at one go

source: thehindu.com / IANS

INTERNATIONAL : ‘India is Natural leader of Quad in Indo-Pacific region,’ says Australian High Commissioner

India is clearly the natural leader in the region in terms of the vision the Quad signs up to in the Indo-Pacific region, and the multi-nation defence exercise, MILAN, held in Vishakapatnam demonstrates the cooperation across countries in the Indo-Pacific, Australian High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell said.

“The exercise Milan where 14 countries, including Australia, took part, demonstrates the co-operation across countries in the Indo-Pacific to secure a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

In terms of the vision the Quad signs up to with relation to the Indo-Pacific, India is clearly the natural leader in the region.

The good news is that all four countries [India, Australia, USA and Japan] are working together, whether it is on vaccine rollout, disaster

source: www.thehindu.com

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SCIENCE : Scientists of IISc, India and QBI, Australia have devised new Math Model to predict Coronavirus Vaccine Efficacy

A mathematical model that predicts how antibodies made by COVID-19 vaccines protect against symptomatic infections has been developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in Australia.

A paper about the study was published in Nature Computational Science.

WORLD & INDIA RECORDS: The Number of Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNI’s) Increased by 11%. India 3rd in Billionaire Population Globally

HNI’s up by 11% in 2021

The number of ultra-high-net worth-individuals, having net assets of $30 million (about Rs 226 crore) or more, in India increased 11% last year, according to Knight Frank.

3rd in Billionaire Population Globally.

India also ranked third in billionaire population globally in 2021. US is number one with with 748 billionaires, followed by Chinese mainland at 554 billionaires and India with 145 billionaires.

source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com / newindianexpress.com

Nikhat Zareen and Nitu, Golden Girls of Indian Boxing Win Gold at 73rd Strandja, Sofia

Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) struck gold at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. ​​

The Hyderabad-based Zareen, who is a multiple-time national medallist, had won a gold medal at the Strandja Memorial’s 2019 edition as well. With another one added to her kitty this time, she became the first Indian boxer to claim two gold medals at the tournament.

INDIA RECORDS : India records highest-ever annual FDI inflow at $81.97 bn in 2020-21

India, in the last seven financial years (2014-21), has received FDI inflow worth $440.27 billion which is nearly 58 percent of the total FDI reported in the last 21 years ($763.83 billion) the Parliament was told.

India registered its highest-ever annual FDI inflow of $81.97 billion (provisional figures) in 2020-21 despite the COVID-related disruptions, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

source: www.freepressjournal.in

PATENT : First-of-its-kind Patent for Flywheel-based Tech granted to Chaganti Srinivas Bhasker and Chaganti Bala, couple fromTelangana

For the first time in the country, probably in the world, a patent has been issued to flywheel-based power generation, the first-of-its-kind fuel-less power generation technology.

The Kinetics Associated Mass Mechanical Applications (KAMMA) — heat, work and internal energy transfers from one object to another — are applied to KAMMA gear flywheel power generation method. The patent office said the date of filing of the patent (patent application number 201941039749 and patent number 382243) was October 1, 2019, and it was granted on November 22, 2021.

The patent was issued to Chaganti Srinivas Bhasker and Chaganti Bala, a couple who had worked on the subject for the past three decades. “It is hereby certified that a patent has been granted to the patentee for an invention entitled ‘Kamma Gear Flywheel Power Generation and Multiplication and Storage’ as disclosed in the above mentioned application for the term of 20 years from the 1 st day of October 2019 in accordance with the Patents Act 1970,” reads the certificate.

Mr. Bhaskar explained that in the pulse=based power generation, the method being followed is acceleration and deceleration. Once the motor is switched on for one minute and switched off, the thrust force developed by 670KW motor would rotate 18 flywheels (in series), total 400 tonne in weight, each flywheel six metres in diameter, at 1,000 rotations per minute (rpm).

source: The Hindu / www.thehindu.com