India Positive - June 12, 2020
- June 12, 2020
Indian Railways creates a new world benchmark by successfully running first Double Stack Container Train in high rise OHE electrified sections
Indian Railways created a new world benchmark by commissioning first high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE), which has contact wire height of 7.57 metre, and successfully ran double stack containers in electrified territory on Western Railway.
About 15,000 MW of wind-solar hybrid capacity to come up in 5 years: Crisil
Around 15,000 megawatt (MW) of wind-solar hybrid capacity is expected to come up over the next five years in India, as government is focusing on increasing the share of renewable energy in the country.
Best ever safety performance by Indian Railways during the past year; Zero passenger fatalities due to railway accident since April 2019; Measures to enhance safety include - Highest ever elimination of level crossings (1274 nos.); Highest ever renewal of rails for 5181 track km in 2019-2020
Indian Railways registered the best safety record in last 15 months with no fatality of any railway passenger in any train accident.
Highest ever allocation of Rs 1,01,500 crore made under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during financial year 2020-2021; a sum of Rs 31,493 crore has already been released
A provision of Rs 1,01,500 crore (US$ 14.40 billion) has been made under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the current financial year 2020-2021.
FDI from Cayman Islands to India jumps three-fold to US$ 3.7 billion in 2019-20
According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Cayman Islands has emerged as the fifth largest investor in India, with foreign direct investment (FDI) from the nation increasing over three-fold to US$ 3.7 billion in 2019-20.
About 111.02 LMT food grains lifted through 3965 rail rakes during lockdown; Under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package States/UTs lifted 4.42 LMT food grains and 15,413 MT grams for distribution
After the lockdown was announced on March 24, 2020, about 111.02 LMT food grains have been lifted and transported through 3,965 rail rakes, 234.51 LMT through roadways and 15,500 MT grains through 13 ships.
Awareness and not Anxiety is the key to fighting COVID-19: DrJitendra Singh; Launches COVID BEEP, India’s first indigenous, cost effective, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients
Minister of State (I/C) for Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office, Dr Jitendra Singh launched COVID BEEP (Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod), India’s first indigenous, cost effective, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients, developed by ESIC Medical College Hyderabad in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Department Of Atomic Energy.
IASST develops an artificial intelligence-based computer diagnosis framework for rapid and accurate diagnosis of oral cancers
Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based algorithm to aid rapid diagnosis and prediction of oral squamous cell carcinoma.
RCF Crosses Rs 100 Crore Mark in Cumulative Sales of its Industrial Products in Current Financial Year
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) has crossed Rs 100 crore (US$ 14.19 million) in sales of its Industrial Products in the first two months of FY21.
EPFO leverages CSC network to conduct Jeevan Pramaan for pensioners
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has partnered with Common Service Centre (CSC) to provide facility to submit Digital Jeevan Pramaan.
MOU entered between NIPER Guwahati and Hindustan Antibiotics LTD for large scale industrial grade manufacturing and commercialization of of 3D antimicrobial face-shields to control spread of Covid-19
National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research (NIPER)-Guwahati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hindustan Antibiotic Limited (HAL) Pimpri, Pune for large scale industrial-grade manufacturing and commercialization of their 3D printed antimicrobial face-shields.
India and Denmark sign MOU for developing cooperation between two countries in the power sector
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Indo-Denmark Energy Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Power, Government of India and the Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate, Government of the Kingdom of Denmark to develop a strong, deep and long-term co-operation between two countries in the power sector on the basis of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit.
JNCASR signs MoU with incubated company for scaling up technology for reducing CO2 to methanol & other useful chemicals
An agreement has been signed between Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and Breathe Applied Sciences, a company incubated at JNCASR for transfer of technology based on lab-scale research on reducing CO2 to methanol and other useful chemicals and fuels.
NCERT and Rotary India digitally sign MoU for e-learning content telecast for class 1-12 over all NCERT TV channelsin the presence of Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’
NCERT and Rotary India Humanity Foundation digitally signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) for e-learning content telecast for class 1-12 over NCERT TV channels to make e-learning more constructive.
Kerala Start-ties up with SCTIMST to launch IoT (Internet of Things) based used mask disposal smart bin & UV light-based disinfection device to beat COVID 19
VST Mobility Solutions, a start-up headquartered at Cochin, has launched an automated mask disposal machine as part of its effort to develop products to combat COVID-19.
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