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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - January 2019

Jan 2019

Nov 15, 2022

DigiLocker Integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

DigiLocker has successfully integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, so that users can digitally store their health records and link them with their Ayushman Bharat health account.
Its aim is digital empowerment of citizens by providing access to authentic digital documents.
The issued documents in the DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with the original physical documents. With this, users can now utilize DigiLocker as a Personal Health Records app.

Nov 14, 2022

UN Announces High-tech, Satellite-based Global Methane Detection System

As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the UN announced a new satellite-based system to detect emissions of the climate warming gas and allow governments and businesses to respond.
The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), launched at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, is a data-to-action platform set up as part of the UNEP International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) strategy to get policy-relevant data into the right hands for emissions mitigation.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, contributing at least a quarter of today's climate warming. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must cut methane emissions at least 30% by 2030 – the goal of the Global Methane Pledge – to keep the 1.5°C temperature limit within reach.

Nov 12, 2022

BSNL Gets Centre's Nod to Sign Rs. 26,821 crore 4G Deal with TCS

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) received the central government's nod to go ahead with Rs. 26,281 crore deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), paving its way to launch 4G services in India.
TCS will set up the 4G lines and maintain the network for nine years.
BSNL will give Rs. 10,000 crore worth of purchase orders to TCS. With this, the state-run telco will aim to launch its 4G services by December 2022 or January 2023.
Tata Sons' unit Tejas Network will manufacture the equipment locally for BSNL.

Nov 11, 2022

ISRO Increases Carrying Capacity of its GSLV-MkIII Rocket by 450kg

Indian space agency (ISRO) increased the carrying capacity of its LVM3 (GSLV MkIII) rocket by 450 kg with additional propellant loading of its cryogenic engine CE20.
According to ISRO, the CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed for LVM3 has been subjected to successful hot test at an uprated thrust level of 21.8 tonne for the first time earlier in November.

Nov 09, 2022

India's First Private Rocket to be Launched between November 12-16

According to Hyderabad-based space star-tup Skyroot Aerospace, India's first privately developed rocket Vikram-S -- is set for a launch in a sub-orbital mission with three payloads between November 12 and 16.
The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will carry two Indian and one foreign customer payloads and is set for launch from Indian Space Research Organisation's launchpad at Sriharikota.
Spacekidz, a Chennai-based aerospace startup, will fly 'Fun-Sat', a 2.5 kg payload developed by students from India, the US, Singapore and Indonesia on the sub-orbital flight on board Vikram-S.

Google Launches 'FloodHub', a Platform to Forecast Flood

Google, an American technology giant, launched a platform that displays flood forecasts, namely 'FloodHub'. This platform shows the area and time where floods could occur, in order to inform people about the natural calamity and authorities can assist them with effectively.
The technology giant also expanded its AI flood forecasting services to 18 counties across Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. To recall, these flood forecasting services supported by AI were first introduced in India back in 2018.

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