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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a satellite called “INSPIRESat-1”.

Highlights

INSPIRESat-1 has been developed by a team of international researchers from India, the U.S., Taiwan, and Singapore.

INSPIRESat-1 means International Research & TEACHING Satellite Project satellite one.

It has been developed by the Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) in association with the Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

It was launched onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52

It’s a student satellite with One Year Mission life that will study the orbital heating of the Sun and about dynamics of the ionosphere. The weight of INSPIRE-1 is 8.1 kg.

Department for Promotion of & Internal Trade (DPIIT) of India and Ministry of economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan held an annual meeting to review the progress under Japanese Industrial Townships (JITs) in India.

DPIIT and the States presented developed Infrastructure and land open for Japanese investors in these townships.

Japanese companies were requested for field visits to JITs to draw in investments.

DPIIT reviewed the status of JITs with METI during a virtual platform in Light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Japan Embassy in India and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) also partook from the Japanese part.

National Productivity Day is observed per annum in India on 12 February.

Highlights

Every year on 12 February, India celebrates National Productivity Day.

The National Productivity Council’s mission is to encourage and promote productivity and quality awareness in all country sectors.

The most observance of the Day is to encourage all stakeholders to implement productivity tools and techniques with contemporary, relevant themes.

The Day is widely known by the National Productivity Council (NPC) to market productivity culture in India.

National Productivity Council (NPC) under the Ministry of Commerce and Government of India may be a premier institution for propagating productivity movement in India.

The Global Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022 report, unveiled at the Dubai Expo, India, is among the highest five most accessible places to start a replacement business.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022 report, unveiled at the Dubai Expo, India, is among the highest five most accessible places to start a replacement business.

The survey of Indian respondents, who answered questions on their entrepreneurial activity, attitudes to enterprise, and considering their local entrepreneurial ecosystem, found that 82% think it’s easy to start a business, placing India fourth globally.

It is an expansion of PSP 1. It brought in several changes to the delivery of passports. The main objective of the second version is to create a digital platform for passport related Services. This is to make the process more transparent, accessible and reliable.

Under the second version, several technological upgrades are to be added. This includes Chat Bot, advance data analytics, auto response, cloud enablement and natural language processing.

The Passport Seva Programme Version 2 is an extension of Passport Seva Programme Version 1. It is an online service. It was launched under the National E Governance Plan.

The Government of India is to launch e Passports very soon for citizens renewing their passport or applying for new passport.

The DEFENCE Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) flight tested the Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), successfully.

During the flight test, final deliverable configuration of the MPATGM was tested.

MPATGM is an indigenously developed anti-tank missile, a low weight and a fire and forget missile.

It was launched from a launcher, which was man portable. It was integrated with thermal sight.

During the test, the missile impacted designated target with precision and destroyed it.

The MPATGM, dubbed as Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile, is a third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched (AI) driven Start-Up for water purification through innovative technology.

AI driven start-up for water purification has been developed by an IIT Alumni.

The start-up was launched with the aim of providing clean drinking water at a lesser price, as opposed the Market Price.

The Technology Development Board (a statutory body of Science & Technology department) also signed a MoU with M/s Swajal Water Private Limited which is a tech Start Up company founded by ex-IITians. The company focuses on innovative technologies for making reliable clean drinking water accessible to communities at affordable prices. Their project on IoT has enabled the use of Solar Water Purification Unit for villages, slums, and High Utility Areas.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) issued new guidelines on Purposive Testing Strategy, amid rising cases of covid-19 cases.

ICMR issued guidelines on who needs to get tested for the infection, and who doesnt.

As per the guidelines, asymptomatic individuals, and contacts ofCovid patients are not required to be tested unless identified as high-risk individuals based on co-morbidities or age.

It also mentioned that at-risk contacts of patients would be person aged above 60 years and individuals with co-morbidities such as chronic lung or kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension, malignancy and obesity.

People undertaking inter-state domestic travel are also not required to get tested.

Recently, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last effort to save his life, in Maryland hospital in USA. It was done for the first time in the HISTORY of medical.

The patient is doing well three days after this highly experimental surgery.

This marks a significant step in the decades-long debate on using animal organs for life-saving transplants. However, it is too soon to know, if the operation will work.

As per Doctors at University of Maryland Medical Center, transplant highlighted that heart from a genetically modified animal can function in human body, without immediate rejection.