** Telangana youth playing key role in cancer research

Raghunandan Reddy Alugubelli provides the clinical data mining, data analytics, and data integration efforts for the research platform.

A young data analyst and pharmacist from Telangana is contributing immensely to a research project on multiple myeloma, a rare type of cancer that affects plasma cells, at the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida in the USA.

** Ashok Leyland delivers first lot of light bullet proof vehicles to Indian Air Force

Developed using ‘transfer of technology’ from Lockheed Martin, the vehicles are completely made in India.

Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Friday said it has delivered the first lot of light bulletproof vehicles to the Indian Air Force in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.

These modern vehicles were delivered on April 13. The light bulletproof vehicle (LBPV) is an adapted version of Lockheed Martin’s CVNG (common vehicle next-gen), the company said in a regulatory filing.

It has been developed under the transfer of technology (TOT) from Lockheed Martin to Ashok Leyland. It is completely indigenised and developed in India, Ashok Leyland added.

** Coronavirus | Railways to run ‘Oxygen Express’ to meet high demand amid surge in COVID-19 cases

The demand for medical oxygen in the country has gone through the roof

The Railways will run ‘Oxygen Express’ over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country, the national transporter said on Sunday.