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Category: Science & Technology
** India resumes COVID-19 vaccine export
** How a UK-India project attempts to dramatically improve mental health in a suicide-prone Kerala
A team of scholars and theatre artistes led by UK-based professor of mental health, Dr Raghu Raghavan of the De Montfort University in Leicester, has been trying to spread mental health literacy in Kerala for the past three years.
** Anti-drone technology developed, transferred to industries: DRDO chief
DRDO has developed counter-drone technology and transferred it to industries, which have taken orders from the armed forces and security forces of the country, a senior official of the organisation said on Thursday.
“DRDO has developed anti-drone technology. It has all the necessary elements required to counter drones, whether it is detection, tracking or surveillance and even a process called software and hardware,” Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief G Satheesh Reddy said.
** Centre permits export of 4 million doses of Sputnik Light vaccine to Russia
** Air Force Museum inaugurated at Akkulam Tourist Village
Thiruvananthapuram:
An Air Force Museum, built in the shape of an aircraft, was opened at a village near here on Friday…
** PM Modi to launch Indian Space Association on Monday
He will also interact with representatives of the space industry on this occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Indian Space Association (ISpA), an industry body aspiring to be the voice of the Indian space sector, on October 11, the PMO said on Saturday. He will also interact with representatives of the space industry on this occasion.
** Reliance New Energy Solar to acquire 40% stake in Sterling and Wilson Solar
The transaction is subject to customary regulatory and other approvals.
Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (Reliance) on Sunday executed definitive agreements with Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Ltd (SPCPL), Khurshed Daruvala and Sterling & Wilson Solar Ltd (SWSL) to acquire 40% stake post-money in SWSL through a series of transactions
** ASAP to offer drone pilot training in Ernakulam
With such an arrangement already being tried out on a trial basis in some metro cities and the vista of opportunities offered by drones ever expanding, the State government’s Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala has expanded its executive programme in micro category drone pilot training to Ernakulam district as well.
“We will open admission as soon as we get the requisite clearances from the authorities concerned for running the course on the campus of the Edappally Higher Secondary School. We have already received over 100 registrations,” said Shanthanu P., district programme manager, ASAP.
** Indian lab may have helped validate research that fetched the medicine Nobel
The Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) under the CSIR had shown in 2018 that the cells of the immune system may also be critically dependent on these channels to sense physical cues.
Back home, a group of IICB scientists led by immunologist Dipyaman Ganguly first showed in 2018 that the cells of the immune system may be critically dependent on these channels for sensing physical cues inside the body.
Their paper titled “Cutting Edge: Piezo1 Mechanosensors Optimize Human T Cell Activation”, published in The Journal of Immunology, provided the first evidence for the involvement of Piezo mechanosensors in immune regulation.