Rs 2000 Crore from PM CARES Fund allocated for 50,000 Made-in-India Ventilators

The Government of India on its way to create an AtmaNirbhar Bharat had allocated Rs 2000 crore for 50,000 Made-in-India ventilators. The entire sum of Rs 2000 crore was allocated from PM CARES Fund Trust. These ventilators will be supplied to various government-run COVID hospitals based on priority across the country. To date, a total ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Atmanirbhar Bharat • Bharat Electronics Limited • COVID-19 • Maharashtra • PM CARES Fund • Tamil Nadu • Uttar Pradesh • ventilator

“Delhi Corona” App launched by Delhi Government

On June 2, 2020, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched Delhi Corona App. The application is to provide all required information that are related to ventilators and hospital beds in the city. The Application mainly aims at providing real time information. Highlights The Delhi Corona Application was launched by the Delhi CM through video ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Topics: Arvind Kejriwal • COVID-19 mobile application • Delhi Government • Google • mobile application • ventilator

COVID-19: Rs 3,100 crores allocated from PM CARES Funds

The PM CARES Fund trust was created on March 27, 2020. It was headed by Prime Minister Modi. The other members include Home Minister, Defence Minister and Finance Minister. Ventilators The allocated funds are to be used to buy 50,000 ventilators. The ventilators are to be purchased at a cost of Rs 2,000 cores. These ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) • COVID-19 vaccine • Migrant workers • PM CARES Fund • PM Modi • Principal Scientific Adviser • ventilator

Ruhdaar: Low Cost Mechanical Ventilator developed by IIT Bombay

Students from IIT Bombay, Islamic University of Science and Technology, NIT Srinagar have come together to invent a low-cost ventilator called “Ruhdaar”. About Ruhdaar The cost of production of one ventilator is Rs 10,000. The design was initiated by the first-year student of IIT Bombay from Kashmir. He began to design the ventilator after learning ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 • Health and Family Welfare • IIT Bombay • Jammu and Kashmir • NIT • ventilator

ICMR: Remdesvir effective in stopping replication mechanism of COVID-19

On April 13, 2020, the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that the antiviral drug Remdesvir is highly effective in stopping the replication of COVID-19. Highlights The research on the efficacy of Remdesvir is a part of WHO’s “Solidarity Trial”. The efficacy of Remdesvir is not based on clinical trials. However, ICMR is concluding its ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Clinical trials • COVID-19 • Drugs • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • ICMR • India-WHO • lopinavir • Remdesvir • ventilator • WHO