ventilator Current Affairs, GK & News

US Global Task Force on COVID-19

May 17, 2021

The External Affairs Minister of India recently held a discussion with the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. He discussed about the priorities of India in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and oxygen. The Global Task Force on Pandemic earlier announced that it is closely working with US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and US-India Business Council to make ..

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PM orders Audit of Ventilators provided by the Centre

May 15, 2021

On May 15, 2021, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered an audit of ventilators provided by the Central Government to the State Government and the Union Territories. Why the audit? It has come to the notice of the PM that several ventilators issued to the States are lying in the storage unutilized. Thus, an audit ..

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

June 23, 2020

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 ..

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“Delhi Corona” App launched by Delhi Government

June 3, 2020

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 ..

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

May 14, 2020

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 ..

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Ruhdaar: Low Cost Mechanical Ventilator developed by IIT Bombay

April 28, 2020

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 ..

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