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January Part #3



Harsh Vardhan launches India‘s 1st indigenous pneumonia vaccine 'Pneumosil' 


The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched India‟s first indigenously developed vaccine against pneumonia. The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) named ‗Pneumosil‘ has been developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH, an international, nonprofit global health organization based in Seattle. 

About the vaccine: The vaccine will provide protection against 10 variants of pneumococcus bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis, ear, and blood infections in children. Pneumococcal disease is the largest contributor to under-five mortality rate worldwide.


India‘s 1st Testbed TiHAN launched at IIT Hyderabad 

Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has virtually laid the foundation stone of 'TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad', India's first Testbed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial) at IIT Hyderabad. The Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Systems (TiHAN) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles at IIT Hyderabad. 


About the TiHAN Navigation Systems 


1) The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NMICPS) to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems. 

2) Two acres of land has already been allocated in the IIT Hyderabad campus and the facilities are planned in phases. 

3) All Smart poles are enabled with communication providing technology with some Poles designed with sprinklers to simulate rain scenarios. The developed testbed will be available for use by all the industries, R&D labs, academia conducting research and development in the broad areas of autonomous navigation. 



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