Mitochondrial Donation
Technique
It does not allow passage of defective
mitochondria from mother to babies.
Thus, preventing new born babies
from dangerous diseases related
brain damage, muscle wasting, heart
failure and blindness due to defective
mitochondria.
ROTAVIRUS VACCINE ROTAVAC
First indigenously developed
rotavirus vaccine
Under PPP with US.
BBIL ( Bharat biotech India ltd )
Cheapest vaccine in the world.
ROTAVIRUS common virus of MSD
(mild- severe diarrhea )
EBOLA VIRUS
Cause an extremely high fever, EHF
(Ebola hemorrhagic fever ).
Communicable by blood, sweat,
feces, sexual contact.
Organs shut down unstoppable
bleeding.
Molecular shark called.
No cure or vaccine.
GUIENA
MERS ( middle east
respiratory syn)
South Korea 1st fatal disease death.
Corona virus
From bats, camels are immune to it
Spreads like common cold
No vaccine
SWINE FLU (H1N1)
Now resistant to key medicine
Tamiflu
Relenza still active ( virus has not
developed resistance to it )
Biosimilars drugs
BSD are developed due to expiry of
patent protection for many biological
medicines.
Similar to biological drugs but not
same.
Can be used at their place after
approval of DCGI ( Drug control
general of India )
The Draft National Health Policy
2015
The public spending has been
increased from 1% to 2.5% of GDP.
Also increased taxes on alcohol and
tobacco, Gains from medical tourism,
special health cess .
CHALLENGES IMR is 50/1000 even below
Bangladesh
MMR is 209/100000 woman lives.
National AIDS Control
Program
HIV is retrovirus.
Also called HTLV-III/LAV/ARV.
Leads to loss of immune system
(LYMPHOMAS)
4th phase of NACP
Achieve MDG ( millennium
development goals ) in reducing HIV
mortality.
For five years Rs 14 lakh crores
given.
AYUSH
Ayurveda, Yoga &Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha, Homoeopathy.
5000 crores allocated
To promote traditional Ayurvedic medicines.
Chinese medicines are already accepted
globally.
NRDC ( National Research Development
Corp ) & CCRAS ( Council For Research in
Ayurvedic Sciences ) have inked MoA to
commercialise ayurvedic medicines.
Mission to Pluto
New Horizons Spacecraft.
NASA
GSLV Mark III
Three stage engine launch vehicle.
1st stage - solid propellent.
2nd stage - liquid
3rd stage cryogenic ( most
efficient )
CARE crew module atmospheric
reentry exp
cryogenic- both fuel and oxidiser are
liquid and stored at very low temp.
GLONASS-K ( RUSSIA )
Global navigation satellite systemRUS
GPS- US
Compass nav system- CHINA
Galileo pos system EUR
Indian Regional nav sat sys IRNSS
1D
28 GLONASS already there
MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING
RADAR
By ISRO
Spotting space debris near ISRO
satellites.
Range increased from 300km to
1000km,tracking multiple objects.
Stationary antennae.
Change e-3
Soft landing- low velocity landing to
protect equipments.
Chinas 1st lunar rover mission.
JADE RABBIT- robotic rover/yutu
If successful will be third after US and
RUS.
ROSSETA-PHILAE
Probe- rosseta was in hibernation for
957 days.
Project of RSA (russia space agency )
Will drop its Lander PHILAE on a
comet 67P.
Will become 1st to orbit and land on a
comet.
67P- duck shaped, 4 km long,70C,rough terrain.
ISRO
TITANIUM SPONGE PLANT
India 3rd largest reserve of Ti
raw titanium----by kroll process---pure titanium sponge.
Used in defense and aerospace due
to very high strength to weight ratio.
ANTRIX CORP LTD To launch 9 nano satellites for US.
MAST
Multi-Application Solar Telescope
Asias biggest telescope
3d images of solar activities.
Udaipur chosen as it gets 250 days of
sunshine
APJ ABDUL KALAM
Born at Rameshwaram (TN)
DRDO- as scientist, developed a small helicopter for army.
ISRO-project director for India's 1st indigenous satellite launch
vehicle.
Put ROHINI satellite in space, 1980
Pioneer in developing PSLV
MISSILE MAN 1980,chairman of IGMDP(integrated guiding
missile development program ) AGNI,PRITHVI developed.
OPERATION SHAKTI Chief Project Coordinator
11th president of India 2002-07
Doctorates from 30 universities.
PADMA BHUSAN,VIBHUSAN,BHARAT RATNA.
BOOKS-INDIA 2020,WINGS OF FIRE,IGNITED MINDS,LUMUNIOUS
SPARKS,MISSION INDIA,REIGNITED
HAYABUSA-II
Towards an asteroid.
Also will enquire comet by dropping
tiny robots and studying asteroid by
drilling craters and collecting
unexposed materials.
Digital Locker
Enable to save ones imp data
electronically so no theft, or loss.
Will also reduce use of paper and
protect environment.
Initial storage is 10 MB
XML format
Linked with Aadhar card.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Network of everyday appliances and household
items along with their digital representations
connected together in an internet like structure.
HOW IT WORKS- radio frequency identification
chip in device (RFID)----like IP address.
Can be used in many ways like waste
management, urban planning,env sustainable
development, SMART CITIES like---SONGDO.
CONS-Cyber attacks
NET NEUTRALITY
Means all traffic on internet is treated as equal by
service providers.
Term was coined by TIM WU
Access of constant speed.
No paid prioritization
If done so will let the ISPs to regulate traffic.
The telecoms are demanding for it as the big
gamers like Google and facebook earns in billions
and they need money to maintain the quality.
Also other imp sites be given priority over other
sites.
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY
POLICY
Four Focus areas- deterrence,prevention,detection
and reaction.
Govt has set up inter departmental info security
task force (ISTF)a nodal agency ----suggests
method for better protection.
CERT-In (Computer emergency response team)----respond to cyber attacks.
Public Key Infra (PKI)To support implementation of
IT Act and promote use of DIGITAL SIGNATURE, R&D,
complince with ISO 27001.
National Cyber Security Policy 2013awarness
programs.
National Supercomputing Machine
(NSM)
Jointly Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and Department of
Electronics and Information Technology
(DeitY) at an estimated cost of Rs.4500
crores over a period of seven years.
Create a grid of supercomputers connecting
different research and R&D centres.
NKN ( National Knowledge Network )
connects different educational institutions.
Pepper Robot
Humanoid to read emotions.
Aldebaran robots & Softbank Mobile.
Made to make people feel happy,
NOT A DOMESTIC ROBOT.
Cloud based artificial intelligence.
Cloud computing-MEGHRAJ
Remote server rather than local server.
Internet based technology for sharing
software, data, digital [Link]-GMAIL.
Accelerate the E-Services or faster
processes.
Meghraj- GI cloud.
Currently Paas, SaaS(email), STaas(storage),
Iaas(os and apps).
Investment on OPEX model rather than
CAPEX.
Augmented reality-SAKAAR
3D models of Mars
orbiter,PSLV,GSLV,MK-III,INSAT D
predicting cyclones,MOM launch and
orbit insertion videos.
Live direct view of a physical and real
environment.
GreenPhablet
Combination of phone and tablet by ICRISAT
powered by GreenSIM.
GreenSIM by ICRISAT,Airtel,IFFCO,KSL.
GreenSIM awarded Flame award 2013 and cited
Technology of decade.
ICRISAT-non profit org by FORD and ROCKFELLER.
International crop research institute for the semiarid tropics.
Provides farmers with farming methods
solutions, and selling rates
