May 2020

समाचार पत्र से चियत अंश Newspapers Clippings

A Daily service to keep DRDO Fraternity abreast with DRDO Technologies, Defence Technologies, Defence Policies, International Relations and Science & Technology

Volume: 45 Issue: 125 30 May 2020

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S. No. TITLE Page No. DRDO News 1-13 COVID-19: DRDO’s Contribution 1-5 1. Assam: Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates COVID-19 testing 1 laboratory in Tezpur 2. Himanta Biswa Sarma visits Defence Research Lab at Tezpur 2 3. UFlex develops PPE coverall in association with IIT-Delhi, INMAS 2 4. Faridabad’s APL Machinery takes make in to new high with indigenously 4 developed “UV-C disinfectant systems” 5. APL Machinery develops disinfection system to help fight COVID-19 5 DRDO Technology News 6-9 6. It's now or never: IAF Chief’s Sulur speech is a wake-up call to all Tejas 6 stakeholders 7. 9 क्या है वदेशी यूिक्लयर िमसाइल K-4? क्य उसकी ताकत देख हुई चीन और पिकतान की बोलती बंद ? 8. Turbulence: How we almost lost Tejas 12 9. MWF/Tejas MkII acronyms to be dropped by IAF by year-end 13 Defence News 14-24 Defence Strategic National/International 14-24 10. More midair refuellers, UAVs — Bhadauria explains how IAF is bracing for new 14 nature of war 11. UN Secretary General honours Indian Army Major Suman Gawani 16 12. BRD to convert IOC into FOC aircraft for Tejas Mk1 fleet 17 13. Army seeks to purchase land from J-K’s Baramulla district administration 18 14. Naval helicopters will be Modi govt’s first challenge in its ‘atmanirbhar’ push in 19 defence 15. Indian Navy to receive first Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters in 2020 21 16. Missile park to be set up at INS Kalinga 21 17. China-India border tension discussed at Army meet 22 18. China home-built aircraft carrier conducting sea trials 23 19. China’s Navy is quickly modernizing: U.S. government report 24 Science & Technology News 24-34 20. Space age 2.0 has kicked off — here are five ways that India's ISRO can capitalise 24 on this window of opportunity 21. Anesthesia's effect on consciousness solved, settling century-old scientific debate 26 22. New method to map cholesterol metabolism in brain 28 COVID-19 Research News 29-34 23. International community rallies to support open research and science to fight 29 COVID-19 24. Coronavirus: Mouse model mimics COVID-19 infection in humans, may help test 30 drugs - Study 25. Coronavirus research: India identifies 6 local vaccine candidates for COVID-19; 32 top contenders in the race 26. वैज्ञािनक ने कोरोना वायरस का िथर संवधनर् करने म हािसल की सफलता 33

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DRDO News

COVID-19: DRDO’s Contribution

Sat, 30 May 2020 Assam: Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates COVID-19 testing laboratory in Tezpur Guwahati: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday inaugurated a 100-bedded Maternity and Child Health Wing of Kanaklata Civil Hospital in Tezpur. This wing will be converted to a COVID-19 treatment facility bolster Assam government’s fight against COVID-19. The 100-bedded MCH wing along