PATRIOT Missile
Russia blamed the use of U.S.-supplied Patriot missiles for downing the plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war.
- PATRIOT (Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target) – A theater-wide surface-to-air missile defense system.
- One of the most advanced air defense systems in the U.S. arsenal.
- Used in 1991 Gulf War and during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
- Equipped with powerful radar, a control station, a power generator, a launch station, etc.
Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility (HETTF)
IIT-Kanpur has successfully built and tested India’s 1st HETTF
- Named as S2 as well as Jigarthanda.
- Supported by – Fund for Improvement in S&T Infrastructure (FIST) of Department of Science & Technology.
- It is capable of generating flight speeds between 3-10 km/s.
- Simulating the hypersonic conditions encountered during atmospheric entry of vehicles, asteroid entry, scramjet flights, and ballistic missiles.
iOncology.ai.
iOncology.ai. recently launched.
- An Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform designed for the early detection of breast and ovarian cancer.
- Launched by – AIIMS, Delhi + Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune
Kilkari Programme
Recently, Indian government had launched a mobile health service ‘Kilkari’ and mobile academy in Maharashtra and Gujarat to strengthen public health infrastructure.
- Means ‘a baby’s gurgle’
- A centralized interactive voice response (IVR) based mobile health (m-health) initiative.
- Aim – To offer weekly services, time appropriate 72 audio messages about reproductive maternal, neonatal and child health care (RMNCH).
- Hosted by – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW).
- Implemented in – 6 languages (Hindi, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Bengali & Telugu version)