UPSC Prelims Facts – 09 February 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

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.

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. 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

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)

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