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Advanced Light Helicopters Inducted at INS Dega

The induction ceremony of ‘322 Dega Flight’ was held in the presence of Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) with three indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) MK III helicopters flying into Naval Air Station, INS Dega on 07 Jun 21.

India Thailand Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)

The 31stedition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the Indian Navyand the Royal Thai Navyis being conducted from 09 – 11 June 2021. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Saryu, an indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel and His Majesty’s Thailand Ship (HTMS) Krabi, anOffshore Patrol Vessel, along with Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from both navies are participating in the CORPAT.

Expanding Implementation of the Van Dhan Yojana in the Union Territory of Ladakh

In its series of State Level webinars that TRIFED conducted recently to review the progress of the implementation of the Van Dhan Yojana, one important outreach session was with the state teams and VDVKs of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The main focus of the session was to plan the operationalization of the sanctioned VDVKs and VDVKCs. Attendees from the UT (SIAs, SNAs, VDVKCs) were keyed up and geared to operationalize the currently sanctioned 10 VDVK cluster in the Union Territory with utmost urgency. NRLM is the implementing agency for the UT of Ladakh.

CSIR India and Laxai Life Sciences Initiate Clinical Trials of Promising Repurposed Drug Niclosamide for Treatment of Covid-19

CSIR in collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., has initiated Phase-II clinical trial with anti-helminitic drug Niclosamide for treatment of Covid-19. The trial is a multi-centric, phase-II, randomized, open label clinical study to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability of NIclosamide for the treatment of hospitalized Covid-19 patients. Niclosamide has been extensively used in past for treatment of tapeworm’s infection in adults as well as children. The safety profile of this drug has been tested over time and has been found safe for human consumption at different dose levels.

India, Australia Likely to Resume FTA Talks Soon

“Our partnership is strong, and the second wave has not dented the world’s enthusiasm in India…Like the last wave, the economic agenda will rebound,” O’Farrell said, appreciating the way the country had handled the second wave through calibrated and targeted lockdowns.

What is COVID-19 Among Children, Its Prevention and Management?

Thousands of children, in all age groups, from across the country have been tested positive for Covid-19, during the second wave, creating panic among parents. The experts say that though most children develop mild disease, there is a need to keep them protected from getting infection. Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora, a paediatric gastroenterologist and a senior member of the National Covid-19 Task Force tells how to treat and care for children who have contracted Covid-19.

Paddy Procurement Figure Also Reached All-Time High, Surpassing Previous Year High Record

Procurement of Wheat in ongoing RMS 2021-22 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States at MSP, as was done in previous seasons and till now (upto 04.06.2021) a quantity of over 413.91 LMT of Wheat has been procured (which is all time high, as it has exceeded previous high 389.92 LMT of RMS 2020-21) against the last year corresponding purchase of 368.45 LMT. About 45.06 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs. 81,747.81 Crore

Indian Navy’s Hydrographic Survey Ship Sandhayak Decommissioned After 40 Years of Service

“The ship was decommissioned in a solemn and low key event due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic when the national flag, naval ensign, and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset time in the presence of Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, the Chief Guest for the ceremony,” the Indian Navy’s statement said.