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ENC Launches Submarine Rescue System

A Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) complex was inaugurated at Visakhapatnam by Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, flag officer commanding-in -hief of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) on Wednesday. The DSRV Complex is designed to accommodate the newly-inducted Submarine Rescue System with state-of-the-art facilities to store DSRV assets in a rescue-ready state.

Anti-Microbial Multilayer Face Mask to Annihilate Pathogenic Microorganisms

This face mask can annihilate pathogenic microorganisms that are stuck to its outer surface and thereby limit the spread of secondary infections. “The mask that is available in the market currently acts as a filter to stop the entry of microbes to oral and nasal airways but does not have any effect on the microbe stuck to the mask surface,” said Dr Marshal, Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, IIT (BHU), while speaking with India Science Wire.

2nd GRSE Ship Selected for Export

After becoming the first defence shipyard in the country to export a ship (to Mauritius), a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata has been selected for the Seychelles Coast Guard. The export will take place after necessary formalities are completed by the governments of the two countries.