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AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

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AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Amazon Pharmacy is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of their prescription fulfilment process. This translates to same-day medication delivery for customers in select cities. The AI technology automates tasks that previously took pharmacists hours to complete, reducing them to minutes or even seconds. This frees up pharmacists … Read more

Two drones seized, five arrested for taking visuals of Big temple

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Two drones seized, five arrested for taking visuals of Big temple

The Thanjavur South Police on Friday arrested five persons for unauthorised usage of drone cameras near the Sri Brahadeeswarar Temple, a World Heritage site, in Thanjavur. According to police, the arrested persons used drone cameras to take visuals of the temple during the Sathaya Vizha celebrations without obtaining permission from the departments concerned. The Archaeological … Read more

Himachal govt signs MoUs for production of drones to promote technology-driven governance

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Himachal govt signs MoUs for production of drones to promote technology-driven governance

The Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 200 crore to manufacture drones with an aim to promote technology-driven governance in the state. The state government signed MoUs with FICCI to promote the use of drones in governance. They also signed agreements with Abecode Technologies Private Limited and Dronetech Solutions … Read more

Rythu Bharosa Kendras in A.P. to be equipped with pesticide spraying drones from July

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Rythu Bharosa Kendras in A.P. to be equipped with pesticide spraying drones from July

Use of drones has picked up in the State of late and many farmers are engaging private firms to spray pesticides on the crops. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Starting July, the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs), the one-stop centres for farmers’ services, in Andhra Pradesh will be equipped with agricultural pesticide spraying drones … Read more

ICMR drones blood bag delivery trial successful under its iDrone initiative – ET HealthWorld

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ICMR drones blood bag delivery trial successful under its iDrone initiative – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: In continuance with the national mission of expanding the drone ecosystem in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Union Health Ministry successfully conducted a trial run of blood bag delivery by drones under its iDrone initiative. The trial run as part of a path-breaking validation study has been undertaken for the … Read more

Pre-programmed drones, offline apps providing security cover to active militants in Rajouri-Poonch

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Pre-programmed drones, offline apps providing security cover to active militants in Rajouri-Poonch

High-tech gadgets like pre-programmed drones for weapon dropping and offline applications for escape routes could be providing a security cover to multiple special militant teams active in the Rajouri-Poonch belt, official sources said on Monday. Ten soldiers have died in twin attacks, the first on April 20 and the second on May 5, in the Rajouri-Poonch … Read more

PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

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PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: If all goes well, PGI’s department of telemedicine will soon start using drones for transportation of organs, besides delivering medicines at remote and tough terrain of Himachal Pradesh. This will do away with the compulsion to transport retrieved organs within a 20km radius and the need for a green corridor. The aerial radius of … Read more

Have been flagging issue of delivery of weapons, drugs from Pakistan via drones: Amarinder Singh

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Have been flagging issue of delivery of weapons, drugs from Pakistan via drones: Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh | File Photo | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit called the menace of illegal drugs a major concern for the state, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he had flagged from time to time the issue of delivery of weapons and drugs from Pakistan via drones … Read more

Drone carries medicines to Arunachal’s remote areas – ET HealthWorld

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Drone carries medicines to Arunachal’s remote areas – ET HealthWorld

Itanagar: After Meghalaya, drone-based services were launched in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday to deliver medicines and other healthcare essentials in the remote, mountainous and far-flung areas to save time and costs, officials said. Gurugram-based ‘TechEagle’ has developed the drone-based services and launched it in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh government and World Economic Forum. The … Read more