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

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

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

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

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

Sky Air Mobility, Redcliffe Labs partner to deploy drones for sample collection – ET HealthWorld

Sky Air Mobility, Redcliffe Labs partner to deploy drones for sample collection – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Skye Air Mobility, a drone delivery logistics provider has signed a long term agreement with Redcliffe Labs, a diagnostics healthcare company based out of Delhi- NCR. This partnership is first of its kind in the diagnostics space for faster supply chain for sample collection to cater to urban, semi-urban and remote corners of … Read more

How drones have become the life saviour amid pandemic – ET HealthWorld

How drones have become the life saviour amid pandemic – ET HealthWorld

By Vikram Singh The Indian healthcare industry has a distinct terrain. On the one hand, fast digitization and technology changes are reshaping the urban healthcare landscape. Large swaths of the rural population, on the other hand, live in difficult-to-reach locations with no access to even primary healthcare facilities. According to statistics, 70% of India’s population … Read more

UAE says missiles, drones used in attack, some intercepted

UAE says missiles, drones used in attack, some intercepted

Cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were used alongside drones in Monday’s attack on the United Arab Emirates, and several weapons were intercepted, the UAE ambassador to the United States said. It was the first time the UAE, which rarely discusses its security in public, had said missiles were used in the attack which killed three … Read more

Telangana’s Medicine from the Sky project drones trial to start from Sept 20 – ET HealthWorld

Telangana’s Medicine from the Sky project drones trial to start from Sept 20 – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi : The Telangana government’s project– Medicine from the Sky– to deliver COVID-19 vaccines and drugs via drones trial to begin on 20th September in Vikarabad, Telangana and shall continue till 25th September, during which several healthcare logistics related use cases are said to be demonstrated. The drone trials for the initiative will be … Read more