News from Last Week…
Protecting Wildlife – Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is using Artificial Intelligence to monitor and protect wild elephants from getting hit by trains. This Intrusion Detection System (IDS) relies on AI-based software using optical fiber cable (OFC).
Har Ghar Bijli – A remote village in South Kashmir, Tethan, lit up with electricity for the first time. It is about 90 km away from Srinagar, comprises about 35-40 families, mostly Gujjars and Bakerwals.
Youth Empowerment – Newly set up Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Sahari near Shilda, a backward pocket in Jhargram district is improving life of youth in a tremendous way. The dropout rate has decreased, and many new students have joined the institute.
Innovation & Technology – A Mumbai-based startup, called Liger Mobility unveiled its Liger X and Liger X+ scooters at the 2023 Auto expo. They are claimed to be the world’s first auto-balancing e-scooters.
Green Revolution 2.0 – The Union Cabinet has approved the formation of a national-level multi-state co-operative organic society. Any primary agricultural credit societies, district, state and national level federations, multi-state co-operative societies and Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) can join this national-level co-operative society.
Interesting Long Read on The Indian Web
Space Race – For Chennai space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos, 2022 has been full of remarkable landmarks, from launching India’s first-ever factory capable of manufacturing 3D-printed rockets to inaugurating India’s first-ever launchpad designed and operated by a private player. The Better India spoke to Srinath Ravichandran, co-founder of Agnikul Cosmos, to briefly understand the story behind these landmark achievements.
Interesting Data Point
Over 400,000 houses were completed and delivered in 2022, highest in five years.
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