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South Asia Pacific, Ansys, said, "Amidst the COVID-19
pandemic that we are all facing today, one thing that is
constantly worrying the government and the hospitals is
ventilator shortage."Nocca Robotics and IIT-Kanpur have
created a consortium of biomedical engineers, doctors, R&D
leaders, supply chain and medical technology businesses to
harness their expertise and take the design from the idea
to the actual product.

Arogya-Setu App

Available in 11 languages, the app is designed to help in
controlling the spread of corona virus and make its
information accessible to the common people. This special
app also helps in finding out corona positive people present
nearby. After downloading app will inquire, about cough, after 1st year of deployment . To encourage development
of world class solution MeitY has come up with this
fever or trouble breathing etc. If you do not have any such
problem, you will be in the safe zone. Also it helps in basic innovative challenge. There would be a funding of Rs 5 lakhs
to top 10 selected entries from stage I and certificate of
condition check without having an unnecessary exposure to
hospitals.This app tells user to keep the mobile phone's "innovative solution" by MeitY.
Bluetooth and location devices on. Whenever the user visits
The teams would present their prototypes to a
a crowded place, this app keeps on sending messages from
nearby mobile phones through the Bluetooth. distinguished jury to select top three entries. The best three
entries of Stage-2 will receive Rs. 20 lakh each to build their
solutions following the design principles and best practices,
When the user stands near someone who is also a normal it
shows green zone. But if that person becomes corona it said. MeitY said the final VC solution should support all
video resolutions and audio quality, work in low and high
positive after 10 days, this app will alert you immediately.
In such a situation, the user can get themselves checked network scenarios, be low on usage of power/ processor,
not have any external hardware dependency, and be able
also. This app also tells about hotspots, so that the user can
to work on any device.
change the route. This app is launched by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development is associated with Digital
Subsequently video conferencing solution" Google Meet",
India for the health and well-being of country's citizen.
can be used free of cost until September 30.Last month
Google had extended its advanced Google Meet video-
Video - Conferencing conferencing features available at no cost to all G Suite and
Video-Conferencing has become an inevitable tool at hand G Suite for Education customers till July 1.Owing to global
of all sort of companies, institution or organization so as to lockdowns amidst the corona virus pandemic, Google has
provide uninterrupted business services and education across now extended free video-conferencing services till
different parts of globe. Companies can convey important September 30, 2020, to businesses, organizations,
strategies, communication and information and formulate institutions, and educators continue to be supported during
action plans immediately by conveying those by video- this time.
conferencing despite of lockdown.
G Suite and G Suite for Education customers can now host
Ministry of Electronics and information technology has meetings via Meet with up to 250 participants, live-stream
announced an "innovation challenge for developing video sessions to up to 100,000 people within one domain, and
conferencing solution", Made in India scheme, on 14 th April save meeting recordings to Google Drive for free. Google
with winning team having a reward of Rs 1 crore in first year generally only offers these features to its "enterprise" G
and additional support of Rs 10 lakh for subsequent 3 years, Suite users within a plan that costs $25 per user per month.

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