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‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’:

Context:

    Inaugurated recently.

 1   It is India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial).
 2   Special Features of this Facility include Test Tracks, Emulation of Real-World Scenarios, State of the Art Simulation Technologies, Road Infrastructure, V2X Communication, Drone Runways and Landing Area and many more.

 Background:

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, RoVs, etc.).

What are Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)?

They are a new class of engineered systems that integrate computation and physical processes in a dynamic environment. CPS encompasses technology areas of Cybernetics, Mechatronics, Design and Embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) among others.

About National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS):

1    To harness the potential of this new wave of technology and make India a leading player in CPS, the Union Cabinet approved NM-ICPS in 2018.
2    It had a total outlay of INR 3,660 crores for a period of five years.

The mission implementation would develop and bring:

1    Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and associated technologies within reach in the country,
2    adoption of CPS technologies to address India specific National / Regional issues,
3    produce Next Generation skilled manpower in CPS,
4    catalyze Translational Research,
5    accelerate entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem development in CPS,
6    give impetus to advanced research in CPS, Technology development and higher education in Science, Technology and Engineering disciplines, and
    place India at par with other advanced countries and derive several direct and indirect benefits.

Implementation:

    The Mission aims at establishment of 15 numbers of Technology Innovation Hubs (TIH), six numbers of Application Innovation Hubs (AIH) and four numbers of Technology Translation Research Parks (TTRP).
    These Hubs & TTRPs will connect to Academics, Industry, Central Ministries and State Government in developing solutions at reputed academic, R&D and other organizations across the country in a hub and spoke model.


Prelims Link:

1    What are Cyber-Physical Systems?
2    What is IoT?
3    What is Big Data?
4    Potential applications of CPS.

Mains Link:

Write a note on Cyber-Physical Systems and its associated technologies.

Sources: PIB.

                                                              

Facts for Prelims:

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Govt. mulls mandatory front seat airbags:

• The government has proposed to make airbags mandatory for the passengers in the front seat of a vehicle.
• The step aims to improve passenger safety in case of accidents.
• The Road Transport Ministry has issued a draft notification in this regard.

Gaza:

Islamist groups from Gaza fire rockets into sea to mark the anniversary of the start of the 2008 conflict with Israel.

Where is Gaza?

• Gaza is a densely populated strip of land that is mostly surrounded by Israel and peopled almost exclusively by Palestinians. Israel used to have a military presence, but withdrew unilaterally in 2005.
• Gaza is governed by the Islamist group Hamas, which formed in 1987 as a militant “resistance” group against Israel.
  
  
  Giant Rock Bee Honey:
  
                                           Giant Rock Bee Honey added to Tribes India Collection.
  
  1    It is a unique variant of honey, sourced from Malayali Tribes of Tamil Nadu.
  2    Malayali is a tribal group from the Eastern Ghats in North Tamil Nadu.
  3    With a population of around 3,58,000, they are the largest Scheduled Tribe in that region.
  
  

  Digital Ocean:

  
  1    Launched recently.
  2    It is the first of its kind digital platform for Ocean Data Management.
  3    Developed by Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) of MoES.
  4    It includes a set of applications developed to organize and present heterogeneous oceanographic data by adopting rapid advancements in geospatial technology.
  5    It facilitates data visualization, data analysis to assess the evolution of oceanographic features, data fusion.
  
  

  Meteorological (Met) Centre at Leh:

  
  1    Inaugurated recently.
  2    Located at a height of 3500m, MetCenterLeh will be the highest meteorological centre in India.
   3   It will provide forecast for important tourist places like Nubra, Changthang, Pangong Lake, Zanskar, Kargil, Drass, Dha-Baima (Aryan valley), Khalsi among others.
  

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