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  • Bangalore-bound Akasa Air flight returns to Mumbai airport after bird strike

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A Bangalore-bound Akasa Air flight from here returned to the city airport due to a burning smell in the cabin, which later turned out to be due to a bird strike, a DGCA official said on Saturday.

    The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is looking into the incident, the official said.

    The number of passengers on board the flight could not be immediately known.

    “The aircraft VT-YAE, operating Akasa Air flight AKJ1103 from Mumbai for Bangalore was involved in air turnback due to the burning smell felt in the cabin. The smell increased as the thrust was increased,” said the official.

    The airline’s response to the incident was awaited. The DGCA official said, however, no other abnormality including in engine parameters was observed.

    “After landing during the inspection, bird remains were found on engine number 1 of the aircraft,” he said and added that, “the burning smell was due to bird strike,” he stated. Akasa Air started its operations on August 7 this year.

    MUMBAI: A Bangalore-bound Akasa Air flight from here returned to the city airport due to a burning smell in the cabin, which later turned out to be due to a bird strike, a DGCA official said on Saturday.

    The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is looking into the incident, the official said.

    The number of passengers on board the flight could not be immediately known.

    “The aircraft VT-YAE, operating Akasa Air flight AKJ1103 from Mumbai for Bangalore was involved in air turnback due to the burning smell felt in the cabin. The smell increased as the thrust was increased,” said the official.

    The airline’s response to the incident was awaited. The DGCA official said, however, no other abnormality including in engine parameters was observed.

    “After landing during the inspection, bird remains were found on engine number 1 of the aircraft,” he said and added that, “the burning smell was due to bird strike,” he stated. Akasa Air started its operations on August 7 this year.

  • Apollo hospital unit claims completion of 100 robotic cardiac surgeries

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Bangalore unit of a leading private healthcare group has completed 100 robotic cardiac surgeries, which it claimed was a “first” such achievement for any hospital in the country.

    In a statement, the Apollo Hospitals group on Monday said doctors at its Bangalore hospital had also performed a complex mitral valve cardiac surgery using robotic-assisted minimally invasive “da Vinci robotic system in under 70 minutes, a landmark achievement in interventional cardiology.”

    “Cardiovascular diseases tend to affect patients in the most productive years of their lives resulting in catastrophic social and economic consequences.”

    “The establishment of a robot-assisted cardiac surgery programme requires a tremendous amount of dedication and preparation, and we are proud to be India’s first hospital to complete 100 robotic cardiac surgeries since the program’s inception in late 2019,” claimed Sathyaki Nambala, senior consultant, cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, at the hospital.

    Nambala, also head of the robotic cardiac surgery unit at Apollo hospital, Bangalore, said, in comparison to traditional open-heart surgery, which involves opening up the chest by splitting the breastbone, the da Vinci Xi’s innovative technology allows for complex cardiovascular surgeries to be performed through smaller incisions and precise motion control.

    “Robotic cardiac surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that helps patients return to their everyday life much faster than open-heart surgeries.”

    “Surgeons use the da Vinci surgical system to operate through 8 mm holes called ports and a magnified 3D high-definition vision as well as tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate much more than the human hand aid in surgery,” the statement said.

    Reducing the chance of infection makes it an ideal procedure for people with diabetes and older patients, hospital authorities said.

    Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Group of Hospitals said, “The da Vinci surgical system has assisted us in providing the best possible surgical outcomes, and the completion of more than 100 successful robotic cardiac surgeries attests to our commitment to providing the most recent and highest quality of care.”

  • Covid-19 vaccine, an example of govt-private partnership: Nirmala Sitharaman

    By Express News Service
    BENGALURU : “India has sent Covid vaccines to over 100 countries and this is a classic example of how the private sector stood up to strengthen the image of India. It gives the message that we have developed vaccines, done vaccine research and scaled up production, based on the demand which is expanding by the minute,” said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking at a post-budget interaction held by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Bengaluru on Sunday.

    “This shows inherently what India can contribute when the private and government sectors work together in addressing what is an important, life-saving intervention. With this, we are saying that India’s growing and aspiring needs and demands across sectors cannot be served just by state and central governments. The most important component is participation of the private sector,” she said.

    Taking the example of Covid vaccine where India has become a world leader, she said that is how the country must approach its responsibilities which will be incomplete until the government plays the role of a facilitator and unless the private sector plays its role as a key driver. This is the message of the budget, she added.

    Stimulus package“The budget has set the path for the next decade and for the current year too, as the stimulus package has been largely dependent on government borrowing. This was done aiming at sectors that provide a multiplier effect such as infrastructure. Public expenditure will be undertaken so the core sectors can be triggered for ripple effect on the economy,” she said.

    The government has taken measures to manage debt to GDP ratio, fiscal management and other indicators of a healthy economy in such a way that, fiscal deficit will be brought to a healthy level soon, she said.  

    ‘India can attract $100 bn remittances’ Health sector can transform a country and it is the largest industry as well as employer in the world, being a $10 trillion industry, said Dr Devi Shetty, chairman and founder, Narayana Health at an interaction with Nirmala Sitharaman. India needs a national strategy to attract $100 billion of annual remittance from health workers within five years. This can be fuelled by Indian doctors, nurses, technicians and other healthcare workers, he said.

  • New UK variant of SARS-CoV2 found in samples of six UK returnees in India: Health Ministry

    A total of 6 samples of 6 UK returnee persons have been found to be positive with the new U.K variant genome. 3 in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, 2 in CCMB, Hyderabad and 1 in NIV, Pune.

    All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective State Governments. Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on.

    The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the States for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing & dispatch of samples to INSACOG labs.

    It is important to note that the presence of the new UK Variant has already been reported by Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore, so far.

    The entire issue was examined at length by NTF on 26th December 2020 and the NTF concluded that there is no need to change either the existing National Treatment Protocol or existing Testing Protocols in view of the mutant variant. NTF also recommended that in addition to the existing surveillance strategy, it is critical to conduct enhanced genomic surveillance.

  • Odisha 1-2 Bengaluru – Cleiton Silva’s winner keeps unbeaten run intact

    Bengaluru have climbed to the third spot with a good win against Odisha. It also means they have not lost a single game so far this season. Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring with his 50th goal contribution in the ISL – a header into the net from a terrific cross into the box from Khabra. Taylor equalised after the restart with a goal from a free-kick into the box. But the Blues weren’t done. Substitute Deshorn Brown found Silva inside the box who slotted past Arshdeep to secure the three points. 

  • PM Modi to inaugurate ‘Bengaluru Tech Summit-2020’ today, conference to run for three days

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bangalore Tech Summit 2020 (BTS 2020) through video conferencing on Thursday. In this special program, the major challenges that will come after the epidemic with new technology will be discussed. Bengaluru Tech Summit will be held from 19 to 21 November.

    The summit will be attended by Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, Swiss Confederation Vice President Guy Parmelin and many other leading international celebrities. After visiting the BTS 2020 Center, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and IT Minister CN Ashwath Narayan said that we have made elaborate arrangements to make BTS great, as the event sessions are being 100 percent virtual.

  • Hero Electric introduced exchange program, get new electric scooter in place of old two wheeler

    Hero Electric has partnered with CredR to attract customers in this festive season. Now customers can exchange their old petrol powered scooter for a new electric scooter from Hero Electric showroom. The company says that a convenient and hassle-free exchange will be offered to consumers.

    For this exchange process, consumers will have to bring their old two-wheeler to Hero Electric showroom for physical inspection and evaluation. Here the employees of CredR will determine the approximate price through an application of the customer’s old scooter. Currently, the company has introduced this program in Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Pune.

    Hero Electric has told that soon this program will be expanded to other centers across India. The company says that during the Corona period, the demand for electric scooters is now increasing.