Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

Question:Giving a push to the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ call by the Prime Minister, who has launched an alternative to Camscanner, AIR SCANNER APP:
(a) IIT Kharagpur
(b) IIT Bombay
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Delhi
Answer:(b)

  • Context:
  • Giving a push to the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ call by the Prime Minister, IIT Bombay has launched an alternative to Camscanner, a Chinese app mainly used for scanning documents, that was banned by the Government of India.
  • Facts:
  • The new app launched by IIT Bombay students is called as AIR SCANNER and is available free of cost.
  • IIT Bombay has developed an indigenous alternative to Chinese document-scanning app, following the Centre’s decision to ban 59 mobile apps.

By: Arpit Mishra

Link:

http://newsonair.com/News?title=IIT-Bombay-students-develop-AIR-Scanner%2C-an-Indian-alternative-to-Camscanner&id=398785#:~:text=Giving%20a%20push%20to%20the,is%20available%20free%20of%20cost.