Question: Which state has launched the Medicine from the Sky Project?
(a) Telangana
(b) Bihar
(c) New Delhi
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- Telangana has become the first State in the country to embark on Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) flights to deliver a payload comprising vaccines, with the launch of Medicine from the Sky project in Telangana.
- The project, which seeks to deliver medicine, vaccines, and units of blood to remote, rural areas by means of drones.
- The project is first of its kind in India as it is the first organised BVLOS drone trials in the country.
- The project launched by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Telangana Industries and Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao.
- This Project is the collaboration of the Telangana government, World Economic Forum, HealthNet Global and NITI Aayog.
BY: AMIT GUPTA