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President of India Lays Foundation Stone for Bhagwan Mahavir Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi
President of India Lays
Foundation Stone for Bhagwan Mahavir Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi
The President of
India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for Bhagwan Mahavir Super
Speciality Hospital in Delhi today (May 3, 2022).
Why is it in news?
Speaking on the
occasion, the President said that priority has been given to service in the
Jain tradition. He noted that a state-of-the-art Bhagwan Mahavir Super
Speciality Hospital with 250 beds would be completed by the year 2023. He said
that it is a matter of happiness that in this super specialty hospital, high
quality health services will be made available to all sections of the society
at affordable rates, and free of cost to the poor. He was also happy to note
that this Hospital has rendered its services as Covid care Hospital during the
pandemic. He cautioned people that Covid is not completely over yet. He
appealed to all citizens to be alert and follow all the government’s
guidelines.
Highlights
·
Speaking about the
importance of face masks, the President said that we know that the introduction
of surgical masks into modern history dates back to the year 1897 when surgeons
began using masks to protect themselves from bacteria during operations.
·
But Jain saints
understood the importance of masks centuries ago. By covering their mouth and
nose, they were not only able to avoid killing living beings but they were also
able to prevent the entry of micro-organisms into their body.
·
During the Covid-19
pandemic, masks have been used as an effective means of protection against the
virus. He said that Jain saints also laid great emphasis on walking
to underline the importance of physical exercise.
·
He expressed
confidence that this hospital would follow the path of making humanity healthy
on the basis of scientific traditions shown by the saints.
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The President said
that the Jain tradition teaches us to adopt a balanced and environment friendly
lifestyle. The way of life and eating habits in present times is not suitable
with the nature. We know that Jain saints and their disciplined followers eat
their food only between sunrise and sunset.
·
Adopting the
lifestyle according to the daily movement of the Sun is an easy way to stay
healthy. This is the lesson we get from the ideal lifestyle of Jain saints. He
said that integration of such scientific traditions with modern medical systems
in hospitals will be helpful for a healthy life.
India and Germany agree to work together with focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Start-Ups as well as 'AI' research and its application in Sustainability and Health care
India and Germany agree to work together with
focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Start-Ups as well as 'AI' research and
its application in Sustainability and Health care
Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh held
bilateral talks with German Minister for Education & Research Ms. Bettina
Stark-Watzinger in Berlin and expressed satisfaction over the ongoing bilateral
Science & Technology Cooperation
Why is it in news?
Frontier areas like Electric Mobility, Cyber Physical System,
Quantum Technologies, Future Manufacturing, Green Hydrogen Fuel, Deep Ocean
research are emerging as new areas of partnership between India and Germany: Dr
Jitendra Singh
Highlights
· India and
Germany have agreed to work together with focus on Artificial Intelligence
('AI') StartUps as well as AI research and its application in Sustainability
and Health care, said Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister for Science & Technology
and Earth Sciences after his "bilateral" talks with German Minister
for Education & Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger.
· Both the
Ministers agreed that there is a lot of scope to work together in Artificial
Intelligence for which experts on two sides have already met. An Indo-German
call for proposals for this would be raised soon inviting proposals from
researchers and industry.
· Dr
Jitendra Singh recalled that in November 2019, during Chancellor Merkel’s visit
to Delhi, Germany and India had agreed to establish a joint research programme
in Artificial Intelligence.
· They also
decided on the extension of the Indo-German Partnership in Higher Education for
another four years, with contributions of 3.5 Million Euros each.
· Both India
and Germany have expressed satisfaction on the ongoing Science & Technology
Cooperation between the two countries which is one of the strategic pillars of
our bilateral relationship.
· Academia,
Research Institutions and Industries of both countries have strong bonding and
are playing the role of catalyst in our strategic research and development
partnerships.
· On the
third day of his official engagement in Berlin, Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned
that both the countries are now working in frontier areas of science &
technology, including Electric Mobility, Cyber Physical System, Quantum
Technologies, Future Manufacturing, Green Hydrogen Fuel, Deep Ocean research
and proposed to develop joint cooperation in these areas. Two countries have
already started mapping each other’s strength in areas like application of
Artificial Intelligence in Sustainability and Healthcare.
· Both the
Ministers expressed satisfaction on recently concluded MOU between Department
of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and German Research Foundation
(DFG) to support the International Research Training Groups (IRTG) program
would further boost the cooperation towards capacity building targeting the
training of Indian and German students for pursuing the PhD program. The maiden
call for inviting proposals under this program from Indian and German research
groups is already on.
· Both
Ministers felt delighted that several initiatives for human capacity
developments in science and engineering have recently been worked out, which
includes Women Involvement in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) to
facilitate lateral entry of women researchers into ongoing S&T projects and
Paired Early Career Fellowships creating an inclusive ecosystem for the Indo-German
S&T cooperation with exchange of young researchers on both sides.
Industrial Fellowships aimed at industrial exposure of young Indian researchers
in a German industrial ecosystem.
· Dr
Jitendra Singh mentioned that the Government of India under the leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives great importance to innovation. The present
Government puts emphasis on promoting the value chain of innovation,
entrepreneurship and IP generation. Indian innovation system is more purpose
driven rather than process driven with focus on affordability and
accessibility.
· Bettina
Stark-Watzinger supported the idea to further strengthen bilateral scientific
cooperation by partnering in emerging science & technology areas where both
Germany and India have strength to work together and serve two societies.