Delhi: DTC Electric Bus:
On January 17, 2022, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the Delhi Transport Corporation`s first electric bus.
Highlights
- The E – buses travel along a 27-kilometer route. These buses were built by JBM Auto Limited.
- These electric buses have a low floor and are completely air-conditioned.
- These buses were purchased through the FAME – II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India) programme.
- The primary fleet of 300 buses has been prepared, and the first two electric buses have run from Pragati Maidan to IP Depot.
- It`s a 27-kilometer route that passes through ITO, Safdarjung, and Ashram.
- This is usually a test run to see how long the batteries in the bus will last.
- It will also look for technical issues. Following this test run, the remaining buses in the fleet will be added.
Target
- The Delhi government intends to launch fifty additional electric buses by February 2022.
- The goal is to have fifty electric buses on the road each month.
- The Delhi government plans to launch 2,300 electric buses as part of the previously announced plan. The DTC is responsible for acquiring 1,300 of these.
- The remaining thousand will work under the cluster scheme.
- The Delhi government plans to install charging stations in bus depots. The charging stations will be installed in stages.
Hybrid Depots
- In addition to charging stations, the Delhi Transport Corporation will construct hybrid bus depots.
- The buses in these depots are a mix of CNG (compressed natural gas) and electric buses.
- They have branches in Bawana, Hasanpur, Rajghat, and Subhash Place.
Antimicrobial Resistance Study:
According to a new Lancet study, antimicrobial resistance is now the leading cause of death. In terms of prevalence, it has surpassed both HIV and malaria.
Highlights:
- Antimicrobial resistance afflicted more than 1.27 million people worldwide in 2019, according to the study. This is more than the number of people who died as a result of malaria or HIV.
- Antimicrobial resistance is especially common in low and middle-income countries.
- In 2019, antimicrobial resistance was responsible for 1.27 million of the world`s 4.95 million deaths. Malaria was responsible for the deaths of 640,000 people. 860,000 people died as a result of AIDS.
- The researchers examined 23 different types of bacteria that cause illness. Only six of these resulted in the deaths of 3.57 million people.
- Antibiotics, which are used as the first line of defence, were ineffective in 70% of the cases, resulting in death.
- Among them were fluoroquinolones. Lactams, for instance, are a type of beta. Infections such as bone infections, lung infections, and urinary tract infections are commonly treated with antibiotics.
Anti–Microbial Resistance
- It is a condition in which disease-causing microbes such as bacteria and viruses develop drug resistance.
- They are no longer being killed by the drugs and antibiotics they are taking. Microbial resistance is a threat to one`s life.
- Doctors increase the dosage as the microbes develop resistance. Microbes are killed by lethal doses.
- They do, however, have an impact on human body cells. And organs begin to fail. After a certain point, human bodies are unable to tolerate antibiotics.
Causes
- People fail to complete their antibiotic treatment. They stop taking the medications after one or two days because they feel better.
- Assume a person is suffering from a cold and a fever. He begins an antibiotic regimen that consists of taking antibiotics for five days.
- After two days, he feels much better. In two days, only a few germs are eliminated. This explains why he is happier.
- More microorganisms are dying in his body as time goes on. To flush out all of the microorganisms, he must complete his course.
- If he stops, the bacteria that is slowly dying will resurrect in two days. They`ve developed resistance to the drugs that were supposed to kill him, so they`ve returned.