current affairs 17 April 2022

PM Modi dedicates K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj to the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation, a 200-bed K K Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj in Kutch district of Gujarat, via video-conferencing on April 15, 2022.
This hospital has been built by Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj, Bhuj and is the 1st charitable super speciality hospital in Kutch region.
It will guarantee quality medical treatment for people of Kutch including lakhs of soldiers, par military personnel and traders.
This initiative is in line with the policy of Central government to set up at least one medical college in every district of the country, so that India gets a record number of doctors in the next 10 years.

Israel successfully tested a new laser missile-defence system Iron Beam which can destroy any airborne object including drones.
Iron Beam is the world’s 1st energy-based weapons system that uses a laser beam to shoot down incoming UAVs, rockets, mortars, long range missiles, anti-tank missiles etc.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a MoU with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for technology development and finding indigenous solutions towards the sustenance of various weapon systems.
The partnership will significantly contribute in accelerating IAF’s indigenisation efforts towards enhancing sustenance capability, obsolescence management and achieving Self Reliance.

The 20th edition of India and France Joint Staff talks was held in Paris on April 12-13, 2022.
The focus of the meeting was on new initiatives under the existing bilateral defence cooperation mechanism and strengthening ongoing bilateral defence engagements.
The meeting was co-chaired by Assistant Chief of Integrated Staff and Air Vice Marshal B Manikantan and Head of Bilateral Cooperation South/Staff HQ Brigadier General Eric Peltier.
The India-France Joint Staff talks forum has been established to enhance defence cooperation between both nations through regular talks at the strategic and operational levels.

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) has launched its new enterprise portal Kotak FYN, exclusively for business banking and corporate clients.
Using Kotak FYN the bank’s customers can carry out all trade and services transactions, with a seamless experience in a unified view across all product platforms.
FYN is future-ready, one stop digital corporate portal which will offer comprehensive digital banking and value–added services across all products, including trade & services, account services, payments and collections.