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(5) AIRLANDER 10 The proposal to have a single number (112) for various

Airlander 10 is the name of the emergency services was approved by the inter-ministerial
world’s largest airship-cum-plane panel Telecom Commission on 28 March 2016.
ever that was oficially unveiled # People can now just dial the single-number ‘112’ for
on 21 March 2016 and is ready to securing help during emergency situations such as availing
make its maiden voyage. services of police, ambulance and the ire department.
Explanation: Airlander 10 is the # All existing emergency numbers such as 100, 101,
name of an enormous, unique and 102 and 108 will be phased out within a year of
British-built hybrid airship that rolling out 112, depending upon the awareness about
was unveiled at its Bedfordshire this new facility.
(UK) hanger on 21 March 2016. # The service will also be accessible even through those
– It is part plane, part airship and part helicopter, and SIMs and landlines whose outgoing call facility has
been stopped or temporarily suspended.
spans a whopping 302 ft. in length, 134 ft. in width and
85 ft. in height. If comparing it with some biggest jets, it # The service will be operated by a call-centre like
is around 50 feet longer. facility, which will have representatives speaking in
Hindi, English and the local language.
– Airlander, with its triple-layer weave of modern
composites to keep in the gas, state-of-the-art controls (7) SYN 3.0
and unique shape for manoeuvre and lift, hopes to prove Syn 3.0 is the name of the
an evolutionary step forward. The super-strength fabric smallest-ever bacterial
of its hull holds four engines, ins and the light deck. genome, development
– Its shape gives it lift like a plane when propelled, and it of which was announced
can land and take off on most terrain or on water, on its by genome trailblazer
pneumatic skids. J. Craig Venter during
March 2016. The iconic genome scientist J. Craig Venter
(6) EMERGENCY NUMBER 112 (US), along with a team of researchers, has created a
Emergency number 112 minimal genome for bacteria – one that contains only
was adopted as the single 473 genes. The name given to this smallest-ever bacterial
emergency number for genome is Syn 3.0.
India on 28 March 2016 Syn 3.0 has thus lesser number of genes than the smallest-
and will work on par with known naturally-occurring bacterial organism. The new
the American emergency genome may help provide crucial clues to scientists about
number 911. which genes are necessary for life.



































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