The three-day TiE Sustainability Summit (TSS) 2021 concluded on Wednesday night It concluded with the presentation of the TSS Social Enterprise Awards. 115 social enterprises were recognized and felicitated. 22% of the award winners were women entrepreneurs. The award winners include Jayashree Industries founded by Padman of India, Arunachalam Muruganantham, who has built world’s first low-cost machine to produce sanitary pads, Dharavi Market, iKure, Gen Robotics, Marut Drones, Drona Maps, Aunt Flow (USA), Naandi, NICE, Civics Unplugged (USA), Carbonlites, Bharat Rohan, Bamboo House, Sukarma, Vise Organics etc. The TSS Social Enterprise awards were aimed at recognizing social enterprises worldwide that
Use of Chinese drones in Uttarakhand red-flagged
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ET has learnt that the post-operations assessment report mentions that a couple of startups used Chinese-made DJI drones for mapping, which have been under the scanner for “information privacy” purposes. Also, it mentions that countries like the US have banned these drones for sensitive use.
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India-made drones, however, are believed to have faced difficulties while navigating inside the Tapovan tunnel. (Representative Image)
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The use of Chinese drones for mapping by some Indian startups, roped in for the first time during two-week long relief operation at Chamoli in Uttarakhand, has been red-flagged as an area of concern for future deployment of such technology in government-aided relief missions.