#National_Technology_Day
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•Every year, `National Technology Day’ is observed across India on May 11.
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•This day glorifies the importance of science in day-to-day life and motivates students to adopt science as a career option.
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•National Technology Day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of first of the five tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test which was held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
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•Apart from Pokhran nuclear test, on this day first indigenous aircraft Hansa-3 was test flown at Bangalore and India also conducted successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.
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•Considering all these achievements 11 May was chosen to be commemorated as National Technology Day.
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•To commemorate this day, Technology Development Board (TDB) has instituted a National Award.
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•This award is conferred on to various individuals and industries for their successful achievement in commercialization of Indigenous Technology.
•In 1998 , Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) : India conducts underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
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#Operation_Shakti (Pokhran-II)
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•Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army 's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998.
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•It was the second Indian nuclear test; the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.
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•Pokhran-II consisted of five detonations, of which the first was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were fission bombs .
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•These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states, including Japan and the United States.
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•On 11 May 1998, Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) was initiated with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs; the word " Shakti " means "power" in Sanskrit.
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•On 13 May 1998, two additional fission devices were detonated, and the Indian government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee shortly convened a press conference to declare India a full-fledged nuclear state.
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•Many names are attributed to these tests; originally they were called Operation Shakti–98 ( Power–98 ), and the five nuclear bombs were designated Shakti-I through Shakti-V .
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•More recently, the operation as a whole has come to be known as Pokhran II, and the 1974 explosion as Pokhran-I .•In 1987 – In Baltimore, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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•A heart–lung transplant is a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation.
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•Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it is a rare procedure; only about a hundred such transplants are performed each year in the USA.
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•Dr. Norman Shumway laid the groundwork for heart lung transplantation with his experiments into heart transplantation at Stanford in the mid 1960s.
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•Shumway conducted the first adult heart transplant in the US in 1968.
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•Building on his research at Stanford, Dr. Bruce Reitz performed the first successful heart–lung transplant on Mary Gohlke in 1981 at Stanford Hospital.
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•The transplant team at Stanford is the longest continuously active team performing these transplants.
.
•Every year, `National Technology Day’ is observed across India on May 11.
.
•This day glorifies the importance of science in day-to-day life and motivates students to adopt science as a career option.
.
•National Technology Day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of first of the five tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test which was held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
.
•Apart from Pokhran nuclear test, on this day first indigenous aircraft Hansa-3 was test flown at Bangalore and India also conducted successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.
.
•Considering all these achievements 11 May was chosen to be commemorated as National Technology Day.
.
•To commemorate this day, Technology Development Board (TDB) has instituted a National Award.
.
•This award is conferred on to various individuals and industries for their successful achievement in commercialization of Indigenous Technology.
•In 1998 , Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) : India conducts underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
.
#Operation_Shakti (Pokhran-II)
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.
•Pokhran-II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army 's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998.
.
•It was the second Indian nuclear test; the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.
.
•Pokhran-II consisted of five detonations, of which the first was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were fission bombs .
.
•These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states, including Japan and the United States.
.
•On 11 May 1998, Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) was initiated with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs; the word " Shakti " means "power" in Sanskrit.
.
•On 13 May 1998, two additional fission devices were detonated, and the Indian government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee shortly convened a press conference to declare India a full-fledged nuclear state.
.
•Many names are attributed to these tests; originally they were called Operation Shakti–98 ( Power–98 ), and the five nuclear bombs were designated Shakti-I through Shakti-V .
.
•More recently, the operation as a whole has come to be known as Pokhran II, and the 1974 explosion as Pokhran-I .•In 1987 – In Baltimore, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
.
•A heart–lung transplant is a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation.
.
•Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it is a rare procedure; only about a hundred such transplants are performed each year in the USA.
.
•Dr. Norman Shumway laid the groundwork for heart lung transplantation with his experiments into heart transplantation at Stanford in the mid 1960s.
.
•Shumway conducted the first adult heart transplant in the US in 1968.
.
•Building on his research at Stanford, Dr. Bruce Reitz performed the first successful heart–lung transplant on Mary Gohlke in 1981 at Stanford Hospital.
.
•The transplant team at Stanford is the longest continuously active team performing these transplants.
