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A startup in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has devised an innovative plan using technology to reduce the risk of sanitation workers getting exposed to deadly novel coronavirus, or Covid-19.

The four-year-old startup Garuda Aerospace, said to be pioneers in using drones for agricultural purposes, has devised a plan to use drones to spray disinfectant.

The Tamil Nadu government, approving the innovative plan, on March 23 sent out the first drone which disinfected Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai.

"Novel coronavirus is tightening its grip over India. Doctors and healthcare personnel are irreplaceable. They always have been. So, to protect them from the risk of contracting the virus, we took help of technology to serve them better," founder and president of Garuda Aerospace Agnishwar Jayaprakash said.

Pragyan (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञान, romanized: prajñāna, lit. wisdom Pronunciation was the rover of Chandrayaan-2 and is the rover for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, two lunar missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-2 launched on 22 July 2019.

Pragyan was destroyed along with its lander, Vikram, when it crash-landed on the Moon on 6 September 2019 and never got the chance to deploy. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 occurred on 14 July 2023, at 2:35 pm IST, and landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023.

The 26kg rover called Pragyaan (the Sanskrit word for wisdom) was carried to the Moon in the Vikram lander's belly.

It was landed on Moon 23/08/2023 at 6.04pm.
After landing 24/08/2023, panels on one side of Vikram opened to deploy a ramp to enable Pragyaan to slide down to the lunar surface.

It will now roam around the rocks and craters, gathering crucial data and images to be sent back to Earth for analysis.

Pragyaan is carrying two scientific instruments which will try to find out what minerals are present on the lunar surface and study the chemical composition of the soil.

Pragyaan will communicate only with the lander which will send the information to the orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 - which is still circling the Moon - to pass it on to the Earth for analysis.

Property tax in Coimbatore is calculated based on the various dimensions of the property. The tax rate varies based on the location, age of the property, and the type of property. In Coimbatore, property tax can be paid online as well.

Property (both commercial and residential) owners under the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) have to pay property tax. The tax amount has to be paid every year. The tax is collected from the property holders by the CCMC based on the features of the property such as area, locality, occupant type, construction type, usage type, occupant type and prices pertaining in that specific zone.

Citizens can pay the property tax in Coimbatore offline by visiting the office of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation.

They can also make payments at authorised banks and e-Seva centres. Property owners will receive the property tax invoice for the payment term.