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Detailed explanation-1: -Meghalaya Government launches ‘Asia’s first Drone delivery hub for easy access to healthcare’ The Meghalaya government in partnership with startup TechEagle has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery hub and network which is aimed at providing universal access to healthcare for the people.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Meghalaya government in partnership with Startup TechEagle has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery hub and network Meghalaya Drone Delivery Network (MDDN), which is aimed at providing universal access to healthcare for the people in the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2015, an Israeli startup Flytrex partnered with AHA, Iceland’s largest eCommerce website, and together they initiated a drone delivery route which demonstrated reducing delivery time from 30 minutes, to less than 5 minutes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jengjal, 32 km from Tura, Meghalaya’s largest urban centre after capital Shillong, was chosen as a strategic drone station for drug delivery to accessibility-challenged rural healthcare facilities within a radius of 50 km.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a bid to ease the transportation of essential medicines to remote areas, vaccines were delivered in Arunachal Pradesh through drones for the first time in the world.