CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India is on its way to launching the first indigenous hyperloop system. Indian Railways along with IIT Madras is all set to launch a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies at the institute.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Railways and IIT-Madras are setting off on a joint mission to develop India’s own Hyperloop, a new system that proposes to use the magnetic levitation technology in tubes to enable travel at aeroplane-like speeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fast forward to March 2022, the institution approached the Ministry of Railways with a proposal for collaborative working on a prototype as well as the development of a first-of-its-kind Hyperloop Test facility at its Discovery campus located at Thaiyur, Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since 2017, the Centre of Innovation of IIT Madras has housed Avishkar Hyperloop, a 70-80-strong student project that has been steadily working to construct and test a prototype hyperloop vehicle. Part of the IIT Madras Avishkar Hyperloop team, with their scaled-down prototype.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tata Steel and TuTr Hyperloop signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at IIT Madras on December 23, 2022, to jointly work on development and deployment of Hyperloop technology at scale.