# Delhi riots case

• Delhi has not yet released the three student activists of the JNU in Delhi riots case.

• Delhi police quickly moved the supreme court on Wednesday against their release order by Delhi high court.

• They were booked under the UAPA in connection with the Delhi riots that broke out last year after protests against the CAA turned violent.

# ICMR mulls drone use

• Drones could soon be used for delivering covid-19 vaccines in remote and hard to reach geographies in the country.

• The ICMR has invited expression of interest from drone operations to develop a delivery model.

• The tender document lays down the technical specifications required, which include the ability of drones to fly “beyond visual line of sight”, carry a payload of upto 4 kg and cover a distance of upto 35 KM.

# UP police book twitter

• The police lodged a FIR against social media site twitter, news portal The Wire, journalists Saba naqvi and Rana Ayyub, self proclaimed fact checker Mohammad Zubair and three others.

• They are accused of sharing on Twitter a video of the incident and giving it a communal colour without verifying the details.

• The FIR was lodged against them under sections 153, 153-A, 295-A, 505, 120-B and 34 of the IPC.

# Deep ocean mission

• The union cabinet has approved the long pending deep ocean mission.

• This mission among other things involves developing a submersible vehicle that will allow a crew to plunge 6000 metres into the ocean and hunt the floor for precious metals, flora and fauna.

• India will be among a handful of countries able to launch an underwater mission at such depths.

# Inland vessels bill

• The union cabinet on wednesday gave the nod to the Inland vessels bill, 2021, which will replace the inland vessels act, 1917.

• Total 4000 Km inland waterways have been operationalised.

• A key feature of the bill is a unified law for the entire country, instead of separate rules framed by the states.

# 5G connections by 2026

• 5G will represent about 26% of mobile subscriptions in India at the end of 2026 with an estimated subscription base of 330 million.

• Also, 4G subscriptions are expected to rise from 680 million in 2020 to 830 million in 2026.

• The number of smartphone subscriptions, that stood at 810 million in 2020, was expected to touch more than 1.2 billion by 2026.