Drones Flying Over Mountains, Floods to Deliver Drugs: Prognosis
Attendees fly a drone at the festival in New Delhi. The high-tech fliers could change the way Indians are able to access medicine.
Photographer: T. Narayan/BloombergHey, this is Bhuma in Mumbai. I’m pretty excited about medicines being put on unmanned flights to reach some of the toughest terrain in India. But before I unpack that…
Look! Up in the sky! It’s not a bird or a plane. It’s not Superman. But drones are becoming superheros in their own right in India as they’re increasingly deployed to carry essential medicines and vaccines to some of our country’s most economically backward, inaccessible regions.