China has successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites on November 6, 2021 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The centre is located in country's southwestern Sichuan province. Key Points• The satellites belong to the Yaogan-35 family.• They were launched by a L ...
Google Doodle is celebrating Dr Kamal Ranadive, an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses. Google unveiled a new doodle on October 8, 2021 to celebrate the 104th birthday of cell biologist Dr Kamal Ranadive. ...
Russia recently started delivering S-400 Triumf air defence system to India, giving a major boost to Indian defence capabilities. Key Points• The S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system will boost India’s capabilities to take out cruise missiles and enemy fighter aircraf ...
Key Points• India has launched the 41st scientific expedition to Antarctica with the arrival of the first batch of its contingent at the southern white continent.• The first batch comprising of 23 scientists and support staff reached the Indian Antarctica station Maitri last week ...
Indian multinational conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tamil Nadu state government to establish a data centre in the state. L&T will establish 90 MW capacity Data Centers and associated units in a phased manner in Kanchipuram over the ...
Women’s Involvement in Science & Engineering Research (WISER) program was launched by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) on November 26, 2021. Key Points• WISER is a first-of-its-kind programme to promote women in the field of research and development t ...
Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh has recently launched a “unique†face recognition technology for pensioners. Face Recognition Technology for Pensioners will bring ease of living for the retired and the elderly citizens. Face Recognition Technique of ...
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is working on the country's first facial recognition technology-based biometric boarding system for passengers at Varanasi, Pune, Kolkata and Vijayawada airports, said Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation General V K Singh (retd) to a ques ...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released a “National strategy on blockchain†on December 3. The National strategy on Blockchain identifies 44 potential areas of using the technology and lays out the broad contours of how it can be implemented ac ...
On December 21, 2021, the first batch of indigenously developed armoured engineer reconnaissance vehicles (AERV) were inducted into the Indian Army. Key Points• Indigenous Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance vehicle has been designed by Defence Research and Development Organisation ( ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved world’s first injection drug for reducing the risk of acquiring HIV on 20th December, 2021. Key Points• The first injection drug in question is Apretude. Its generic name is “cabotegravir extended-release inject ...
The Indian Army is making steady, yet significant strides in the field of emerging technology domains. The Indian Army, with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), has recently established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering ( MCT ...
On January 3, 2022, Union Education Minister & Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched “National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0 Key PointsNEAT 3.0 is a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students in Ind ...
Covid-19 new variant ‘IHU Covid-19 new variant ‘IHU’: A new coronavirus variant called 'IHU' has recently emerged in France amid the rapid surge of Omicron cases across the world. Key Points: The discovery of the variant, dubbed B.1.640.2, was announced in a pape ...
India Semiconductor Mission ISM: Information Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw recently launched India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). Key Points: ISM has been launched to attract large investments for setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities in India. Under the sche ...
India's First Open Rock Museum Open Rock Museum: Union Minister of Science & Technology Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first unique “Rock†Museum in Hyderabad. The Museum was inaugurated at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI). About Ope ...
24th Conference on e-Governance 2020-21: The 24th National Conference on e-Governance was recently inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana. Key Points: This 2 day conference was inaugurated by Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh. The conference has been organis ...
Pig Heart Transplantation: for the first time in medical history, doctors in Maryland hospital in the USA recently transplanted a pig heart into a patient in the last effort to save his life. Key Points: The surgery went miraculously well and the patient was doing well three days ...
S&T Cooperation between India and France: In an important milestone in S&T Cooperation between India and France, an MoU was signed between CSIR and Institut Pasteur with scope for cooperation in health research. Key points: CSIR and Institut Pasteur would be jointly resear ...
Detection of Oral Cancer: Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a portable, user-friendly, and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer in resource-constrained clinical settings. Key Highlights: The researchers from the Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences in West Be ...
Scorpene Submarine-VAGIR: On 1 February 2022, the fifth submarine of Project 75, Yard 11879, Indian Navy’s Kalvari class commenced her sea trials. Key Facts: The submarine was launched in Nov 2020 from the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL). ...
Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO): India recently inked an interim agreement to confirm its commitment to working on a mega-science project called “Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)â€. Key Highlights: The Cooperation Agreement between India and SKA was s ...
POWERTHON-2022: Union Cabinet Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R K Singh launched POWERTHON-2022. Key Highlights: It was launched virtually on 7 February 2022 in presence of senior officials from various Ministries, REC, DISCOMS, IIT Bombay, and other stakehol ...
Nuclear Fusion Energy: Scientists in the United Kingdom recently stated that they have achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy, or imitating the way energy is produced in the sun. Key Points: A team at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility near Oxford in cent ...
Impact of Geomagnetic Storm: Elon Musk-owned Starlink lost a dozen of satellites that were caught in a geomagnetic storm a day after the satellites were launched on February 3. Key points: According to Starlink, some 40 out of 49 satellites have been impacted causing them to fall ...
JPL-SES Joint Venture: Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital arm of Reliance Industries (RIL) has formed a Joint Venture (JV) with Luxembourg-based satellite and telecom services provider SES, named Jio Space Technology Ltd. to provide satellite-based broadband communication services in India. ...
Lassa Fever: Recently, one of the three persons diagnosed with Lassa fever in the United Kingdom (UK) has died on February 11, 2022. Key facts: The cases have been linked to travel to west African countries. The Lassa virus is named after a town in Nigeria where the first cases we ...
