Army set to close around 80 deals worth ₹15000 cr Subject: Science and Technology Section: Defense Concept: The Army, which is currently executing the fourth tranche of emergency procurements, has identified nearly 80 deals, roughly valued at ₹15,000 crore, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said. Emergency Procurements Emergency procurements […]
High Altitude Balloon (HAB) Subject: Science and technology Section: Msc Concept : High Altitude Balloons have been in frequent use for several decades now, though the first uses go back at least 200 years. They are used mainly for scientific purposes but increasingly for tourism and joy rides, surveillance, and disaster relief and […]
Right to Breathe Campaign Subject : Science and Technology Section: Intellectual Property Concept : What is Right to Breathe Campaign It is a patient-driven campaign across multiple countries, including India, for access to cystic fibrosis (CF) therapy- Trikafta, from the American biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Campaigns have been mounted in South Africa, Ukraine, […]
Bhashini and Bhasha daan initiative Subject : Science and Technology Section :Computers Concept : Bhashini, a small team at the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is currently building a WhatsApp-based chatbot that relies on information generated by ChatGPTto return appropriate responses to queries. And because people, especially farmers in rural areas, may […]
Indo-U.S. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to be flight-tested Subject :Science and technology Section: Defence Concept : A member of the U.S. government delegation who was attending the Aero India 2023, has said that a prototype of the Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV) jointly developed by India and the US would be flight-tested soon. The […]
Aero India 2023 Subject: Science and technology Section :Defence Concept : Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 14th edition of Asia’s largest aero show –– Aero India 2023 – in Bengaluru, Karnataka on February 13, 2023.. Details Spanning over five days, the event, on the theme ‘The runway to a billion […]
4G in name only: data needles stutter in ‘grey spots’ in India Subject : Science and technology Section: Concept : As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), from September 2022, the three main telecom providers in India classify almost 95% of their customer base as “broadband” customers, which now means that […]
Scientists have discovered a third natural source of quasicrystals Subject : Science and technology Section: Msc Concept : Quasicrystal, also called quasi-periodic crystal, is a matter formed atomically in a manner somewhere between the amorphous solids of glasses (special forms of metals and other minerals, as well as common glass) and the precise […]
Mammalian spread of H5N1 and its pandemic potential Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : Avian influenza (bird flu) is a highly contagious viral infection that impacts birds. However, rarely it can infect mammals through a phenomenon called spillover, and spread among them. There are various subtypes of avian influenza viruses […]
Agasthyarkoodam’s lost observatory Subject: Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept: Agasthyarkoodam on the Western Ghats once (in Nineteenth-century) housed an observatory that was established by Scottish meteorologist John Allan Broun. Broun used it to record magnetic and meteorological observations in tandem with the Thiruvananthapuram astronomical observatory. Broun’s astronomical research in India began […]