EV Fires Subject: Science & Tech Section: MSc Context- The growing EV mishaps are worrying. The Centre should act fast to establish battery safety standards. Concept- Sales of EV two wheelers have risen five times (463 per cent) to 2.31 lakh in 202122. This is the fastest growing segment, accounting for over half […]
Strontium- a Cyber Espionage Group Subject: Science and Tech Section: Cyber Security Context: Recently,Microsoft said it had disrupted cyber attacks from a Russian nation-state hacking group. The group called ‘Strontium’ by the software company targeted Ukrainian firms, media organisations, government bodies, and think tanks in the U.S. and the EU. Concept: What is […]
European Union’s (EU’s) Digital Services Act (DSA) Subject: Science & tech Section: Msc Context- The European Parliament and European Union (EU) Member States have reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA). Concept- The Act, which is yet to become law, was proposed by the EU Commission (anti-trust) in December 2020. […]
Sodium-Ion Batteries Subject: Science & Tech Section: Msc Context- Sodium is available in more abundance than lithium and considered to be safer as well. However sodium ion batteries fall short in terms of energy density hindering their potential use in electric vehicles. Concept- The sodium-ion battery (NIB or SIB) is a type of […]
International Commission On Stratigraphy Subject: Science & Tech Context- Humans will be the first to have a new geological epoch named after the species — an unfortunate event denotative of our irreversible impact on the planet’s ecosystems Concept – The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most […]
UPI-Based Payments Service Subject: Science and Technology Section: Context- Meta’s instant messaging app WhatsApp has received clearance from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to add 60 million users to its UPI-based payments service WhatsApp Pay. Concept- This will take the total permissible number of users on the platform to 100 million. […]
Blue Straggler Stars Subject: Science & Tech Section: Space Context- Blue stragglers, is a particular type of star seen in clusters and also, sometimes, alone. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru conducted a study on their aberrant behaviour. Concept- For this, the researchers also made use of the observations by the UVIT instrument (Ultra […]
mRNA Technology Subject: Science & Tech Section: Biotechnology Context- Researchers are exploring new approaches, including the mRNA technology. Concept- Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a single-stranded RNA molecule that is complementary to one of the DNA strands of a gene. The mRNA is an RNA version of the gene that leaves the cell nucleus […]
Generating energy from banana peel Subject: Science & Tech Section: Biotechnology Context- Dried banana peel has a hydrogen content of 5%, and 33% is carbon. Concept- Biomass is a catch-all term for organic waste material of plant and animal origin. It is a rich source of both hydrogen and carbon — our dried […]
Draft Battery Swapping Policy Subject: Science & Tech Context- The NITI Aayog has released a draft battery-swapping policy targeted at electric two- and three-wheelers as the government think tank aims to expedite large-scale adoption of EVs. Concept- Under this, it has proposed offering incentives to electric vehicles (EVs) with swappable batteries, subsidies to […]