This new nuclear fuel can guarantee India’s green energy transition Subject: Science and Tech Section: Nuclear technology ANEEL Fuel: The Chicago-based company Clean Core Thorium Energy, founded by Mehul Shah, has developed (and patented) a fuel, which is a mix of Thorium and Uranium of a certain level of enrichment, called HALEU (High […]
Centre notifies revised rules for quality control of pharma products Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health Context: Recently, the Health Ministry notified revised Pharma manufacturing rules under schedule M to ensure quality control. More on news: The Central government, after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, notified the revised rules under the […]
Antimicrobial resistance: Health issue that will negate advances in medicine Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health About Anti-microbial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and […]
‘Deep tech’ policy to be sent to Cabinet for approval, says scientific adviser Subject: S&T Section: Awareness in IT Context: The Indian government is set to approve a new ‘deep tech’ policy after public comments on the draft released in July 2023, the final version of the policy is ready for Cabinet approval. […]
Cabinet gives nod to ‘Prithvi’ programme for earth observation Subject: Science and Tech Section: Schemes In the news: The Union Cabinet cleared a ₹4,797-crore programme called ‘Prithvi’ (Earth) that is expected to subsume five existing schemes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). Cabinet approval for an agreement between the Indian Space Research […]
ISRO successfully tests Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell on PSLV-C58’s orbital platform POEM3 Subject: Science and Tech Section: Space tech Context: India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has celebrated a significant achievement of a successful flight test of a fuel cell intended for space use. More on news: The Vikram […]
Aditya L1, ISRO’s mission to study Sun, set to be placed in final orbit tomorrow Subject :Science and Tech Section: Space tech Context: India’s maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is set to reach its intended destination L1 point on January 6, 2024 More on news: Aditya L1 has successfully undergone four earth-bound maneuvers and […]