MedTech Mitra Portal: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the MedTech Mitra portal. MedTech Mitra portal is an online portal that aims to assist medtech innovators in clinical evaluation, regulatory facilitation, and uptake of new products. The portal will be coordinated collaboratively by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the […]
OSIRIS-APEX
OSIRIS-APEX: In an unprecedented extension of its celestial duties, the spacecraft that delivered asteroid samples from Bennu, OSIRIS-REx, has embarked on a new mission, and NASA has renamed it as OSIRIS-APEX. OSIRIS-APEX is a mission to study the physical changes to asteroid Apophis that will result from its rare close encounter with Earth in April […]
X-ray Bursts
X-ray Bursts: India’s first multi-wavelength space-based observatory AstroSat has detected bright sub-second X-ray bursts from a new and unique neutron star with ultrahigh magnetic field (magnetar). X-ray bursts occurs in low-mass X-ray binary systems where a neutron star and low-mass main sequence star are in orbit around one another. Due to their close proximity and […]
Veer Bal Diwas
Veer Bal Diwas: The Prime Minister of India will participate in the Veer Bal Diwas function at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Veer Bal Diwas is commemorated to honour the martyrdom of Baba Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh, the Sahibzade of 10th Guru Govind Singh Ji on 26th December every year. Guru Gobind Singh, the […]
AS-24 Killjoy
AS-24 Killjoy: Aerial strike on Ukraine, Russia recently employed its AS-24 KILLJOY hypersonic missile, which the country has projected as an “invincible weapon. AS-24 Killjoy is the western reporting name of the Kh-47M2 (Kinzhal), a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile. It was one of six “next generation” weapons unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 26th Dec 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 26th Dec 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
New Jumping Spiders : Discovered
New Jumping Spiders : Discovered A team of researchers from Kerala and Tamil Nadu have discovered two new species of jumping spiders that belong to the genus Afraflacilla. Recent findings have revealed the presence of the genus in Rajasthan, Kerala and Tamil Nadu Specimens of Afraflacilla Kerala were spotted in Irinjalakuda and Kuttanad while Afraflacilla […]
Epulopiscium Viviparus : Giant Bacteria
Epulopiscium Viviparus : Giant Bacteria Scientists have sequenced the genome of a mysterious species of giant bacterium Epulopiscium Viviparus that can be seen without a microscope. Epulopiscium Viviparus is a bacteria which live symbiotically in the guts of a fish, Naso tonganus, in tropical ocean environments. The first member of Epulopiscium whose name comes from […]
8th Edition Of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
8th Edition Of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium: The 8th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs (CoC) was conducted by Royal Thai Navy at Bangkok, Thailand. The ‘Indian Ocean Naval Symposium’ (IONS) is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean […]
Leprosy a Reportable Disease In The State : Odisha Government
Leprosy a Reportable Disease In The State : Odisha Government The Odisha government recently declared leprosy a reportable disease in the state. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae. The disease predominantly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, the mucosal surfaces of the […]
