Border Roads Organisation : 65th Raising Day The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) celebrated its 65th Raising Day on 7th May 2024. Established in 1960 with only two projects, Project Tusker (now Vartak) in the East and Project Beacon in North India, the BRO has grown to become a vibrant organisation with 18 projects operating in […]
Category: Current Affairs
SPACE For Indian Navy
SPACE For Indian Navy: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has set up a premier testing & evaluation hub for SONAR Systems named “SPACE” in Kerala which is dedicated to the Indian Navy. It stands for Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (SPACE). It will mainly be utilised for evaluation of complete Sonar Systems. […]
Gaia BH3 : Massive Black Hole
Gaia BH3: Massive Black Hole Astronomers have discovered a massive Black Hole in our Galaxy, named “Gaia BH3”. It’s the 2nd-closest known Black hole to Earth. It is 33 times heavier than the sun and the most massive black hole of stellar origin in the Milky Way, surpassing Cygnus X-1. Stellar black holes are formed […]
China’s Chang’e-6 Mission : Launched Successfully
China’s Chang’e-6 Mission : Launched Successfully China’s Chang’e-6 mission, launched successfully, aims to collect rocks from the Moon’s far side, a complex endeavour requiring precise planning. Chang’e-6, China’s mission to the Moon’s far side, aims to retrieve 2 kilograms of samples, a feat never accomplished before. Unlike the Chang’e-5 mission, which brought back samples from […]
West Nile Fever : Cases In Three Districts Kerala
West Nile Fever : Cases In Three Districts Of Kerala Kerala’s health department recently reported West Nile fever cases in three districts. West Nile Fever is a disease caused by the West Nile Virus (WNV). WNV is a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae. […]
Pyrenees Mountains
Pyrenees Mountains: The French President recently hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Tourmalet Pass in the Pyrenees for private meetings Pyrenees Mountains are a chain of mountains in southwestern Europe that form a natural border between Spain and France. It is a fold mountain chain created by the continental collision of the microcontinent of […]
Spektr-RG
Spektr-RG: Astronomers report the discovery of a new pulsar using the Spektr-RG space observatory. Spektr-Rentgen-Gamma (Spektr-RG, SRG) is a German-Russian high-energy astrophysics space observatory to study the universe in the X-ray range of electromagnetic radiation. It was launched on July 13, 2019, on a Proton-M rocket from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It moves along […]
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation: The CDSCO has become the sole authority for issuing manufacturing licences for new drugs meant for exports, withdrawing the power from state governments amid heightened global scrutiny of Indian made drugs. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India for the medical devices industry […]
Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Leber Congenital Amaurosis: Researchers have used a CRISPR-Cas9 tool to restore vision in a group of adults and children with congenital blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Leber Congenital Amaurosis is a rare genetic eye disorder affected infants are often blind at birth. Children born with LCA have light-gathering cells (rods and cones) of […]
Interactive Voice Response System
Interactive Voice Response System: Voters are receiving Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) calls every day from political parties. Interactive Voice Response System is an automated telephone system technology that enables callers to receive or provide information, or make requests using voice or menu inputs, without speaking to a live agent. It is powered by a […]
