Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Urban Challenge Fund: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister of India approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF). It is a new centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The Fund aims to build resilient, productive, inclusive and climate-responsive cities, positioning those as key driver of the […]

Nitric Oxide Against Drug-Resistant Pneumonia: A study has shown that high-dose inhaled nitric oxide (300 ppm) significantly reduced drug-resistant pneumonia, offering a possible new strategy against antimicrobial resistance.Drug-resistant pneumonia, particularly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is a serious complication in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), responsible for about one in five hospital pneumonias.It is an inflammatory condition […]

Chirality-Based Electronics: A new study published in Nature has demonstrated a device that can separate electrons based on their chirality (handedness) without using powerful magnetic fields, marking progress towards low-power devices.Chirality in electrons: Similar to how the left and right hands are mirror images, electrons in topological semimetals possess left- or right-handed chirality.Chirality represents a […]

UNEP FI Impact Centre: UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has launched the UNEP FI Impact Centre, consolidating its SDGs & Impact workstream into a dedicated centre of expertise.The UNEP FI Impact Centre is a specialised centre of expertise under the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) focused on advancing impact management in financial […]

Exposome: Scientists are launching an ambitious global effort to map the “human exposome” — the lifelong mix of environmental and chemical exposures that drive most diseases. It can be defined as the measure of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime, from conception onward and how those exposures relate to health. The International […]

Bio-based Chemicals: India has prioritised bio-based chemicals and enzymes as a priority area under the Department of Biotechnology’s BioE3 policy. Bio-based chemicals are industrial chemicals produced using biological feedstocks like sugarcane, corn, starch or biomass residues. These are often produced through fermentation or enzymatic processes. Examples: Organic acids (such as lactic acid), bio-alcohols, solvents, surfactants, […]

Country’s First Underwater Road-cum-Rail Tunnel under Brahmaputra River: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved India’s first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel under the Brahmaputra River in Assam at a cost of ₹18,662 crore.A 33.7 km four-lane access-controlled Greenfield connectivity project, including a 15.79 km twin-tube underwater tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra River in Assam.It will […]

AgriStack: The Finance Minister announced the launch of Bharat-VISTAAR, a multilingual AI tool to integrate the AgriStack portals and the ICAR package on agricultural practices with AI systems. AgriStack is a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for the farm sector. It is an initiative under the Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM). It comprises three foundational registries or […]

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): India has the scale and momentum to influence how global business responds to climate risk, top executives of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTI) said recently. It is a corporate climate action organization that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part in combating the climate crisis. Mission: […]

Rashtriya Karmayogi Large Scale Jan Seva Programme: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said that 10.5 lakh govt servants trained under Rashtriya Karmayogi Large Scale Jan Seva Programme. It is a national behavioural transformation initiative for civil servants. It is launched by the Capacity Building Commission (CBC). It was designed to emphasize upon […]