Baglihar Hydropower Project: Operations were suspended at the 450MW stage 1 Baglihar hydropower project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir after it got flooded recently. It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. It consists of a concrete gravity dam. The […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Panama Disease
Panama Disease: Scientists discovered a gene that could save bananas from deadly Panama disease. Panama disease is also known as fusarium wilt. It is a devastating disease of bananas caused by the soil-inhabiting fungus species. It is caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, which lives in soil and can survive there for […]
Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine
Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare will launch the Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. It provides protection against both tetanus and diphtheria. It is prepared by combining purified diphtheria toxoid and purified tetanus toxoid. The antigens are adsorbed […]
VoicERA
VoicERA: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology unveiled VoicERA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It is an open-source, end-to-end Voice AI stack. It is deployed on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure. It establishes a national execution layer for multilingual Voice and Language AI. It is designed to be open, pluggable, interoperable, cloud […]
Bharat VISTAAR
Bharat VISTAAR: The Ministry of Agriculture launched Phase-1 of the AI-based ‘Bharat VISTAAR’ scheme in Jaipur, Rajasthan, amid the AI Summit in Delhi to digitally empower farmers. ‘Bharat VISTAAR’ is a multilingual Artificial Intelligence(AI) based conversational advisory system that allows farmers to ask agriculture-related questions through mobile or smartphone and receive instant solutions. Objective is […]
SAHI & BODH Health AI Initiatives
SAHI & BODH Health AI Initiatives: The Union Health Minister launched two digital initiatives, Secure AI for Health Initiative (SAHI) and Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH), at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 to strengthen India’s health AI ecosystem. SAHI functions as a national roadmap and policy framework guiding responsible AI adoption […]
Bee Corridor
Bee Corridor: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to develop pollinator or ‘Bee Corridors’ along National Highways to promote ecological infrastructure development. The ‘Bee Corridor’ will have a continuous stretch of flowering trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses that will provide year-round nectar and pollen through staggered seasonal flowering cycles. […]
CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite
CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite: ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) recently revealed a four-planet system whose outermost world is a small and rocky planet — not a gas giant. It is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft. It is the first space mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host exoplanets, in […]
Lymphedema
Lymphedema: A newly discovered cellular mechanism shows promise for treating painful lymphedema. Lymphedema is swelling in various areas of body that happens when something affects the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system collects excess fluid, proteins, and toxins from the cells and tissues and returns them to the bloodstream. When the lymphatic system doesn’t work well, […]
AI-Preneurs of India
AI-Preneurs of India: The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), under NITI Aayog, launched “AI-Preneurs of India”,a flagship coffee table book, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.Chronicles the entrepreneurial journeys of 45 pioneering AI startups selected from a nationwide network of Atal Incubation Centres (AICs). Employs a “founder-first” storytelling approach highlighting motivations, perseverance, and challenges faced […]
