Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Directorate General of Civil Aviation: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted the Indigo airline a temporary one-time exemption from some Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms for pilots. It is the regulatory body in the field of civil aviation primarily dealing with safety issues. It is an attached office of the Ministry of […]

Infrastructure Investment Trust : Update National Highways Authority of India received the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) in-principle approval for ‘Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust’ (RIIT) as an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT). It is Collective Investment Scheme similar to a mutual fund, which enables direct investment of money from individual and institutional investors in […]

Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC): A new study by the Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) for the first time concurrently estimated the daily salt and iodine consumption levels of the adult population in India and examined the effect of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended salt intake levels on iodine levels. Established in […]

AstroSat: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) celebrated a decade of successful operation of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on AstroSat. It is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously. The payloads cover the energy bands of Ultraviolet (Near and Far), limited optical […]

Onchocerciasis: Niger becomes the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm. The parasite can spread to humans through repeated bites of infected blackflies of the Simulium species. The flies breed by fast-flowing rivers and streams in certain remote, tropical, […]

Shingles Disease: Study A study found that Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus— the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in the nerve cells and can reactivate […]

Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for Ultra subscribers: Google has officially rolled out the Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for its AI Ultra subscribers, offering a significant upgrade in reasoning and problem-solving capabilities within the Gemini app. This new feature, previewed last month during the launch of the Gemini 3 AI models, is […]

Green Tug Transition Programme: In News The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony for India’s first all-electric green tug for Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), being developed under the Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP). It aims to transition India’s harbour tug fleet from conventional diesel-powered vessels to greener […]

Caller Name Presentation: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will mandate telecom operators to show the KYC-registered name of all incoming callers using Indian phone numbers, a feature known as Caller Name Presentation (CNAP). CNAP is a technology that enables mobile users to see an incoming caller’s name. The system retrieves the caller’s name from a […]

Ebola Outbreak: An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, Congolese health officials and the U.N.’s World Health Organization said recently, after the country went 42 consecutive days without recording a new case. Ebola is a severe and often deadly disease caused by a group of viruses known as orthoebolaviruses (formally […]