Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Tar balls: The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has released draft rules aimed at managing ‘tar balls’ to protect the coastline and marine environment from oil spills. Tar balls are small, dark, sticky blobs of weathered oil that form in marine environments due to oil spills or natural seeps. Tar balls are formed […]

Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises: The National Statistics Office (NSO) has launched the first-ever Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE). It is launched by the National Statistics Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) It is aimed at developing a comprehensive database of the incorporated services sector of […]

Fusion Energy Viability: A recent study published in Nature Energy warns that current cost projections for nuclear fusion are overly optimistic, raising concerns about inefficient allocation of clean energy investments. Experts caution that such unrealistic projections may divert funds from more viable climate solutions and suggest exploring alternative reactor designs, fuels and smaller configurations to […]

Syngas in Steel Production: Syngas (synthesis gas) has been deployed in steel industry furnaces to address shortages of natural gas, LPG and propane. This marks a first-of-its-kind application in galvanising and colour-coating furnaces, ensuring continuity of operations during fuel disruptions. Syngas is a relatively clean fuel produced via coal gasification, which converts coal, biomass, or […]

Transforming India’s Nuclear Power Landscape: The Government of India introduced and rapidly passed the SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Bill in December 2025. This transformative legislation repeals the Atomic Energy Act of 1962, allowing private companies to build, own, and operate nuclear plants to achieve a target of 100 […]

Government e Marketplace: The Government e Marketplace (GeM) has achieved a cumulative Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of ₹18.4 lakh crore, including crossing ₹5 lakh crore GMV in the financial year 2025–26. Government e Marketplace is India’s national public procurement portal launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. It enhances transparency, efficiency and […]

New Nematode Species: Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified two new species of free-living marine nematodes off the coast of Tamil Nadu and named them as Corononema dhriti and Epacanthion indica. New Nematode Species: Corononema dhriti: It is a free-living marine nematode found off the coast of Tamil Nadu. It is […]

Psychedelics: Study Recent study revealed that Psychedelics can temporarily ‘loosen’ the brain patterns that support the feeling of a ‘me’, allowing researchers to watch that system reorganise itself in real time. Psychedelics are drugs that induce states of altered perception, behaviour, consciousness and thought, often with increased awareness of the senses. Psychedelics are non-addictive and […]

Mission MITRA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Mission MITRA in Ladakh to test mental, physical strength of astronauts. The Mission MITRA (Mapping of Interoperable Traits and Response Assessment) is a first-of-its-kind team behavioral study designed by ISRO & IAF-Institute of Aerospace Medicine. Objective is to examine the physiological, psychological, and operational dynamics […]