Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Denmark Imposes The World’s First Carbon Tax On Livestock Emissions: Denmark’s coalition government approved a plan to put in place the world’s first carbon emissions tax that targets farms. This is a big step for the country in its efforts to leave less of an impact on the environment, which are mostly driven by its […]

Motor Neuron Diseases: The annual conference on MND ‘Awareness, Care, and Management’ held at Nimhans, Bengaluru, stated that symptomatic and supportive treatments help manage the condition better. Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and […]

NASA’s Juno Probe New findings from NASA’s Juno probe provide a fuller picture of how widespread the lava lakes are on Jupiter’s moon Io. JUNO is an acronym for Jupiter Near-Polar Orbiter. It is a NASA spacecraft designed to orbit the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, […]

Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Microwave Obscurant Chaff (MOC) is a niche technology developed by DRDO’s Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur It obscures radar signals and creates a microwave shield around […]

Space MAITRI: ISRO is set to launch the 450kg Optimus spacecraft, Australia’s largest designed and built spacecraft, on its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). This mission, named Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research, and Innovation), marks a significant collaboration between NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and Australia’s Space Machines Company. The mission underscores the strategic […]

Crime And Criminal Tracking Networks And Systems Ahead of the implementation of the new criminal laws, at least 23 modifications have been made to the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS). Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) was conceptualized by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National e-governance plan of India […]

Star Clusters : Recently Discovered Astronomers recently discovered five young star clusters, and possibly the oldest star clusters ever, born from the time when the Universe was an infant. A Star cluster is either of two general types of stellar assemblages held together by the mutual gravitational attraction of its members, which are physically related […]

Space MAITRI Mission: The Australian government entered into an $18 million memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the space MAITRI mission. Space MAITRI (Mission for Australia-India’s Technology, Research and Innovation), represents a major step forward in the strategic partnership between the […]

eSakshya (evidence) App: Days ahead of the implementation of the three criminal laws, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is testing eSakshya (e-evidence) app. eSakhsya App is a mobile-based application to help police record the scene of crime, search and seizure in a criminal case and upload the file on the cloud-based platform. The […]

India Africa Postal Leaders Meet: With the aim of strengthening ties among the administrations of African countries and India in the postal sector, the ‘India Africa Postal Leaders Meet’ was organised in India. It is an initiative under the “South- South and Triangular Cooperation” programme of the Universal Postal Union and is organised with the […]