Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Ayush Visa for Medical Value Travel: The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) highlighted the Ayush Visa, an initiative to promote medical value travel (MVT) for foreigners seeking treatment in India’s traditional medicine systems. Ayush Visa introduced in 2023 with four sub-categories: Ayush Visa (AY-1), Ayush Attendant Visa (AY-2), e-Ayush […]

6th edition of the Capacity Building Program: The 6th edition of the Capacity Building Program for Sri Lankan Civil Servants commenced at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in Mussoorie.The program hosted 40 mid-career civil servants from Sri Lanka, focusing on governance, policy frameworks, AI in governance, and India’s successful models in public administration. […]

AgeXtend: Researchers at IIIT-Delhi have developed AgeXtend as a tool to efficiently cut down the time taken to identify viable molecules with geroprotectors, or age defying properties.AgeXtend is an Artificial Intelligence-based platform designed to identify compounds with geroprotective (anti-aging) properties.

World’s First Carbon-14 Diamond Battery: Scientists from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery. It a carbon-14 diamond battery, a strange fusion of radioactive decay, synthetic diamonds and plasma chemistry. It uses carbon-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon of half-life of 5,700, because […]

Saydnaya Military Prison: The infamous Saydnaya Military Prison near Damascus, often referred to as the “human slaughterhouse,” became a site of unimaginable atrocities under Bashar al-Assad’s regime.Location: Near Damascus, Syria, infamous for severe human rights violations.

Subaru Telescope : In News The Subaru Telescope recently captured a pair of interacting galaxies designated as NGC 5257 and NGC 5258. Subaru Telescope is a Japanese 8.2-metre optical-infrared telescope. It is located on the dormant volcano Mauna Kea (4,163 metres) on the island of Hawaii. The telescope is named for the Japanese name for […]

GG Tau A System: Researchers from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Odisha, studied a unique triple-star system called GG Tau A. GG Tau A System is a unique triple-star system which is located 489 light-years away from Earth. The system is young – 1 to 5 million years old, which […]

Amrit Gyaan Kosh Portal: The Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions launched “Amrit Gyaan Kosh” Portal. Amrit Gyaan Kosh Portal has been jointly developed by the Capacity Building Commission and Karmayogi Bharat. It is a platform to promote self-reliance in governance training and strengthen governance training. It is developed on the iGOT platform, […]

Golden Globe nomination for Best Director: Payal Kapadia has etched her name in the annals of Indian cinema by becoming the first Indian director to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director (Motion Picture). Her film All We Imagine As Light not only earned her this historic recognition but also secured a nomination for […]

Bihar’s Sex Ratio Drops: Bihar’s alarming decline in its sex ratio at birth, now at 882 females per 1,000 males, has prompted urgent government action. The state has pledged to enforce the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act more strictly and launched multiple awareness campaigns to prevent female foeticide and improve gender parity.