Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Gruha Sugam Portal: The National Housing Bank (NHB) launched the Gruha Sugam Portal. It enables Defence / Government personnel to avail home loans with ease from the location of their posting. It will accelerate digital lending adoption and financial inclusion. It will facilitate increased home ownership through improved access to housing loans, strengthening the mission […]

PRISM-SG Portal: The Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the PRISM-SG (Portal for Rail-Road Inspection & Stages Management – Steel Girders) Portal in New Delhi. PRISM-SG (Portal for Rail-Road Inspection & Stages Management – Steel Girders) Portal aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and inter-agency coordination in infrastructure development. It has been developed to digitise […]

Coffee: India’s coffee exports to West Asian markets are now stranded at ports or slowly moving via the Strait of Hormuz which is impacting coffee exports. Coffee is a tropical plant generally grown under shady trees. Types of Coffee: Robusta and Arabica It is largely cultivated in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, […]

Waste Foundry Sand: The Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF) and CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) entered into an agreement to develop and facilitate solutions for the utilisation of waste foundry sand in road construction. Waste Foundry Sand is a byproduct from the production of both ferrous and nonferrous metal castings. It is high quality silica […]

SWOT Satellite: NASA has developed a new map of the ocean floor by using satellite data from SWOT Satellite. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was launched in 2022. It is a joint mission of NASA and CNES (French Space Agency). Satellite will collect detailed measurements of how water bodies on Earth change […]

Central Consumer Protection Authority: The Central Consumer Protection Authority directed hotels and restaurants not to levy additional charges, such as LPG charges and fuel cost recovery, on consumers. Central Consumer Protection Authority was established under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 replaced the 1986 Act. Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, […]

SRY Gene Screening: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced a seismic policy change mandating SRY gene screening for all female athletes in international elite sports.This decision effectively bans transgender women and many DSD (Differences in Sex Development) athletes from female categories.SRY stands for ‘Sex-determining Region Y’. It is a specific segment of DNA usually found […]

EV Charging Infrastructure: The Government informed Parliament about the status and expansion of EV charging infrastructure across India under schemes like FAME-II and PM E-DRIVE.EV Charging Infrastructure refers to a network of charging stations (EVPCS) that supply electricity to recharge electric vehicles.It includes public, private, and highway-based charging systems, with participation from both government and […]

GARBH-INi Initiative: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology said that India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women under the GARBH-INi initiative is aimed at developing indigenous, AI-driven solutions to address preterm births. GARBH-INi Initiative promotes Maternal and Child Health and develops prediction tools for preterm birth. It is an […]

Akasha300 3D Printer: Kerala start-up delivers cutting-edge Akasha300 3D Printer to ISRO in a major step towards India’s self-reliance in advanced manufacturing. Akasha300 3D Printer is a high-temperature multi-material extrusion 3D printer. It is backed by the Space Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre at IIST and the Kerala Startup Mission. The printer features dual-extrusion technology […]