Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

India To Be a Part Of Artemis Team: A top NASA official recently said that India needs to be a part of the Artemis team, which brings like-minded countries together on civil space exploration. The Artemis Accords are a non-binding set of principles designed to guide civil space exploration and use in the 21st century. […]

Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), a unique space telescope developed by Pune’s Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has been delivered to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) telescope is one of the seven payloads on Aditya-L1. It will provide full disk images of […]

Geminid Meteor Shower: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has shed new light on the origin of the intense Geminid meteor shower. Geminid meteor shower peaks during mid-December each year and is considered to be one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers. Unlike most meteor showers that originate from comets, the Geminid stream […]

Enceladus : Small Moon Of Saturn NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovers ‘phosphorous on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It is the second nearest of the major regular moons of Saturn and the brightest of all its moons. It was discovered in 1789 by the English astronomer William Herschel and named for one of the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek […]

Cholederm : Class D Medical Device An advanced wound care product developed by the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), named Cholederm, has won the approval of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) as a Class D medical device Cholederm is a wound healing material derived from the extracellular matrix […]

One-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine: According to the first phase 3 trial of the preventive published in The Lancet journal – a single-dose vaccine (VLA1553 vaccine) for chikungunya was found safe and produced a strong immune response against the viral disease. Chikungunya is the mosquito-borne disease is caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is endemic in […]

Jellyfish Galaxy JO206 :  NASA Released An Image NASA released an image showcasing the jellyfish galaxy JO206 which was captured by the Hubble telescope. Jellyfish Galaxy (JO206) trails across the universe about 700 million light-years away from our planet. It is in the constellation Aquarius. Jellyfish galaxies resemble their marine namesakes and that is evident […]

Gravitationally Lensed : Captured Image Astronomers have recently captured four images of the same background supernova being gravitationally lensed by the immense gravitational well of the foreground supernova. Gravitational Lensing occurs when a massive celestial body, such as a galaxy cluster, causes a sufficient curvature of spacetime for the path of light around it to […]

Taurine : A Nutrient Found In Meat And Fish Study has shown that Taurine – a nutrient found in meat, and fish and sold as a supplement – extends life and boosts health in a range of animal species. Experiments on middle-aged animals showed boosting taurine to youthful levels extended life by over 10% and […]

JATAN Virtual Museum: The Central government plans to complete 3D digitisation of all museums under its administrative control by the year-end for better conservation of artefacts. JATAN is a digital collection management system for Indian museums designed and developed by Human Centres Design and Computing Group, Centre for Development of Smart Computing, Pune. It can […]