Sooty Bark Disease: In British Columbia, Canada, maple trees have been observed with sooty bark disease, and researchers are working on ways to reduce the rate at which the disease spreads. Sooty Bark Disease (SBD) is a fungal disease of maple trees, which causes rapid wilting and mortality. The disease is caused by the fungus […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT)
Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT): 25 years of the successful operations of the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) atop Hanle in Ladakh was recently celebrated with a conference highlighting its history, engineering challenges, scientific research, and the road ahead. It is a 2 meter optical-infrared telescope named after Nobel laureate Subramaniam Chandrasekhar. It is located at the […]
e-Zero FIR System
e-Zero FIR System: The Minister of State for Home informed that the government has introduced the system of registering e-Zero FIRs in cybercrime cases across eighteen States and Union Territories. It is a technology-based platform that enables the automated registration of Zero FIRs for value cyber financial crimes. It is a new mechanism where financial […]
SHetA2 Therapy
SHetA2 Therapy: A new cervical cancer SHetA2 pill showed promise by stopping Human Papillomavirus (HPV) from turning cancerous. SHetA2 is a small molecule therapy that is designed to stop an HPV infection from causing cancer. Small molecule therapies are chemically manufactured, low-weight compounds that can easily be absorbed by the body. It is designed to […]
Tackling Non-Revenue Water for a Water-Secure Viksit Bharat
Tackling Non-Revenue Water for a Water-Secure Viksit Bharat: India’s ambition to build a ‘Viksit Bharat’ relies heavily on its urban centres, which are increasingly facing acute water stress due to groundwater over-exploitation, rapid urbanization, and climate change, bringing urban water governance into sharp policy focus. A major policy concern is that urban utilities lose more […]
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) 2026
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) 2026: The world observed World Hepatitis Day on 28th July to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, one of the deadliest infectious diseases. The theme for World Hepatitis Day 2026 is “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” calling for the removal of financial, social and systemic barriers to hepatitis services. Hepatitis is inflammation […]
The EU AI Transparency Code
The EU AI Transparency Code: The European Union will require clear labelling of AI-generated content under Article 50 of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA).To implement this, the EU introduced the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, providing a common compliance framework to curb deception, deepfakes, and synthetic misinformation.The EU AI Transparency Code is […]
Gobind Sagar Lake
Gobind Sagar Lake: Himachal Pradesh is diversifying its tourism sector with the first-ever island tourism project at the Gobind Sagar Lake in Bilaspur district, which is likely to be operational soon. Gobind Sagar Lake is a manmade reservoir located in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. The lake is named after Guru Gobind Singh, the […]
PRAXIS Mission
PRAXIS Mission: NASA has just selected a mission concept called ‘PRAXIS’ for its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) 2026 phase I funding. PRAXIS is an acronym of ‘Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling’ is designed to collect and study ring particles directly. It is conceptualized by the NASA. It will transform understanding of ring structure […]
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): CERN officially switched off the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to begin its 4-year Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). The temporary pause allows engineers to perform a major $1.5 billion hardware upgrade, transforming the machine into the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest, highest-energy, and most […]
