Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

ICAR-CIFE And VAMNICOM Sign MoU To Enhance Cooperative Management In Fisheries: The Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) and the Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 26, 2024.This collaboration aims to advance cooperative management in the fisheries sector and supports the vision of establishing 200,000 […]

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome : Surged In Gujrat Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) cases surged in Gujarat, leading to a significant health crisis that predominantly affected children and resulted in multiple fatalities. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) is characterized by a sudden onset of high-grade fever, convulsions, altered sensorium, and multi-organ dysfunction. Other common symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, […]

First Edition of E-Magazine ‘Sapno ki Udaan’: On India’s National Space Day, marking the 1st anniversary of Chandrayaan-3’s landing on the lunar South Pole, the Department of School Education & Literacy, in collaboration with NCERT, launched the e-magazine ‘Sapno ki Udaan.’

India Welcomes First Civilian Space Tourist Gopichand Thotakura: Gopichand Thotakura, India’s first civilian space tourist, received a warm welcome in Delhi upon his return on August 26, 2024. Thotakura made history by joining Blue Origin’s New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, becoming the second Indian citizen to travel to space after Rakesh […]

Tanager-1 Satellite: NASA, in collaboration with various organizations, has launched the Tanager-1 satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Tanager-1 is designed to track methane and carbon dioxide emissions using imaging spectrometer technology developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This technology can identify and quantify greenhouse gases by measuring the unique spectral “fingerprints” left by […]

RHUMI-1 : First Reusable Hybrid Rocket India’s first reusable hybrid rocket, RHUMI-1, was successfully launched by the Tamil Nadu-based start-up Space Zone India. The rocket is designed to advance research on climate change and atmospheric conditions. It carried three CUBE satellites and 50 Pico satellites to collect data on cosmic radiation, UV radiation, air quality, […]

Lung Cancer Vaccine: The world’s first mRNA lung cancer vaccine, BNT116, has begun clinical trials across seven countries, including the UK, the US, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, and Turkey. This vaccine targets non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of the disease, by instructing the body to attack cancer cells and prevent their […]

BioE3 Policy : Biotechnology For Economy, Environment, And Employment The Union Cabinet approved the BioE3 Policy (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, and Employment) to drive a biotech manufacturing revolution, akin to the IT sector’s transformation in the 1990s. The BioE3 Policy aims to revolutionize biotechnology in India by boosting sustainable bio-manufacturing across sectors like healthcare, agriculture, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Ukraine: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine on August 23, 2024, was largely seen as a diplomatic balancing act rather than a significant peace effort. Key Highlights of the Visit: Cooperation in agriculture and food industry. Humanitarian grant assistance for community development projects. Cultural cooperation and agreement on […]

Sonoluminescence: It is a fascinating phenomenon where small gas bubbles in a liquid emit a brief flash of light when exposed to intense sound waves. This phenomenon was first observed in 1934 by two German engineers studying sonar, a method of using sound waves for navigation similar to how bats operate. The process begins when […]