Lost Caesium-137 Found In Western Australia: A Caesium-137 capsule lost in transit was discovered in Western Australia using specialised detection equipment that detected radiation. Caesium is a soft, flexible, silvery-white metal. It becomes liquid near room temperature, but easily bonds with chlorides to create a crystalline powder. Caesium-137 is the most common radioactive form of […]
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Lab-Grown Diamonds : Customs Duty Reduced (Union Budget 2023)
Lab-Grown Diamonds : Customs Duty Reduced (Union Budget 2023) In a recent Budget speech Union finance Minister announced that the Customs duty on the seeds used in lab-grown diamond manufacturing will be reduced. Lab-grown diamonds are diamonds that are produced using specific technology which mimics the geological processes that grow natural diamonds. The diamond simulants […]
iCET Initiative
iCET Initiative: India’s National Security Advisor hold talks with the US counterpart on the first dialogue on Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) in the US. Completing the work on the long-awaited NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) earth observation satellite is an excellent example of how the US-India partnership in space can benefit the […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover : First Sample Depot
NASA’s Perseverance Rover : First Sample Depot NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed the first “sample depot on another world” by dropping the tenth and final sample tube. The tube will be part of a depot that will be considered for the return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Perseverance rover is […]
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023: According to the “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023” report published on World NTD Day — January 30, 2023, by World Health Organization (WHO), Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) continue to disproportionately impact the most impoverished members of the international community, living in areas with inadequate water safety, […]
Guidelines For Uplinking And Downlinking Of Television Channels In India 2022
Guidelines For Uplinking And Downlinking Of Television Channels In India 2022: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry issued a fresh advisory for the implementation of the Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India 2022. Uplink is a term used to describe a communication line used to send electronic messages to satellites. On […]
World Leprosy Day 2023
World Leprosy Day 2023: World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year. In India, it is observed on 30th January every year, coinciding with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is “Act Now. End Leprosy. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by […]
Project ELLORA
Project ELLORA: Microsoft Research is helping preserve ‘rare’ Indian languages with its Project ELLORA (Enabling Low Resource Languages) in India. Microsoft researchers under this project have been working toward creating digital ecosystems for Indian languages that do not have enough presence online, The main goal of the Project is to impact underserved communities through enabling […]
Spider Star System : NASA Research
Spider Star System : NASA Research Scientists at NASA have recently detected the first gamma-ray eclipses from a “spider” star system. Spider Star System is a binary star system in which a superdense star (pulsar) spins quickly, eats another star. The super-dense object that begins to pull a matter from the companion resembles the habits […]
Lucy Mission : NASA
Lucy Mission : NASA NASA recently announced that it is adding a new target for the Lucy mission as the spacecraft goes on its more than 6-billion-kilometre-long journey to study the Jupiter trojan asteroids.. NASA’s Lucy mission is the first spacecraft launched to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem […]
