Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

What Is Generative AI? Generative AI has become a ‘hot topic’ for technologists, investors, policymakers and society at large. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that involves creating new, original content or data using machine learning algorithms. It can be used to generate text, images, music, or other types of media Uses of […]

Assisted Reproductive Technology: The Kerala High Court has said that personal choice to build a family is a fundamental right and fixing an upper age limit for the same was a restriction which needs a relook. The court passed the directive while disposing of a batch of petitions challenging the age limit of 50 years […]

Nickel Alloy Coating Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous Research and Development Centre of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, have developed a lab-scale process to deposit novel nanostructured Nickel alloy coatings. A new method of deposition of Nickel alloy coatings […]

e-Sanjeevani : Milestone Of Nine Crore Teleconsultations Union Government’s free telemedicine service, e-Sanjeevani, has recently crossed another milestone by touching nine crore teleconsultations mark. e-Sanjeevani is a web-based comprehensive telemedicine solution, launched by the then Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, in 2009. Created by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) […]

New System To Measure And Grade Hospital Performance: NHA is introducing a new system to measure and grade hospital performance under the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). The objective of the new system is to shift the focus of measuring performance of hospitals from volume of services provided to […]

Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules, 2022: The Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications has formulated the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules, 2022. The Central government has envisioned fulfilling the communication needs of the citizens and enterprises through establishment of a resilient, secure, accessible and affordable Digital Communications Infrastructure and Services. Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure […]

Zebrafish : Ability To Regenerate Aged Discs In Human Vertebrae Scientists discovered that a protein found in Zebrafish can regenerate aged discs in human vertebrae. A study by Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, discovered that a protein called Cellular communication network factor 2a (Ccn2a) secreted […]

New Electrolyte To Help Better Ammonia Synthesis: A team of Indian scientists has developed a new aqueous electrolyte that can help make electrochemical ammonia synthesis more efficient. Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have introduced a new electrolyte called […]

Decline In Kala-Azar Cases In India: There has been a 98.7 per cent decline in cases of Kala-azar from 44,533 in 2007 to 834 in 2022 in India India is committed to eliminating Kalaa-Azar from the country by 2023 Eliminationis defined as reducing the annual incidence of Kala Azar (KA) to less than 1 case […]