Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Water Worlds : Two Exoplanets A new study, a team of astronomers have found water worlds, two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star. These exoplanets are Kepler-138c and Kepler-138d, which were observed using NASA’s Hubble and retired Spitzer space telescope. It is the first-time planets are confidently identified as water worlds, a type of planet […]

First Global Water Survey Satellite: NASA to conduct the first global survey of Earth’s surface waters, shedding new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, or SWOT, incorporates advanced microwave radar technology to collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs, and rivers over 90% of the […]

India’s First 5G-Enabled Auto Manufacturing Unit: Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra have announced a strategic partnership under which they have deployed a “5G for Enterprise” Solution i.e., a ‘captive private network’ at Mahindra and Mahindra’s Chakan facility in Maharashtra, making it India’s first 5G- enabled auto manufacturing unit. The partnership is in line with Tech […]

Doxxing: Twitter has recently suspended the account of several journalists, and according to its owner Elon Musk, this was in continuation of the social media platform’s new anti-doxxing policy. Doxxing :A contraction of the phrase, “dropping documents”, doxxing is the act of revealing personal or identity-revealing information about someone online, such as their real name, […]

5th Edition Of Youth Co:Lab: The 5th edition of Youth Co:Lab was launched on December 15th 2022 Youth Co:Lab is an initiative launched in 2019 by UNDP India in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. Youth Co:Lab was co-created in 2017 by UNDP and the Citi Foundation, Youth Co:Lab. It is a multi-dimensional and […]

Aeronomic Studies: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology recently informed that ISRO has taken initiatives for feasibility studies on missions to Venus as well as Aeronomy studies. The term “aeronomy,” coined and introduced about 60 years ago. It refers to the scientific study of the upper atmospheric regions of the Earth and […]

National Policy Of Rare Diseases: A Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) raised concerns over National Policy of Rare Diseases (NPRD) as it did not reach any patient with rare diseases even after several months since its introduction. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare formulated launched NPRD in 2021 for the treatment of rare disease […]

HAKUTO-R Moon Mission: Japan A Japanese space startup ispace Inc has launched its own private lander M1 to the Moon under its HAKUTO-R mission, from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It is Japan’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. The name HAKUTO-R refers to the white rabbit that […]

Razorpay : 1st Payment Gateway To Support Credit Cards On UPI With the aim to further strengthen digital payments and boost India’s credit penetration, the platform announced its readiness to support Credit Card Transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI). UPI enables customers to make transactions through their bank accounts. Linking credit cards with UPI will […]