India Plans To Build More Nuclear Power Plants: According to the Union Government, India plans to build more nuclear power plants to increase the production of clean energy. The government has recently approved five new sites for nuclear power plants and given the financial go-ahead to build 10 700-MW pressurized heavy water reactors. India has […]
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SpaceTech Innovation Network: ISRO
SpaceTech Innovation Network: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed an MoU with Social Alpha, a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform to launch SpaceTech Innovation Network (SpIN). SpIN is India’s first dedicated platform for innovation, curation, and venture development for the burgeoning space entrepreneurial ecosystem. The SPIN platform would create a […]
Gamma Ray Burst
Gamma Ray Burst: A rare astronomical event involving a compact binary merger emitting long Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) twinned with a kilonova emissions was reported. This never before scientifically accepted or proven combination was also confirmed by India’s largest optical telescope, Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT). The GRB lasted for over 50 seconds and identified as […]
Artificial Intelligence-Powered ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence-Powered ChatGPT An artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT was released on the internet. The tool has been developed by OpenAI, a research institute founded in 2015. This tool ‘knew’ every topic under the sun; it could answer questions and carry on a conversation. This tool interacts with humans in natural language and is impressive […]
Jeevan Pramaan Patra : Digital Service For Pensioners
Jeevan Pramaan Patra : Digital Service For Pensioners The Jeevan Pramaan Patra have been disbursed by the Government using the network of Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks in the country. Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organization can take benefit of […]
Print And Digital Media Association : Approved As a Self-Regulatory Body
Print And Digital Media Association : Approved As a Self-Regulatory Body The government has approved the Print and Digital Media Association (PADMA) as a self-regulatory body for publishers of news and current affairs across the country. The organisation with 47 digital news publishers on board will look at grievances related to digital media news content […]
Zombie Virus
Zombie Virus: European researchers have raised concerns of yet another pandemic after resurrecting a 48,500-year-old ‘Zombie Virus’ from a frozen lake in Russia. The researchers warned that Climate change-induced thawing of the permanently frozen land (permafrost) in the Arctic could pose a new public health threat. Zombie Virus: 13 new pathogens have been characterized, what […]
iNCOVACC : World’s First Intranasal Vaccine Gets Approval
iNCOVACC : World’s First Intranasal Vaccine Gets Approval World’s first Intranasal Vaccine iNCOVACC has recently received approval for Covid booster doses from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). It is developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited. It was developed in partnership with Washington University, St Louis, which had designed and developed the recombinant adenoviral vectored […]
Red Planet Day 2022
Red Planet Day 2022: On November 28, 1964, the NASA mission Mariner 4 was launched, which ended up capturing significant information on, and photographs of, Mars for the first time thus marking Red Planet Day. Mars: It is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System. Mars is about […]
Five New Species Of Black Corals
Five New Species Of Black Corals: Some researchers have discovered five new species of Black Corals living as deep as 2,500 feet (762 metres) below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of Australia. Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) can be found growing both in shallow waters and down to […]
