Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative: CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative has trained more than 1.90 lakh individuals through 5200+ skill-based trainings. It is a flagship national programme implemented by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is aimed at bridging the gap between scientific research and industry requirements, and employable skills. Objective is to seamlessly […]

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Researchers have developed a deep-learning tool named Disobind that can predict how Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) latch on to their binding partners. Intrinsically disordered proteins are defined as proteins or regions of proteins that lack a fixed or ordered three-dimensional structure under biological conditions. Also called natively unfolded or intrinsically unstructured proteins. […]

Guidelines for Virtual Digital Assets: The Financial Intelligence Unit–India (FIU-IND) has introduced stringent new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines for Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) service providers to curb financial crimes in India’s cryptocurrency ecosystem. New FIU-IND Guidelines for Virtual Digital Assets: Mandatory live selfie with liveliness detection (eye-blink/head movement) and geographic […]

China’s In Spice Market: China has begun cultivating and exporting chillies and cumin, two of India’s most critical spice exports, at lower and more competitive prices, posing a potential challenge to India’s long-standing dominance as the world’s largest spice supplier.Chillies form the backbone of India’s spice exports, accounting for over 25% of total export volume […]

World’s First Repository of Mountain Ice Cores: Scientists inaugurated the world’s first global repository of mountain ice cores at Concordia Research Station on the Antarctic Plateau to preserve vital climate records threatened by rapid glacier loss due to global warming.The facility, known as the Ice Memory Sanctuary, has been developed by the Ice Memory Foundation, […]

Vrindavani and Karan Fries Cattle breeds: India has registered two high-yielding synthetic cattle breeds namely are Karan Fries and Vrindavani. Karan Fries is developed by the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal, Haryana. It is a cross between indigenous Tharparkar cows and Holstein-Friesian bulls. The synthetic Karan Fries cow breed combines high productivity with […]

Voyager 1: Voyager 1 is expected to become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth. It is a space probe launched by NASA in 1977. Objective is to explore the outer planets in our solar system. It is the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system and reach […]

Pufferfish : In News: Scientists have confirmed India’s first case of freshwater pufferfish poisoning. Pufferfish belong to the order Tetraodontiformes. They are locally known by names such as toadfish, patkafish, balloonfish and fugu. Pufferfish are omnivorous and benthic in habitat. It is primarily found in the Western Ghats and major basins such as the Ganga, […]

Japan’s Deep-Sea Rare Earth Mining Initiative: Japan has embarked on the world’s first experimental attempt to extract rare earth elements from the deep-sea at a depth of about 6,000 metres, using its deep-sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu.The initiative is driven by Japan’s effort to reduce heavy dependence on China, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of […]

Traditional Indelible Ink: Maharashtra’s State Election Commission has decided to revert to traditional indelible ink for zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections after complaints that marker-pen ink used in municipal polls could be wiped off.Indelible ink is a permanent marking ink applied on a voter’s finger after voting to indicate that the person has already […]