Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Concession In Revenue Share To Promote Coal Gasification: To help India become energy independent, the Ministry of Coal has proposed 50% concession in revenue share to promote coal gasification. If the successful bidder consumes the coal produced either in its own plant(s) or plant of its holding, subsidiary, affiliate, associate for coal gasification or liquefaction […]

Shigella: The recent food poisoning event in Kerala that claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl who ate chicken shawarma at a restaurant was caused by Shigella germs. Shigella is a bacterial infection produced by the enterobacter family of bacteria and is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea worldwide. Shigellosis is the infection […]

Monkeypox Virus : The U.K. health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox. The first-ever recorded occurrence of the monkeypox virus in the U.K. was in 2018, and since then a handful of cases have been confirmed by health authorities. The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus, which is a genus of viruses that also includes […]

Shukrayaan-1: The mission to Venus is likely to cost between ₹500 crore and ₹1,000 crore depending on the level of instrumentation, said S. Somanath, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Shukrayaan-1 is a planned orbiter to Venus by the Indian Space Research Organisation to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus. Although 2024 has been […]

Maip Macrothorax: Largest Megaraptor Dinosaur An apex-predator dinosaur has been discovered by Argentine palaeontologists. This dinosaur measured to be as tall as three stories building from its nose to its tail. It also used to disembowel its prey with its curved and sharp claws. The details regarding this newly discovered dinosaur have been detailed in […]

FSSAI’s Star Rating: The “health star rating” system that the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plans to adopt in order to help consumers reduce their intake of unhealthy foods has been opposed by close to a dozen consumer and health advocacy groups. In February 2022, the FSSAI decided to adopt the “health-star rating […]

ISRO Mission To Venus: After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, the ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system’s hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it. ISRO is planning to launch the mission in […]

AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) Technology: France’s Naval Group declined the bid for the P-75I Project, citing it does not use AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) Technology yet. Around 10 countries have developed or are close to building AIP technology, and almost 20 nations have AIP submarines. P-75I project: In June 1999, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved a […]

Vaccine Hesitancy:   While last year, before the second wave, vaccine hesitancy was ascribed to the low uptake, it is quite likely now that people are exercising their option of waiting for more kinds of the vaccine. The current attitude is foregrounded in the ground reality that daily infections are low despite a complete opening […]

Lapsus$ : Cyber Crime Group On March 22, authentication platform Okta confirmed that hackers from the cyber-crime group Lapsus$ had tried intruding into its system three months earlier. Lapsus$ is said to be based in South America and is led by two teenagers, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old. The group is relatively new but has […]