Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Zero Click Spyware: An Israeli company’s (QuaDream Ltd) Spyware has been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries – according to new research published Tuesday by Microsoft Corp and the internet watchdog Citizen Lab. Spyware refers to software programs that are designed to collect data from a computer or […]

New Uranium Isotope: In pursuit of a ‘magic number’, Physicists in Japan have recently discovered a new isotope of uranium with atomic number 92 and mass number 241. It was identified as uranium-241 and measured the mass of its nucleus. Theoretical calculations suggest that this new isotope could have a half-life of 40 minutes. This […]

New Rules For Online Gaming: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has recently notified the final rules for online gaming. Every state in India, except Goa, Sikkim, and the Union Territory of Daman explicitly prohibits any sort of gambling, betting or wagering on games of chance. Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu […]

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO Project: LIGO is an international network of laboratories. It aims to detect the ripples in spacetime produced by the movement of large celestial objects. LIGO-India is a collaborative project between a consortium of Indian research institutions and the LIGO Laboratory in the USA, along with its international partners. It […]

Genome India Project: Government aims to sequence 10,000 genomes by the end of the year 2023 under the Genome India Project (GIP). The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology has sequenced close to 7,000 genomes and 3,000 of these are already available for public access Genome India Project is a scientific initiative inspired […]

Indian Space Policy 2023: The Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Space Policy, 2023 to enhance the role of the Department of Space, boost activities of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) missions and give a larger participation of research, academia, startups and industry. Indian Space Policy 2023 seeks to institutionalise the private sector participation in […]

National Mission In Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems: The Experts deliberated on ways to strengthen the National Mission in Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) at the National Workshop on Technology Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS). National Mission in Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems was launched in 2018 at a total outlay of Rs.3660 Crores for a period of five years. […]

Cassiopeia A: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen detail of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). Cassiopeia A is a remnant of a massive star that exploded some 340 years ago. It is the youngest remnant off a the massive star in our galaxy known to mankind. Cas A belongs to the prototypical type of supernova […]

MeerKAT Telescope: Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. MeerKAT telescope is situated in South Africa’s Northern Cape province and is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. It was originally known as the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT) which would consist of 20 receptors. At present, it is […]

India’s First 3D-Printed Post Office: Bengaluru will soon have India’s first post office constructed using 3D printing technology 3D-printed post office located at Cambridge Layout in Ulsoor, Bangalore. It is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro, which has experience in constructing 3D-printed buildings. It is a 1,100 sqft building which is expected to cost 30-40 […]