Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Chronic Wasting Disease: In a concerning development, scientists are sounding the alarm about the potential spread of a condition known as chronic wasting disease (CWD) from animals to humans. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) also known as Zombie deer disease, is a neurological disorder affecting deer and other cervids (members of the deer family) caused by […]

Gaucher Disease: Children suffering from lysosomal storage disorders like Gaucher disease are facing a bleak future as their treatment has been stopped due to the exhaustion of one-time support from the Union health Ministry. Gaucher disease is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder (LSD). It is a type of disease that causes fatty substances (sphingolipids) to […]

MedTech Mitra: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in India, has launched the “MedTech Mitra” initiative to empower innovators and advance healthcare solutions in the country. The initiative aims to support and collaborate with technology innovators and startups in the medical technology sector. The goal is to harness innovation to enhance healthcare delivery […]

El Nino Effect And Cases Of Dengue: Studies show that El Nino effect may have caused the cases of dengue to have increased globally. There has been a ten-fold increase in dengue cases between the years 2000 and 2019, according to an analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dengue is a vector-borne disease caused […]

Bharatiya Space Station : ISRO Module Station India aims to establish its own permanent space station called ‘Bharatiya Space Station’ over the next 25 years. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set a target to launch the first module of this station by 2028. This is likely to be an 8-ton module launched using […]

XPoSat Mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to commence the New Year with the anticipated launch of its pioneering polarimetry mission, XPoSat This mission marks a significant milestone as the country’s third space-based observatory, joining the ranks of the recently launched solar mission, Aditya-L1, and the 2015-launched AstroSat. The primary objective of […]

MedTech Mitra Portal: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the MedTech Mitra portal. MedTech Mitra portal is an online portal that aims to assist medtech innovators in clinical evaluation, regulatory facilitation, and uptake of new products. The portal will be coordinated collaboratively by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the […]

OSIRIS-APEX: In an unprecedented extension of its celestial duties, the spacecraft that delivered asteroid samples from Bennu, OSIRIS-REx, has embarked on a new mission, and NASA has renamed it as OSIRIS-APEX. OSIRIS-APEX is a mission to study the physical changes to asteroid Apophis that will result from its rare close encounter with Earth in April […]

X-ray Bursts: India’s first multi-wavelength space-based observatory AstroSat has detected bright sub-second X-ray bursts from a new and unique neutron star with ultrahigh magnetic field (magnetar). X-ray bursts occurs in low-mass X-ray binary systems where a neutron star and low-mass main sequence star are in orbit around one another. Due to their close proximity and […]

Epulopiscium Viviparus : Giant Bacteria Scientists have sequenced the genome of a mysterious species of giant bacterium Epulopiscium Viviparus that can be seen without a microscope. Epulopiscium Viviparus is a bacteria which live symbiotically in the guts of a fish, Naso tonganus, in tropical ocean environments. The first member of Epulopiscium whose name comes from […]