Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Booster Dose: Corbevax The government of India announced that those who have received Covishield or Covaxin as their first or second dose for Covid-19 can take Corbevax as the third booster shot. Corbevax is still awaiting World Health Organisation’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL). Until now, the third dose had to be the same vaccine that […]

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: The National Institute of Ocean Technology, an autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is establishing an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant with a capacity of 65 kilowatts (kW) in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. The plant will power the one lakh liter per day low temperature thermal desalination plant, which […]

SSLV-D1-EOS 02: The Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath has said that the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV failed to place the satellites in the intended orbit due to sensor anomaly. SSLV-D1-EOS 02 launched from Sriharikota launch pad had placed the satellites into 356kmX76 kms elliptical orbit instead of 356 […]

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV-D1/EOS-02 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre from Sriharikota at 9.18 am on August 7, 2022. This is for the first time that the Indian space agency will demonstrate its capabilities in launching SSLV to inject smaller satellites […]

Pharmacopoeia Commission For Indian Medicine: The Government of India has established the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Ayush. Government has merged the Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) and the two central laboratories namely: Pharmacopoeia Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic […]

AzaadiSAT: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its smallest commercial rocket to unfurl Tricolour in space. The launch will take place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ISRO chairman S Somanath has called the new satellite a “game changer” that will drive India’s dreams of breaking into the lucrative and booming small […]

Personal Data Protection Bill: The government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill from Parliament as it considers a “comprehensive legal framework” to regulate the online space, including bringing separate laws on data privacy, the overall Internet ecosystem, cybersecurity, telecom regulations, and harnessing non-personal data to boost innovation in the country. The government has taken […]

Minerals Security Partnership (MSP): As part of a global ‘China-plus-one’ strategy adopted post the Covid-19 pandemic that caused massive supply-chain disruptions, a group of western nations are cooperating to develop alternatives to China to ensure key industrial supplies. A new US-led partnership initiative of 11 nations aims to bolster critical mineral supply chains. India is […]

Minerals Security Partnership: There is growing concern in the Government over India not finding a place in the Minerals Security Partnership. Minerals Security Partnership is an ambitious new US-led partnership to secure supply chains of critical minerals, aimed at reducing dependency on China. Demand for critical minerals, which are essential for clean energy and other […]

Astrobee : NASA’s New Free-Flying Robotic System Astrobee is NASA’s new free-flying robotic system. Astrobee also consists of a system that serves as a research platform that can be outfitted and programmed to conduct microgravity experiments. The three free-flying robots are named Honey, Queen, and Bumble. The robots are shaped like cubes 12.5 inches wide. […]