Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

IVF in Vegetative State: The Delhi High Court upheld a woman’s right to continue In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) with an Indian Army soldier in a vegetative state (disorder of consciousness), holding that his prior consent remains valid despite his current medical condition.The soldier’s wife approached the court to resume the IVF treatment, invoking her right to […]

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: The Maharashtra state government recently informed the Bombay High Court that it is yet to frame a policy to deal with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE), an extremely rare but fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting children that has a fatality rate of 95%. SSPE, also known as Dawson disease, is a progressive, disabling, and […]

CAR-T Cell Therapy: For the first time, scientists have used a cutting-edge cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different life-threatening autoimmune diseases that had resisted years of treatment. CAR T-cell therapy, or chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, is an advanced form of immunotherapy used to treat certain types of cancer by […]

MyLIC and Super Sales Saathi Mobile Applications: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently launched two advanced mobile applications—MyLIC and Super Sales Saathi. These are two advanced mobile applications launched by Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC); MyLIC for customers and Super Sales Saathi for its vast network of MyLIC App It offers a comprehensive, […]

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine: India announced that it has supplied 13 tonnes of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines to Afghanistan. Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine is the live attenuated vaccine form of Mycobacterium bovis. It is used to prevent tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. It was developed by Calmette and Guérin and was first administered to human […]

e-SafeHER Initiative: The e-SafeHER Cyber Security Awareness Programme was launched to enable one million women in rural India to safely participate in the digital ecosystem strengthening inclusive and secure digital access. It is a cybersecurity training initiative aimed at building a gender-responsive, community-led model of digital safety and inclusion, particularly targeting rural women. Anchored under […]

Government Notifies Startup India FoF 2.0: The government notified Startup India Fund of Funds (FoF) 2.0 with a ₹10,000 crore corpus to mobilise capital for startups and strengthen India’s innovation ecosystem. It builds on the earlier Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS 1.0, 2016) under the Startup India Action Plan to address funding gaps. Objective […]

10 Years of the Unified Payments Interface: India marked the 10th anniversary of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), highlighting its journey from a nascent platform in 2016 to a global digital payments leader in 2026. It has transformed India “from queues to QR codes (Quick Response codes),” emerging as the backbone of the country’s digital […]

Hib Disease: Hib, a once-controlled but deadly bacterial infection, is resurging in the US as childhood vaccination rates decline. Hib Disease is a serious illness caused by the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b. Babies and children younger than 5 years old are most at risk for Hib disease, but it can also affect adults with […]

Khanij Bidesh India Limited: State-owned Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) recently received environmental clearance from the Argentine govt for deep exploration of five brine lithium blocks in the South American country. It is a joint venture company of three Central Public Sector Enterprises, namely, National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL), and Mineral […]