Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

PRAGATI-2024: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has launched a groundbreaking initiative called “PRAGATI-2024” (Pharma Research in AyurGyan And Techno Innovation) to foster collaborative research and innovation in the field of Ayurveda. PRAGATI-2024 aims to explore research opportunities and foster collaboration between CCRAS and the Ayurveda drug industry. The CCRAS is an […]

Minor Forest Produce: Tribal people in Odisha are struggling for approvals from the forest department to sell Kendu leaf which is a minor forest produce The Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, or Forest Rights Act (FRA), defines ‘minor forest produce’ as any non-timber forest product of plant […]

Magellan Mission : NASA After analyzing the archived data from NASA’s Magellan mission, scientists say they observed new lava flows on Venus, suggesting that the planet was volcanically active between 1990 and 1992. Magellan Mission was a deep space mission launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to explore the planet Venus. It was launched […]

Strain Rate: Researchers have reported in a study that when pure copper is heated and also subjected to an extreme strain rate, it behaves like a much harder material would Strain is how much a material deforms when stress is applied. It is a measure of the change in shape or size of an object […]

DD Kisan Deployed Two Artificial Intelligence Anchors: DD Kisan deployed two Artificial Intelligence anchors as part of the initiative to present the television channel in a new avatar The anchors have been named as ‘AI Krish’ and ‘AI Bhoomi’, and can speak in 50 Indian and foreign languages. These news anchors are computers, which are […]

Gopi Thotakura : First Space Tourist From India Gopi Thotakura, an India-born commercial pilot based in the US, became the first space tourist from India. She, along with five other space tourists, made a short recreational trip to space. Space tourism is a niche segment of the aviation industry that seeks to give tourists an […]

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: A recent study challenges the perceived heart health benefits of fish oil supplements rich in omega-3 fatty acids, raising concerns about their impact on cardiovascular health. Fatty Acids are the building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in the food we eat. During digestion, the body breaks down fats into […]

World Thyroid Day 2024: World Thyroid Day is observed annually on May 25th to raise awareness about the thyroid gland and the various conditions that affect it. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck, just below the Adam’s apple. It’s a part of your endocrine system and controls […]

AstroSat Mission: A team of Indian astrophysicists has used observations from AstroSat to discover the aperiodic modulation of high-energy X-ray photons in Swift J1727.8-1613, a black hole binary source. AstroSat Mission is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in the X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously. AstroSat, with a […]

Gliese 12b : Exoplanet Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and many other telescopes, two teams of astronomers have discovered a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet named Gliese 12b. Gliese 12b is a newly discovered temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a cool red dwarf called Gliese 12, located in the constellation Pisces. Red dwarfs have lower luminosity, […]