Testing Of NASA’s Artemis Program: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) rolled out its Artemis I moon mission to the launchpad for testing at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, United States. NASA’s Artemis mission is touted as the next generation of lunar exploration, and is named after the twin sister of Apollo from […]
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Surge In Oil And Natural Gas Prices
Surge In Oil And Natural Gas Prices: The U.S. announced the banning the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the country. The move is aimed at depriving Russia of the economic resources needed to continue its war in Ukraine. In the run up to the U.S. announcement, international oil prices surged […]
ExoMars 2022 Mission
ExoMars 2022 Mission: The European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2022 mission won’t launch in September, 2022 as planned after the agency suspended all cooperation with Russia’s space program Roscosmos. Earlier, the Russian space agency Roscosmos held that it will not cooperate with Germany on joint experiments in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). […]
Africa’s Boma Capturing Technique
Africa’s Boma Capturing Technique: An uncommon experiment with Africa’s Boma technique undertaken at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for capturing and translocating spotted deer is set to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, situated 450 km away. The move will lead to herbivores populating the forests ahead of the proposed […]
Kamikaze Drones: Important Points
What Are Kamikaze Drones? The US announced USD 800 million in new military aid for Ukraine, including 800 additional Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 9,000 antitank weapons, 100 tactical drones including Kamikaze or suicide drones. Kamikaze are unmanned aircraft that are part of the tranche of weapons that are being sent by the US to Ukraine to […]
Draft National Policy For The Medical Devices, 2022
Draft National Policy For The Medical Devices, 2022: The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers released an Approach Paper for the Draft National Policy for the Medical Devices, 2022. Nearly 80% of the medical devices currently sold in the country are imported, particularly high-end devices. This new policy aims to reduce India’s […]
India’s First Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell Electric Car Project
India’s First Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell Electric Car Project: Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a pilot project for Hydrogen-based advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. along with International Center for Automotive Technology (ICAT) initiated this Pilot project to study and evaluate the world’s most advanced […]
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme: REC and PFC, the state-run lenders that are the nodal lending agencies for the Rs 3.03 lakh crore revamped distribution sector scheme (RDSS) launched by the Union ministry of power in August last year, will release the first tranche of funds to a host of states including Uttar Pradesh, Assam and […]
What Is AgriStack?
What Is AgriStack? The government is working on a digital ‘stack’ of agricultural datasets, with its core as land records. But, such a centralised stack will use old and inaccurate land records; farmers’ personal and financial details will be used without a strong data protection law; and rural areas have a low level of digital […]
What Is Phosphorus Bomb?
What Is Phosphorus Bomb? Ukrainian police has accused Russian forces of launching phosphorus bomb attacks (chemical weapon) in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine, collectively known as the Donbas. International law prohibits the use of white phosphorus shells in heavily populated civilian areas, but allows them in open spaces to be used as […]
