FSSAI Releases Draft Regulations For GM foods: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released draft regulations for GM foods. Overview of the Draft: No one can manufacture or sell any food products or food ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without prior approval. Specifies norms that labs will need to […]
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Driverless Train Operations (DTO)
Driverless Train Operations (DTO): Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs alongwith Transport Minister for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi virtually inaugurated the Unattended Train Operations (UTO) on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first driverless train operations of the Delhi Metro in December 2020, […]
African Swine Fever Spreading in Vietnam
African Swine Fever: African Swine Fever (ASF) is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the culling of three times the number of hogs culled last year. The outbreak has this year spread to 2,275 areas, in 57 out of the country’s 63 cities and provinces, the government said, adding […]
What Are Radio-Collars?
What Are Radio-Collars? Last week, a wild elephant was radio-collared for the first time in Assam’s Sonitpur district by the state’s Forest Department, in collaboration with NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India. The joint initiative is being described as a step to study and mitigate human-elephant conflict in the state. Experts say the exercise is challenging, […]
James Webb Space Telescope: Launch Delayed
James Webb Space Telescope: The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, has been delayed until December 22 after an accident at its launch facility in French Guiana. The space telescope was originally supposed to launch on December 18. JWST is a joint venture between […]
Manifesto To Accelerate The Use Of Space In Europe
Manifesto To Accelerate The Use Of Space In Europe: The European Space Agency (ESA) council has approved a manifesto to accelerate the use of space in Europe. Basically, the council has adopted a resolution that lays down a vision for the continent in terms of maintaining and expanding its activities in space. Other than this, […]
INS Visakhapatnam
INS Visakhapatnam: INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on November 21, 2021. The event marks the formal induction of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s […]
IRNSS-NaVIC for Global Use: ISRO
IRNSS-NaVIC: ISRO The Vice President has suggested ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) make Indian regional navigation satellite system-Navigation in Indian Constellation (NaVIC) for global use. In 2006, the project was approved by the Government of India and was expected to be completed and implemented by 2015-16. The constellations’ first satellite (IRNSS-1A) was launched on 1st […]
Green Hydrogen: Important Points
Green Hydrogen: The Narendra Modi government’s National Hydrogen Mission is kick-starting with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) floating a global tender to set up green hydrogen generation units at two of its big refineries in North India. IOCL is India’s largest commercial undertaking, operating the largest number of refineries in the country. Green hydrogen: Hydrogen […]
Shakti EW System: DRDO
Shakti: Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) System ‘Shakti’ has been designed and developed by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) Hyderabad a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for Capital Warships of the Indian Navy for the interception, detection, classification, identification and jamming of conventional and modern Radars. The Shakti EW system will provide an […]
