Open Network For Digital Commerce: The government has launched the pilot phase of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) with an aim to “democratise” the country’s fast growing digital e-commerce space that is currently dominated by the two U.S.-headquartered firms — Amazon and Walmart. ONDC is a freely accessible government-backed platform that aims to democratise […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Aircraft Carrier Fujian : China
Aircraft Carrier Fujian : China In June 2022, China launched its third aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’, the country’s most advanced as well as the first “fully domestically built” naval vessel, as an aggressive Beijing sought to project its naval power in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Fujian is the name of China’s eastern coastal province of […]
Rise In Heart Attacks
Rise In Heart Attacks: India’s financial capital Mumbai witnessed a six-fold rise in deaths related to heart attacks in the first six months of 2021 when the city was under the grip of the second wave of Covid-19. Reason: Post-Covid development of thrombosis: SARS-Cov-2 damages the heart and blood vessels in infected patients which leads […]
Black Death
Black Death: In the journal Nature in June 2022, researchers have claimed that the Black Death one of the deadliest epidemics in the history of humankind originated in modern day northern Kyrgyzstan around 1338-1339 nearly 7-8 years before it ravaged large parts of the world. The term Black Death refers to the bubonic plague that […]
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: Rosatom State Corporation of Russia has supplied the first batches of more reliable and cost-efficient nuclear fuel over the existing one, the TVS-2M nuclear fuel, to India for the Units 1 and 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP). Once the new TVS-2 M fuel is used in the next refuelling, […]
Type-1 Diabetes
Type-1 Diabetes: In June 2022, the Indian Council of Medical Research (IMCR) released guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and management for type-1 diabetes. This is the first time the ICMR has issued guidelines specifically for type 1 diabetes, which is rarer than type 2. Type 1 diabetes is a condition where the pancreas completely stops […]
Way Finding Application
Way Finding Application: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for signing of an agreement between the Government of India and the United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), consisting of five buildings and […]
Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy
Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy: The Minister of State, Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship highlighted the rapid digitalization and the subsequent rise in data volumes necessitating a framework for harnessing the potential of this data. Government’s vision is to build a modern framework for Data Governance that will be a […]
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) Detected In The Environmental Surveillance Of Sewage Samples
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) Detected In The Environmental Surveillance Of Sewage Samples: Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) was detected in the environmental surveillance of sewage samples from Kolkata, Bengal. Most likely it has come from someone’s gut who is immune deficient and has since multiplied. It is not a case of human-to-human polio transfer. A VDPV is a […]
Cabinet Has Cleared The Way For The Auction Of The 5G spectrum
Cabinet Has Cleared The Way For The Auction Of The 5G spectrum: The auction and steps outlined for bidding would open up newer avenues for deeper penetration, access and rich user experience. Operators would have the flexibility to surrender the spectrum after 10 years without any liabilities. Wide availability of spectrum across all bands […]
