Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

LEAP AHEAD Initiative: The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) launched the LEAP AHEAD initiative, a collaborative effort between the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Delhi-NCR, aimed at supporting and accelerating the success of tech startups in India. Launchpad for Tech Entrepreneurs towards Accelerated Growth and Pioneering AHEAD […]

Amazon’s Foray Into Advanced AI With “Olympus”: Amazon is investing heavily in an advanced large language model (LLM) called “Olympus.” This model is reported to have 2 trillion parameters, potentially outstripping OpenAI’s GPT-4, which has one trillion. Details of the project have been kept under wraps, with sources discussing it under anonymity. Amazon has not […]

Aquaculture Crop Insurance Scheme For Shrimp And Fish Farming: The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying has discussed the technical challenges in the implementation of the Aquaculture Crop Insurance scheme for Shrimp and Fish farming under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme. To mitigate the risks faced by aqua farmers, NFDB (National […]

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: The researchers found a statistically significant correlation between a rise in soy production and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) deaths in children between 2008 and 2019 in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado biomes. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow—the spongy tissue inside bones where blood […]

India Flags Off First International Cruise Liner: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways flagged off the maiden voyage of the vessel Costa Serena, the first International Cruise Liner in India from Mumbai. The initiative aligns with the “Dekho Apna Desh” campaign, reflecting the government’s emphasis on promoting tourism. The development of cruise and […]

Asteroid Dinkinesh: NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, on a mission to observe Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, recently made an unexpected discovery. It found that the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, which it was set to fly by, is actually a binary system of two asteroids bound together. Preliminary analysis suggests that the larger asteroid is about 790 meters wide, […]

Lamprey : Two New Species Chinese palaeontologists have discovered two new species of lamprey from fossils considered 160 million years old. Lamprey species are primitive fishlike jawless vertebrates placed with hagfishes in the class Agnatha. They belong to the family Petromyzonidae. They live in coastal and fresh waters and are found in temperate regions around […]

Alycaeus himalayae : New Snail Species A new snail species named Alycaeus himalayae was recently discovered from a cave in Arunachal Pradesh. Alycaeus himalayae is a new snail species belonging to the genus Alycaeus. Alycaeus is a genus of small land snails. The genus is the first to be reported in India, as this genus […]

NexCAR19 : Gene Therapy The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted market authorisation for NexCAR19, India’s first indigenously-developed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T cell) Therapy. India is now one of the first developing countries to have its indigenous CAR-T and gene therapy platform. NexCar19 is a type of CAR-T and gene therapy […]