Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

BHASKAR Platform: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry is set to launch a groundbreaking digital platform BHASKAR. The Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry (BHASKAR) initiative, under the Startup India program aimed at strengthening India’s startup ecosystem. It is a platform designed to centralize, streamline and enhance […]

Cyber Commandos: The Central government announced the plan to train and prepare 5,000 ‘Cyber Commandos’ over the next five years to tackle the rising cybercrime threats.This announcement was made during the first Foundation Day celebration of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). I4C is a national-level coordination centre for addressing cybercrime issues. These cyber […]

Centre for Rural Enterprise Acceleration through Technology: Union Minister for MSME, Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi, inaugurated the Centre for Rural Enterprise Acceleration through Technology (CREATE) at Leh via virtual mode. The event was attended by various dignitaries including the Minister of State for MSMEthe Lieutenant Governor of UT-Ladakh, the Chairman of KVIC, and other officials

Chamran-1 Research Satellite: Iran has successfully launched its research satellite, Chamran-1, into space recently. Chamran-1 Research Satellite is an Iranian research satellite designed and manufactured by Iranian engineers at Iran Electronics Industries (SAIran), a defense ministry subsidiary, in collaboration with the Aerospace Research Institute and several private firms. It was put into orbit at an […]

Pixxel Awarded USD 476 Million NASA Contract to Support ESR with Hyperspectral Technology: Bengaluru(Karnataka)-based Pixxel, a spacetech startup, been selected to be part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s USD 476 million Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition(CSDA) Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award. It is one of the 8 companies to bag this contract.

1st Foundation Day of I4C: Union Minister Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Cooperation (MoC) addressed the event organised to mark the 1st Foundation Day of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as the Chief Guest at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Delhi. He also unveiled the new logo, vision […]

DoT Simplifies Telecom Licensing & Equipment Approval Processes to Boost Telecom Sector Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications (MoC) has revised its processes for issuing Experimental Licenses, Demonstration Licenses, and Equipment Type Approvals (ETA), to enhance the ease of doing business in the telecommunications (telecom) sector. These changes, based on the Telecom […]

OpenAI o1: OpenAI has released a new AI model called o1 and also released a smaller, cheaper version of the o1 called o1-mini. OpenAI o1 is a new Large Language Model (LLM) trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning. It thinks before it answers—it can produce a long internal chain of thought before responding […]

Rangeen Machhli App: The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying launched the “Rangeen Machhli” mobile app at the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar. Rangeen Machhli App is designed to meet the growing needs of the ornamental fisheries sector, providing crucial knowledge resources for hobbyists, aquarium shop owners and fish farmers. It […]

Neuromorphic Computing: The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a neuromorphic or brain-inspired analog computing. This system is capable of storing and processing data in 16,500 states using molecular film. Neuromorphic computing is a process designed to mimic the structure and function of the human brain using artificial neurons and synapses. […]