Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Zika Virus Disease: Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) was reported for the first time in Kerala. Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys. It was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. ZVD is caused by a virus transmitted primarily […]

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft: Findings: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made the following discoveries in the moons of Saturn by flying through their plumes: Titan has methane in its atmosphere. Enceladus has a liquid ocean with erupting plumes of gas and water. Researchers have concluded that there may be unknown methane-producing processes on Enceladus that await discovery. […]

Emvolio: DBT-BIRAC supported startup Blackfrog Technologies has developed Emvolio. Emvólio is a portable, battery-powered medical-grade refrigeration device that improves the efficiency of the immunization by strictly maintaining preset temperature for up to 12 hours, thus enabling the safe and efficient transportation of vaccines to the last mile. Emvólio has a 2-litre capacity, enabling it to […]

Kappa And Lambda Variants : Coronavirus Kappa and Lambda variants have been labelled as Variants of Interest (VoI) by WHO. Kappa was first detected in India and more than 3,500 of the close to 30,000 cumulative samples submitted by the country to the GISAID initiative are of this variant. In the last 60 days, the […]

INS Tabar Conducts Military Exercise With Italian Navy: INS Tabar joined Italian Navy and entered Port of Naples on July 3 as part of ongoing deployment in Mediterranean. Commanding officer Captain Mahesh Mangipudi called on senior officers of Prefect of Naples Authority, regional Italian navy headquarters and coast guard headquarters during the stay. While returning, […]

World’s First Database Of Genomic Variants Of Oral Cancer: DBT-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani has created world’s first database of genomic variants of oral cancer. NIBMG has made this database publicly-accessible. dbGENVOC is a browsable online database of GENomic Variants of Oral Cancer and is a free resource. First release of dbGENVOC contains […]

Lambda Variant of Covid-19: Even as the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus continues to drive the rise in infections around the world, another variant, Lambda, is increasingly being seen by scientists and health experts as a new emerging threat. On June 14, the World Health Organization designated the Lambda variant, previously known by its […]

New IT Rules: The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that social media giant Twitter Inc has failed to comply with India’s new IT Rules (Came into force on 26th May), which is law of the land and is mandatorily required to be complied with. Any non-compliance amounts to breach of provisions of IT […]

“Unity 22” Mission:”: Unity 22” will be Virgin Galactic’s next rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShip- VSS Unity. As part of the mission, the crew will be flying to the edge of space on July 11 on board the ‘Unity’ rocket ship developed by Virgin Galactic. This will be the 22nd mission for VSS Unity. […]