Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Small Cells: To expedite the roll-out of 5G, telecom operators in the country will leverage street furniture such as poles, advertisement hoardings and bus shelters for deploying low-power base stations called ‘small cells’ that will help bring the network closer to the consumers. Small cells are needed for deploying 5G as opposed to earlier generations […]

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage: The Election Commission (EC) started a campaign to promote the linkage of Voter ID and Aadhaar. Further, Government officials have asked individuals to link them Aadhaar with their Voter IDs and failure to link voter ID with Aadhar could lead to the cancellation of their Voter ID card. The linking project would […]

Cyber Threat To Mobile Banking: The lack of adequate cybersecurity and the dearth of talent in banking could potentially lead to a further rise in cyberattacks on user devices. According to a 2020 Statista survey across 25 States in India, two-third respondents said they had a smartphone. Of these, half said they sent and received […]

Artemis I Mission: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is about to launch its Artemis Program. Artemis I is an uncrewed mission of NASA. It will test the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule. Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term […]

Pen Plus Strategy: Africa has adopted a new strategy called PEN-PLUS Strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). It’s a regional strategy to address severe Non-Communicable Diseases at First-Level Referral Health Facilities. The strategy is aimed at bridging the access gap in treatment and care of patients […]

What Is SaaS? The study by CII and EY, titled India: The next global SaaS capital cited India is home to about 100-plus unicorns and is rapidly emerging as a hub for SaaS start-ups. SaaS: Software as a service (or SaaS) is a way of delivering applications over the Internet—as service ( freeing up the […]

Automatic Number Plate Reader(ANPR) Cameras: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will install is planning to remove all the toll plazas on the national highways and rely on Automatic Number Plate Reader(ANPR) cameras. ANPR cameras will read the vehicle number plates and automatically deduct toll fees from the bank accounts of the vehicle owners. […]

Government Notifies Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 to ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries and replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001. Batteries covered under the new rules: Electric Vehicle batteries Portable batteries Automotive batteries Industrial batteries Battery […]

India’s First Commercial SSA Observatory: India’s first commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Observatory will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. The observatory will be set up by Digantara, a Bengaluru-based space sector start-up. The observatory will be the first-of-its-kind in the region, set up to augment the start-up’s SSA capabilities. It will […]