Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Open Data Week: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the initiation of the Open Data Week to encourage the adoption of open data and promote innovation across India’s urban ecosystem. It is being conducted during the third week of January, i.e., from 17th January 2022 to 21st January 2022. The idea […]

Web 3.0: The concept of Web3, also called Web 3.0, used to describe a potential next phase of the internet, created quite a buzz in 2021. World Wide Web, which is also known as a Web, is a collection of websites or web pages stored in web servers and connected to local computers through the […]

China’s Space Station: As China gears up to become the only country to have an exclusive and probably the only space station by 2024 or latest by 2030, its neighbor, India too has plans to follow suit in a few years. Recently, the Union Minister for Space Jitendra Singh announced in Parliament that India’s first […]

Rare Earth Metals: The US has proposed a law aiming to end China’s alleged “chokehold” on rare-earth metal supplies. The Bill aims to “protect the US from the threat of rare-earth element supply disruptions, encourage domestic production of those elements, and reduce its reliance on China. The law would require the creation of a “strategic […]

TRP: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has asked the Broadcast Audience Research Council to resume the release of television rating point, also known as target rating points, data. It had been suspended in late 2020 after the police unearthed a ratings scandal, acting on a complaint made by the BARC. To begin with, BARC has […]

Meteorite (ALH) 84001: A new study published in the journal Science, offers an explanation for the existence of organic compounds on the surface of Meteorite called (ALH) 84001. It landed on Earth from Mars in 1984, and can possibly unravel the existence of life on Mars (Red Planet). Meteorite named Alan Hills (ALH) 84001 was […]

Baricitinib And Sotrovimab Drugs For Treatment Of Covid-19: The World Health Organization (WH0) has recommended two drugs, baricitinib and sotrovimab, for treatment of Covid-19. Baricitinib: Baricitinib, which is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, has been “strongly recommended” for patients with severe or critical Covid-19 in combination with corticosteroids. It is part of a class […]

BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile: An extended range sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test fired from stealth guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam. BrahMos is a joint collaboration between India and Russia. The BrahMos missile was initially developed with a range capped at 290 km. The range of the missile was originally capped […]

Gaganyaan Mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently successfully conducted the qualification test of Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Tamil Nadu’s Mahendragiri. The performance of the engine met the test objectives and the engine parameters were closely matching with the predictions during […]

S. Somanath: Chairman Of ISRO Eminent rocket scientist S. Somanath has been appointed Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Space Secretary. Somanath is taking over the reins of ISRO at a critical juncture when sweeping reforms and critical missions and projects — the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission included — are waiting in […]