India’s First silicon Carbide: The Chief Minister of Odisha graced the ground-breaking ceremony of India’s first silicon carbide manufacturing facility to be set up in Odisha at an investment of Rs 620 crore. Silicon Carbide was discovered by the American inventor Edward G. Achesonin 1891. Its chemical formula is SiC and it is the most […]
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Mpox : Detection Kit
Mpox : Detection Kit India has developed an indigenous Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing kit for detecting Mpox (previously known as monkeypox). These kits are developed by Siemens Healthcare, Transasia Diagnostics, and JITM C Genes which are approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). The new RT-PCR kits provide results in […]
Photoelectric Effect
Photoelectric Effect: Researchers are breathing new life into the phenomenon of photoelectric effect, which is paving way for better imaging of proteins and viruses, gaining a deeper understanding of biochemical reactions and choosing new materials for next-generation electronics. Photoelectric Effect is a phenomenon where electrons are emitted from a material’s surface when it is exposed […]
PresVu : New Eye Drop For Presbyopia
PresVu : New Eye Drop For Presbyopia Mumbai-based Entod Pharmaceuticals has announced that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved its new eye drop PresVu, which has been developed to reduce dependency on reading glasses for individuals affected by presbyopia. Presbyopia is an age-related condition in which the eyes gradually lose the ability […]
District Agro-Meteorology Units
District Agro-Meteorology Units: Press Trust of India reported that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is planning to revive District Agro-Meteorology Units (DAMUs) under the Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) scheme. These were established by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in 2018 in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The aim was to […]
NASA’s DART Mission : In News
NASA’s DART Mission : In News NASA’s DART mission made history by successfully crashing a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. This marked a major step forward in protecting Earth from possible asteroid impacts by testing ways to change the direction of threatening space objects. Dimorphids is the First Human-Made Meteor Shower As a result […]
India Emerges as World’s Second-Largest 5G Smartphone Market
India Emerges as World’s Second-Largest 5G Smartphone Market: In a significant development for the global telecommunications industry, Counterpoint Research has reported that India has surpassed the United States to become the world’s second-largest market for 5G smartphones.
World Trade Centre to Anchor Ambitious AI City Near Hyderabad
World Trade Centre to Anchor Ambitious AI City Near Hyderabad: The government of Telangana has taken a significant step towards establishing itself as a global AI hub by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Trade Centres’ Association for the creation of a World Trade Centre (WTC) within the proposed AI City near […]
INS Malpe And INS Mulki
INS Malpe And INS Mulki: Two anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft vessels (ASWCWC) of the Indian Navy, INS Malpe and INS Mulki, were recently launched at Cochin Shipyard. INS Malpe and INS Mulki are two indigenously designed and constructed Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercrafts (ASWCWC) built for the Indian Navy. This is the fourth and fifth ASWCWC […]
NIDHI Programme
NIDHI Programme: The Union Minister of Science and Technology virtually inaugurated 8 new NIDHI i-TBIs across India along with a new DST-NIDHI Website at IIT Delhi celebrating 8 years of the Department of Science and Technology’s initiative (DST-NIDHI). The National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) program was launched in 2016. It is an […]
