India’s First Hybrid Rocket: India’s first hybrid-sounding rocket by private players was launched from Tamil Nadu’s Pattipulam. Martin Foundation, in association with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation and Space Zone India, launched the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle Mission- 2023. The selected students designed and constructed a student satellite launch vehicle (rocket) […]
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New Breeds Of Indigenous Livestock Species
New Breeds Of Indigenous Livestock Species: The Ceremony for Distribution of Animal Breed Registration Certificates organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was concluded. In the address,the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, has emphasised the importance of identifying the large number of indigenous livestock breeds in India to make the agriculture and […]
Momentum 2.0 App
Momentum 2.0 App: Delhi Metro will introduce the Momentum 2.0 app that will allow users to make a variety of purchases and schedule various services, including those for last-mile connectivity. Momentum 2.0 app is India’s first virtual shopping app for the metro. It is launched by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). It will allow […]
FINDER Device : NASA
FINDER Device : NASA NASA has developed a technology that can remotely detect the tiniest motions of the body that will be used by disaster relief teams in earthquake-stricken Turkey. The devices, called FINDERs( Finding Individuals for Disaster Emergency Response), use microwave radar sensors to find survivors underneath the rubble. It was designed to detect […]
Verkko Software : For Genome Sequencing
Verkko Software : For Genome Sequencing Researchers have developed and released an innovative software ‘Verkko’ to assemble truly complete, gapless genome sequences from a variety of species. Verkko software is an innovative software for assembling complete, gapless diploid genomes. It is developed by researchers from National Institutes of Health (NIH), US. Verkko grew from assembling […]
SURAJ Drones : Solar Powered
SURAJ Drones : Solar Powered Garuda Aerospace displayed the solar-powered drone SURAJ at Aero India 2023. SURAJ Drones is a solar-powered, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) high-altitude drone which can fly at an altitude of 3,000 ft. It is designed specifically for surveillance operations, providing real-time information to the high command, and protecting jawans on […]
First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry
First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative. Puducherry and Lakshadweep were chosen as coastlines to pilot the MSP initiative after a 2019 Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Norway. Marine Spatial […]
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines: The Central Government has recently made major changes in the organ transplant regulations in the country under its ‘one nation, one policy’ rule by removing the 65-year age cap for recipients and allowing them to register in any state and not just their state. The primary legislation governing organ transplantation in […]
US Scientist Recently Discovered Quasicrystals
US Scientist Recently Discovered Quasicrystals: A US scientist recently discovered quasicrystals. The major difference between an ordinary crystal and a quasi-crystal is that the atomic patterns in quasi-crystals do not repeat themselves as that of an ordinary crystal. They are rare to occur naturally. However, can be created artificially. So far, we have discovered only […]
Black Galaxy
Black Galaxy: A research team from Italy has detected an elusive black galaxy, dubbed ‘invisible galaxy’ using ALMA. Dark Galaxy is a hypothesized galaxy with no, or very few, stars. They received their name because they have no visible stars, but may be detectable if they contain significant amounts of gas. Scientists used the Gravitational […]
