Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

CLAMP Portal: The Union Minister of Coal and Mines launched two digital platforms: the KOYLA SHAKTI Dashboard and the CLAMP Portal. The Coal Land Acquisition, Management, and Payment (CLAMP) portal is a unified digital solution. It is aimed at streamlining land acquisition, compensation, and rehabilitation & resettlement (R&R) processes in the coal sector. It serves […]

Transit Oriented Development: Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA’s) East Delhi hub is set to roll out India’ first transit-oriented development (TOD) project. It is an urban development strategy which aims to create the maximum possible numbers of houses, shops, offices and recreational spaces near public transport facilities. The TOD approach puts public transportation at the centre […]

India Withdraws from Ayni Airbase: India has officially concluded its presence at Tajikistan’s Ayni Airbase , ending a strategic chapter in Central Asia.The collaboration, initiated four years ago to revitalize the Soviet-era base, saw its end after a bilateral agreement on stationing Indian personnel at the location ended in 2022. The base’s strategic utility expired […]

Google’s AI C2S-Scale: Google DeepMind’s AI model Cell2Sentence-Scale 27B (C2S-Scale) produced a new, lab-confirmed hypothesis on cancer cell behavior, marking a breakthrough in AI-driven drug discovery and biological research. C2S-Scale is a large language model (LLM) built on Google’s Gemma-2 architecture, trained to understand gene expression as a language. With 27 billion parameters, the model […]

The EU–India New Strategic Agenda 2025: The European Union and India, under the New Strategic EU–India Agenda (2025) adopted in October, agreed to link the Indian Carbon Market (ICM) with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The EU–India New Strategic Agenda (2025) is a forward-looking framework jointly adopted by the European Union (EU) and […]

Stellerus to Launch First 3D Wind Data Satellite Network: Hong Kong-based startup Stellerus Technology has announced plans to deploy the Feilian Constellation—the world’s first satellite constellation dedicated to capturing three-dimensional wind data. This ambitious project, named after the ancient Chinese god of wind, is set to transform how the world observes atmospheric dynamics, with vast […]

CMS-03 Satellite: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch military communications satellite CMS-03 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. CMS-03 Satellite is a communication satellite, also known as GSAT-7R, and will be launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3). It is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a […]

CRYODIL: Scientists at the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), Bengaluru, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), have developed a ready-to-use, egg yolk-free solution – CRYODIL. CRYODIL is an egg yolk-free, ready to use semen extender for buffaloes. It is developed by the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), […]

National Crises Management Committee: The Cabinet Secretary chaired a meeting of the National Crises Management Committee (NCMC) to review preparedness for the impending cyclone in Bay of Bengal. It is established under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 by the central government. The committee shall be the apex body for dealing with the situation arising out […]

Garbage Café: Prime Minister of India, in Mann Ki Baat, praised the innovative ‘Garbage Café’ initiative of Ambikapur Municipal Corporation, Chhattisgarh, which offers meals in exchange for plastic waste a model combining waste management with social welfare.The Garbage Café is a unique initiative by the Ambikapur Municipal Corporation under the Swachh Bharat Mission to combat […]