Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

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 […]

James Webb Space Telescope: The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s latest and most powerful telescope, has captured new images of our solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, presenting it in a never before seen light. The photographs published have captured a new view of the planet, presenting in detail its massive storms, colourful auroras, faint rings […]

Healthcare In India- Transforming Through Innovation : NASSCOM A report by NASSCOM “Healthcare in India- Transforming Through Innovation” highlights how emerging technologies and innovations are transforming Health. Status of India’s Health Sector: Increase in healthcare expenditure by a massive 73% ( from 2.73 lakh cr in 2019-20 to 4.72 lakh cr in 2021-22) New missions: […]

NAFIS: National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) has been launched by the Home Ministry to allow a country-wide search of crime-related fingerprints. NAFIS will create a unique 10-digit national fingerprint number (NFN) for each person arrested for the crime. Using the database of fingerprints, different crimes can be linked to NFN. It will “provide the […]

Women Scientists: As per the Department of Science and Technology data, the number of women scientists has gone up in over the past two decades. Findings: Women among researchers: Increased from 13. 9% (2015) to 18.7% (2018) Good number of participation of women till post-graduate level and then there is a drop at the post-doctoral […]