Minerals Security Partnership (MSP): As part of a global ‘China-plus-one’ strategy adopted post the Covid-19 pandemic that caused massive supply-chain disruptions, a group of western nations are cooperating to develop alternatives to China to ensure key industrial supplies. A new US-led partnership initiative of 11 nations aims to bolster critical mineral supply chains. India is […]
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Minerals Security Partnership
Minerals Security Partnership: There is growing concern in the Government over India not finding a place in the Minerals Security Partnership. Minerals Security Partnership is an ambitious new US-led partnership to secure supply chains of critical minerals, aimed at reducing dependency on China. Demand for critical minerals, which are essential for clean energy and other […]
Astrobee : NASA’s New Free-Flying Robotic System
Astrobee : NASA’s New Free-Flying Robotic System Astrobee is NASA’s new free-flying robotic system. Astrobee also consists of a system that serves as a research platform that can be outfitted and programmed to conduct microgravity experiments. The three free-flying robots are named Honey, Queen, and Bumble. The robots are shaped like cubes 12.5 inches wide. […]
African Swine Fever In India
African Swine Fever In India: African Swine Fever has been confirmed for the first time, at a private pig farm in in Kerala, after more than 15 pigs on the farm had died due to the disease in the last ten days. It is a highly contagious and fatal animal disease that infects and leads […]
AlphaFold
AlphaFold: DeepMind, a company owned by Google, announced this week that it had predicted the three-dimensional structures of more than 200 million proteins using AlphaFold. AlphaFold is an AI-based protein structure prediction tool. It used processes based on “training, learning, retraining and relearning” to predict the structures of the entire 214 million unique protein sequences […]
Lumpy Skin Disease
Lumpy Skin Disease: With the lumpy skin disease spreading fast among bovines in western and northern Rajasthan, cattle-rearers in the State are suffering heavy losses. The infection has spread to about 25,000 cattle in the last couple of months and resulted in the death of more than 1,200 animals. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an […]
CoWin
CoWin: After the success of CoWin as a platform for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the Union government is looking to repurpose the technology for more healthcare requirements. The Covid-19 vaccination platform Co-WIN is set to be repurposed for Universal Immunisation program as well as blood donation. This announcement was made by CoWin Chief & Chief […]
Monkeypox
Monkeypox: Union Government set up a task force to monitor Monkeypox situation in country. It was created after reporting first death related to monkeypox. The Task force will provide guidance to government with respect to expansion of diagnostic facilities and exploration of vaccination for the disease in India. Task force will be headed by Dr […]
Google Street View
Google Street View: Google Street View is launched in ten cities of India under the Guidelines of the National Geospatial Policy (NGP), 2021. NGP 2021 lets Indian companies collect map data and license it to others. Google Street View is an immersive 360-degree view of a location captured using special cameras mounted on vehicles or […]
Deep Sea Mining
Deep Sea Mining: The Minister of State of Science & Technology presented a national science award to Indian scientists who conducted the world’s first locomotive trials of a deep-sea mining system in the central Indian ocean. The Minister presented the award at the 16th Foundation Day of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Also, inaugurated a […]
