Methamphetamine: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has foiled a major attempt to illegally export a significant quantity of Methamphetamine from India to Saudi Arabia. Methamphetamine is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. It is also known as meth, chalk, ice, and crystal. It was developed early in the 20th […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Glyphosate
Glyphosate: Environmentalists have raised concern over the alleged use of glyphosate on forest department land for pea cultivation in parts of Himachal Pradesh. Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide that can kill certain weeds and grasses. It is considered a broad-spectrum herbicide, meaning it can effectively control a wide variety of plants, including grasses, broadleaf […]
Friends of MY Bharat’ Initiative
Friends of MY Bharat’ Initiative: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a new digital initiative, ‘Friends of MY Bharat’ initiative. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It strengthens engagement with Indian-origin youth living across the world and provides them opportunities to participate in India’s nation-building and […]
South Korea’s Plastic Waste Management System
South Korea’s Plastic Waste Management System: South Korea’s plastic recycling system has come under scrutiny after research showed that only 16.4% of household plastic collected for recycling in 2021 was actually recycled into plastic, despite official recycling figures of around 73%. South Korea operates an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system under which manufacturers and importers […]
Thermal Protection System
Thermal Protection System: As ISRO prepares for the uncrewed flight test sequence of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, aerospace experts have detailed the functioning of the crew module’s Thermal Protection System (TPS). A Thermal Protection System (TPS) is a specialized, high-performance external shielding layer engineered to protect a spacecraft, space shuttle, or crew capsule from […]
The Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018
The Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018: The Maharashtra FDA issued notices to actors over Vimal Elaichi endorsements, alleging surrogate advertising of prohibited pan masala in violation of food safety and consumer protection norms. The Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018: A statutory regulatory framework notified by the Food […]
Sea Lice
Sea Lice: A German biotech startup developing a feed-based nano-antibody treatment for sea lice has ambitions to use its platform technology to tackle bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases across aquaculture.Sea lice are larvae from certain jellyfish and sea anemones that live in saltwater oceans and seas.Sea lice can be unpredictable because they drift with the […]
Deemed Distribution Licence
Deemed Distribution Licence: The Andhra Pradesh government’s policy framework recommending a Deemed Distribution Licence (DDL) for hyperscale AI data centres—including the Google-Adani AI data centre project in Visakhapatnam—has faced severe legal and civil pushback.A Deemed Distribution Licence (DDL) is a statutory status where an entity is treated as an authorized power distributor to supply electricity […]
AIKosh Platform
AIKosh Platform: A workshop on AIKosh platform was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. AIKosh Platform is a national platform for datasets, AI models and related resources. It aims to enhance access to datasets and models from various sources to boost AI innovation, support AI solution development with shared toolkits, and showcase use […]
RK-251 Drug
RK-251 Drug: The Ministry of Science and Technology informed about a new smart drug named RK-251 that can replace traditional chemotherapy. RK-251 Drug is a smart cancer drug designed to activate primarily in cancer cells and does not harm healthy cells. When RK-251 enters a cancer cell with high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, these […]
