Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Onchocerciasis: Niger becomes the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm. The parasite can spread to humans through repeated bites of infected blackflies of the Simulium species. The flies breed by fast-flowing rivers and streams in certain remote, tropical, […]

Shingles Disease: Study A study found that Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus— the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in the nerve cells and can reactivate […]

Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for Ultra subscribers: Google has officially rolled out the Gemini 3 Deep Think mode for its AI Ultra subscribers, offering a significant upgrade in reasoning and problem-solving capabilities within the Gemini app. This new feature, previewed last month during the launch of the Gemini 3 AI models, is […]

Green Tug Transition Programme: In News The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony for India’s first all-electric green tug for Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), being developed under the Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP). It aims to transition India’s harbour tug fleet from conventional diesel-powered vessels to greener […]

Caller Name Presentation: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will mandate telecom operators to show the KYC-registered name of all incoming callers using Indian phone numbers, a feature known as Caller Name Presentation (CNAP). CNAP is a technology that enables mobile users to see an incoming caller’s name. The system retrieves the caller’s name from a […]

Ebola Outbreak: An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, Congolese health officials and the U.N.’s World Health Organization said recently, after the country went 42 consecutive days without recording a new case. Ebola is a severe and often deadly disease caused by a group of viruses known as orthoebolaviruses (formally […]

Tensor Processing Unit (TPU): Google’s release of the Ironwood TPU comes at a pivotal moment as the global AI boom accelerates demand for faster, specialised compute. A Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed by Google specifically to accelerate machine learning—especially deep neural networks and matrix-heavy computations.TPUs were first deployed […]

Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025: The Chief of the Naval Staff released the Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 on India Navy Day, aligning it with India’s long-term strategic vision and maritime priorities. The Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 is the Navy’s apex guidance document that defines how India plans, prepares, and operates across the entire maritime conflict spectrum. […]

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research: Celebrated its Silver Jubilee The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) celebrated its Silver Jubilee and also released commemorative postage stamps. It was established as an autonomous Research and Development Institution on the 25th May 1998. It was formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic […]

WHO’s Global Guideline on GLP-1 Medicines: The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever global guideline on the use of GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines for the long-term treatment of obesity. A new WHO policy framework offering evidence-based recommendations for using GLP-1 therapies to treat obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease requiring lifelong management. Key […]