Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine: India announced that it has supplied 13 tonnes of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines to Afghanistan. Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine is the live attenuated vaccine form of Mycobacterium bovis. It is used to prevent tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. It was developed by Calmette and Guérin and was first administered to human […]

e-SafeHER Initiative: The e-SafeHER Cyber Security Awareness Programme was launched to enable one million women in rural India to safely participate in the digital ecosystem strengthening inclusive and secure digital access. It is a cybersecurity training initiative aimed at building a gender-responsive, community-led model of digital safety and inclusion, particularly targeting rural women. Anchored under […]

Government Notifies Startup India FoF 2.0: The government notified Startup India Fund of Funds (FoF) 2.0 with a ₹10,000 crore corpus to mobilise capital for startups and strengthen India’s innovation ecosystem. It builds on the earlier Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS 1.0, 2016) under the Startup India Action Plan to address funding gaps. Objective […]

10 Years of the Unified Payments Interface: India marked the 10th anniversary of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), highlighting its journey from a nascent platform in 2016 to a global digital payments leader in 2026. It has transformed India “from queues to QR codes (Quick Response codes),” emerging as the backbone of the country’s digital […]

Hib Disease: Hib, a once-controlled but deadly bacterial infection, is resurging in the US as childhood vaccination rates decline. Hib Disease is a serious illness caused by the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b. Babies and children younger than 5 years old are most at risk for Hib disease, but it can also affect adults with […]

Khanij Bidesh India Limited: State-owned Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) recently received environmental clearance from the Argentine govt for deep exploration of five brine lithium blocks in the South American country. It is a joint venture company of three Central Public Sector Enterprises, namely, National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL), and Mineral […]

South Atlantic Anomaly: The South Atlantic Anomaly is actually splitting into two zones now, making things trickier for satellites in low Earth orbit. The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), or the “Bermuda Triangle of Space’’, is a dip in the Earth’s magnetic field which allows cosmic rays and charged particles to reach lower into the atmosphere. […]

Vitamin D : New Study A new study says that your vitamin D level in your 30s and 40s is a determining factor of your brain age in your 60s and 70s. Vitamin D (also referred to as calciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in a few foods, added to others, and […]

Quantum Cloning: Researchers have experimentally demonstrated a method to create perfect copies of quantum states by exploiting a loophole in the fundamental no-cloning theorem, opening transformative possibilities for quantum computing and cloud storage infrastructure. No-Cloning Theorem: It is a foundational rule in quantum physics that prohibits the perfect duplication of unknown quantum states — it […]

FIU-IND and I4C MoU on Financial Crimes: The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a coordinated framework for intelligence sharing, aimed at securing India’s digital payment ecosystem and combating cyber-enabled financial crimes. The partnership adopts a “Whole of Government” approach […]