Sukhna Lake: In News The MSME Development and Facilitation Office (DFO), Ludhiana, and the Chandigarh tourism department recently launched a three-day pilot market access initiative at Sukhna Lake. Sukhna Lake is an artificial lake located in the city of Chandigarh at the foothills of the Shivalik hills. It came into existence in 1958 when the […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Agentic AI Skilling Program
Agentic AI Skilling Program: The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) and Intel India have launched two Agentic AI skilling programmes. Agentic AI Skilling Program is aimed at expanding access to industry-aligned Agentic AI learning opportunities and contributing to the development of a future-ready AI talent ecosystem in the country. It was launched […]
Autonomous Hill Development Councils
Autonomous Hill Development Councils: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approved a notification extending Autonomous Hill Development Councils to all seven districts of the Union Territory. This move expands elected local self-governance from Leh and Kargil into the five newly carved districts: Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass. Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDCs) is decentralized, […]
India’s 1st “Green Forge” Complex Inaugurated
India’s 1st “Green Forge” Complex Inaugurated: India’s first-of-its-kind Green Forge Complex was inaugurated at National Agri-food & Biomanufacturing Institute (BRIC-NABI) (an Autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology) in Mohali, marking a major step in agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) crop research. The facility was inaugurated during the National Conclave on BioE3 (Biotechnology for […]
Data Centre Boom & Climate Collision
Data Centre Boom & Climate Collision: Experts warned that India’s $200-billion data centre boom, projected to reach 6.5 GW by 2030, could worsen water scarcity, power constraints and urban heat, highlighting the need for a National Sustainability Framework. The collision between data centres and climate reality refers to the mounting structural mismatch between digital infrastructure […]
Reverse Vaccinology
Reverse Vaccinology: A team of British scientists have taken an important first step in developing vaccine against pneumonia by using reverse vaccinology. Reverse Vaccinology is an emerging concept in the field of vaccine development. It is defined as an innovative approach to vaccine development that utilizes bioinformatics and computational analysis. It identifies potential vaccine targets […]
Cyber-Physical Systems
Cyber-Physical Systems: The Government has highlighted the growing importance of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in building a technology-driven future. India is developing a strong CPS ecosystem through the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are intelligent systems that integrate the physical and digital worlds through sensors, computing systems, software, communication networks and […]
India Rejects Hague Court’s Ruling on Indus Waters Treaty
India Rejects Hague Court’s Ruling on Indus Waters Treaty: India rejected the Hague-based Court of Arbitration’s (CoA) ruling on the “abeyance” of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), terming it illegally constituted and asserting that it has no jurisdiction over India’s sovereign decisions. The CoA ruled that India’s decision to place the IWT in “abeyance” following […]
AstroRad
AstroRad: An Israeli company named StemRad has, along with Lockheed Martin, recently developed a vest called AstroRad for spaceflight. AstroRad is a wearable, radiation-shielding vest designed for space travel by the Israeli company named StemRad, with support from the Israel Space Agency and Lockheed Martin. It protects astronauts’ vital organs from dangerous space radiation beyond […]
What is Rotenone?
What is Rotenone? In a remote corner of Southcentral Alaska, state biologists carried out a dramatic restoration: they treated an entire lake with rotenone, a plant-derived piscicide, to wipe out an invasive population of northern pike. Rotenone is a naturally occurring compound derived from the roots of tropical plants in the genus Derris, Lonchocarpus, or […]
