Guidelines For Uplinking And Downlinking Of Television Channels In India 2022: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry issued a fresh advisory for the implementation of the Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India 2022. Uplink is a term used to describe a communication line used to send electronic messages to satellites. On […]
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World Leprosy Day 2023
World Leprosy Day 2023: World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year. In India, it is observed on 30th January every year, coinciding with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is “Act Now. End Leprosy. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by […]
Project ELLORA
Project ELLORA: Microsoft Research is helping preserve ‘rare’ Indian languages with its Project ELLORA (Enabling Low Resource Languages) in India. Microsoft researchers under this project have been working toward creating digital ecosystems for Indian languages that do not have enough presence online, The main goal of the Project is to impact underserved communities through enabling […]
Spider Star System : NASA Research
Spider Star System : NASA Research Scientists at NASA have recently detected the first gamma-ray eclipses from a “spider” star system. Spider Star System is a binary star system in which a superdense star (pulsar) spins quickly, eats another star. The super-dense object that begins to pull a matter from the companion resembles the habits […]
Lucy Mission : NASA
Lucy Mission : NASA NASA recently announced that it is adding a new target for the Lucy mission as the spacecraft goes on its more than 6-billion-kilometre-long journey to study the Jupiter trojan asteroids.. NASA’s Lucy mission is the first spacecraft launched to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem […]
Aditya – L1 Solar Mission : ISRO
Aditya – L1 Solar Mission : ISRO The Indian Space Research Organization is working on a space project Aditya L1 that will study the sun. Recently, the ISRO chairman announced that the spacecraft is to be launched in June or July this year. The Aditya spacecraft will study solar magnetic storms and the impact of […]
Railways AI-Based Project
Railways AI-Based Project: The Indian Railways has concluded the trial of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program built to fix a perennial issue — long waiting lists for tickets. Made By railways in-house software arm Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), this AI module, called Ideal Train Profile, was fed with information like how millions of […]
What Is India Stack?
What Is India Stack? India Stack is the moniker for a set of open APIs and digital public goods that aim to unlock the economic primitives of identity, data, and payments at population scale. The vision of India Stack is not limited to one country It can be applied to any nation, be it a […]
Inner Core Of The Earth : Recent Study
Inner Core Of The Earth : Recent Study A recent study says that the inner core of Earth seems to have stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet. Inner core of the Earth is the innermost layer of the Earth. It is a solid metallic ball made mainly of iron. […]
Norovirus : Cases Detected In Kerala
Norovirus : Cases Detected In Kerala The Kerala Health Department recently confirmed two cases of the gastrointestinal infection Norovirus in class 1 students in the Ernakulam district. The Norovirus, also known as the “winter vomiting bug,” causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The most common infective agent is contaminated water or food. The virus spreads via faeces […]
