e-Bill Processing System: Key Points The Finance Minister launched the E-bill Processing system on the occasion of 46th Civil Accounts Day (1st March). It was announced in the Union Budget 2022 to use the technology for facilitating the financial inclusion drive in India. The “Civil Accounts Day” is observed every year to mark the anniversary […]
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Distribution Of Argon-40 On Moon
Distribution Of Argon-40 On Moon: Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2), a payload onboard Chandrayaan-2, has made the first-of-its-kind discovery on the distribution of one of the noble gases, Argon-40. India launched Chandrayaan-2, its second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in July 2019. The gas found in the lunar exosphere […]
HANSA-NG: Important Points
HANSA-NG: HANSA-NG, a first of its kind, indigenously developed aircraft trainer has completed sea level trials. It is developed by the CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL). National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) established in the year 1959 is the only government aerospace Research & Development laboratory in […]
What Is a Security Chip In IoT?
What Is a Security Chip In IoT? Two Indian researchers have built a low-energy security chip that is designed to prevent Side-Channel Attacks (SCAs) on IoT (Internet of Things) devices. IoT is a computing concept that describes the idea of everyday physical objects being connected to the internet and being able to identify themselves to […]
Artificial Intelligence In eCourt Projects
Artificial Intelligence In eCourt Projects: During the 2022 Budget session of Parliament, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that while implementing Phase 2 of the eCourt projects, under operation since 2015, a need was felt to adopt new, cutting-edge technologies of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase the efficiency of the justice delivery […]
SARAS 3 Radio Telescope
SARAS 3 Radio Telescope: Indian researchers have conclusively refuted a recent claim of the discovery of a radio wave signal from cosmic dawn, the time in the infancy of our Universe when the first stars and galaxies came into existence. In 2018 a team of researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) and MIT in the […]
Data Protection Bill: Key Recommendation
Data Protection Bill: The government has said that it is studying the inputs received on the draft data protection bill, and will carefully ensure that any legislation in the digital ecosystem will act as an enabler, fuelling the growth momentum. On December 16, 2021, the Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill had tabled its […]
Kavach: Automatic Train Protection System
Kavach: Automatic Train Protection System The Indian Railways tested ‘Kavach’-Automatic Train Protection System by making two trains move towards each other at full speed. The Kavach system was announced in the 2022 Union Budget as a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. Around 2,000 km of rail network is planned to be brought under the […]
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU): Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Communications and Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed the Host Country Agreement (HCA) for the establishment of an Area Office & Innovation Centre of ITU in New Delhi on 3rd March 2022. International Telecommunication Union is the United Nations specialised agency for […]
Wet Bulb Temperature: Important Points
What Is The Wet Bulb Temperature? Part 2 of the sixth assessment report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), emphasised on the trend in the ‘Wet Bulb’ Temperature in South Asia. The trend will provide an index of the impact of heat and humidity combined — and its effect on health. Wet bulb temperature […]
