Global Chip Shortage: Amid Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Crisis Russia and Ukraine are important centres of the global semiconductor supply chain, providing rare metals like palladium, and gases like neon, that are needed in the production of the silicon wafers present in almost all modern devices and equipment. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, it is expected that […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Artemis 1 Program Launch Date
Artemis Program: NASA’s first crewed landing of the Artemis program on the moon is expected to take place in 2026. Meanwhile, NASA will launch Artemis 1 in May 2022. NASA said it needed time to develop and test the human landing system and NASA’s next generation spacesuits. Artemis stands for Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics […]
International Space Station (ISS)
International Space Station (ISS): A widely circulated comment by the chief of Russian space agency Dimitry Rogozin has ignited fears that the tension following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have consequences for the International Space Station (ISS). He said that Russia could respond to the US sanctions by letting the ISS fall from space. He […]
What are Bloatware Apps?
Bloatware Apps: Also known as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), bloatware apps are needless programs that take a toll on your device’s performance. Bloatware apps are being criticized for taking up the storage of the device unnecessarily and affecting the system’s battery life and overall performance. Generally, these apps that run in the background are […]
What is Vicarious Liability?
Vicarious Liability: Whats App The Kerala High Court on February 23 said admins of WhatsApp groups are not liable for objectionable posts made by group members. The court examined whether the admin, the petitioner in the case, has vicarious liability or can be held liable for the act of the social media group member. […]
CORBEVAX
CORBEVAX: India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine for COVID-19, CORBEVAX, developed by Biological E Limited, has received approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)for 12-18 years age group. CORBEVAXTM is a 2-dose vaccine administered intramuscularly and can be stored at 2ºC to […]
P-8I Patrol Aircraft
P-8I Patrol Aircraft: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has delivered the 12th P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the Indian Navy. This completes the follow-on clause for four additional P-8I aircraft contracted in 2016. P-8I Aircraft is a long-range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft. It is an Indian variant of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft that […]
Data Accessibility Policy: Highlights
Data Accessibility Policy: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has come out with a draft Data Accessibility and Use policy. Highlights of the policy: The policy proposes to improve data availability, quality and use in line with the decade’s current and emerging technology demands. Any data sharing shall happen within the legal […]
AI Supercomputer of META
Meta To Build An AI Supercomputer: Meta announced in January 2022 that it is building an AI supercomputer, the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC). Meta considers the RSC as a powerful supercomputer capable of quintillions of operations per second. It can perform tasks like translating text between languages and help identify potentially harmful content on […]
Fast Radio Burst (FRB)
Fast Radio Burst (FRB): The Astronomers of National Center of Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune and the University of California in the US have used the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to map the distribution of atomic hydrogen gas from the host galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) for the first time. The […]
