Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

2025 seismic code : BIS The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has withdrawn its 2025 seismic code (IS 1893) following concerns raised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The previous standard, IS 1893 of 2016, is now back in effect. MoHUA raised serious concerns, like huge construction cost escalation, estimated at 10-15% […]

DART Mission: A groundbreaking study has revealed that NASA’s DART Mission not only altered the motion of a small asteroid within its system but also slightly changed the orbit of the entire asteroid pair around the Sun. DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) was a NASA space probe dedicated to investigating and demonstrating one method of […]

What is the Doomsday Fish? Two giant oarfish, rarely seen deep-sea creatures sometimes called “doomsday fish,” were recently spotted near the shore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in an extremely rare sighting. The oarfish is commonly known as the “doomsday fish”. It is a deep-sea dweller that rarely comes near the surface. Scientific Name: Regalecus […]

Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Delhi’s upcoming Electric Vehicle (HEV) policy plans to extend road tax and registration fee exemptions, currently available for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) as well. A Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) is an automobile that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) with an electric propulsion system to achieve […]

LIGO-India’s 1st Gravitational Wave Observatory: India’s ambitious Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) project in Hingoli district, Maharashtra, is facing significant implementation delays, raising concerns over its timeline despite official assurances that it will be completed by 2030. LIGO-India is India’s first major gravitational-wave observatory and represents the country’s contribution to the global gravitational-wave detection […]

Lake and Air Watch initiative: The Gujarat government has launched the ‘Lake and Air Watch’ initiative to monitor and improve lake health and air quality across cities using satellite and real-time monitoring systems. The ‘Lake and Air Watch’ initiative is a technology-driven environmental monitoring programme launched by the Gujarat Urban Development Mission (GUDM) under the […]

Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA has officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the Moon on December 22, 2032. Refined calculations using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed the object will pass at a safe distance of 21,200 km.2024 YR4 is a Near-Earth Object (NEO) classified as an Apollo-type asteroid […]

Bascule Bridge: The Union government recently approved a Rs 117.54 crore project for the renovation of the Bascule Bridge at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata. Bascule Bridge is a type of bridge that can be raised to provide clearance for waterway traffic and is also referred to as a lifting bridge or a drawbridge. It […]

PB-SHABD Platform : In News Prasar Bharati’s Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD) will provide free access to logo-free daily news content till March next year. Prasar Bharati-Shared Audio-Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD) was launched in 2024. It is news feeds service from Prasar Bharati. It provides access to logo free, daily news […]

Trump Announces $300 Billion Refinery Partnership with Reliance Industries: USA President Donald Trump has announced that $300 billion partnership with Reliance Industries Ltd. to build America First Refining. This will be the first major oil refinery constructed in the United States after nearly 50 years. This announcement was made through a post on the social […]