Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Gas Hydrates: A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the west of Greenland may be the deepest gas hydrate cold seep on record, and it happens to be teeming with animal life. Gas hydrates are ice-like crystalline structures that form when a low-density gas, like […]

Legionnaires’ Disease: A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has prompted a health alert in Sydney’s central business district recently, with authorities urging people to remain vigilant for symptoms. It is a severe form of a lung infection (pneumonia) caused by a bacterium known as legionella. The disease got its name when a group of people at an […]

Magnetic levitation technology: Chinese scientists have achieved a milestone in magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology by successfully propelling a one-tonne a one-tonne vehicle to 700 kilometers per hour in just two seconds. It is a transportation technology which uses electromagnets to lift, guide and propel trains without wheels, allowing the cars to levitate slightly above the […]

PathGennie Software for Fast-Tracking Drug Discovery: The Ministry of Science and Technology has developed PathGennie, a new open-source computational software that significantly accelerates drug discovery by accurately simulating drug–protein unbinding.PathGennie is an open-source computational framework designed to efficiently simulate rare molecular events, especially drug unbinding from protein targets, without introducing artificial distortions. It helps predict […]

National Technology Readiness Assessment Framework (NTRAF): The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has unveiled the National Technology Readiness Assessment Framework (NTRAF) to create a uniform, evidence-based system for assessing technology maturity across India’s R&D ecosystem.The National Technology Readiness Assessment Framework (NTRAF) is a standardised, objective framework to assess the maturity of technologies […]

Plasser’s Quick Relaying System: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has achieved a major milestone in mechanised track renewal by recording its highest-ever single-day output of 1,033 track metres using Plasser’s Quick Relaying System. It is a modern semi-mechanized system automatic machine used for quick railway track replacement. It aims to speed up track renewal while […]

Anopheles stephensi: Urban malaria, driven largely by the spread of invasive vector Anopheles stephensi in metropolitan areas like Delhi, has emerged as a national concern threatening India’s goal of eliminating the mosquito-borne disease by 2030, according to the Health Ministry’s recently released Malaria Elimination Technical Report, 2025 It is an invasive mosquito species originating from […]

Global Capability Centres: Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are now the primary engine sustaining India’s technology job market, contrasting sharply with the hiring slowdown witnessed by large IT firms in the country. Global Capability Centres (GCCs), or Captive Centres, are offshore offices or subsidiaries set up by multinational corporations (MNCs) to handle various business processes and […]

National Council for Cement and Building Materials: The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) India–NCB Carbon Uptake Report was released on the occasion of the 63rd Foundation Day of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB). It was established in 1962 as an apex research and development organization. Objective is to promote research […]

T Chamaeleontis: Astronomers used archival spectroscopic data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Mid Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to study polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the spectrum of the young star T.Chamaeleontis. T Chamaeleontis is a young but sun-like star in the small southern constellation of Chamaeleon. It is located about 350 light-years from Earth. It […]