Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Ethyl Chloroformate: India has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl chloroformate from China after domestic producer alleged that the chemical was being sold in the Indian market at unfairly low prices. It is a colorless to yellowish liquid with a pungent odor. It hydrolyses in the presence of water. It is very toxic […]

Methane : Data Satellite data processed by Carbon Mapper shows that 15 of the world’s top 25 methane emission sites in 2025 from the oil and gas sector were in Turkmenistan. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, responsible for about 30% of the global temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution. Its atmospheric concentration is now […]

Legionnaire’s Disease: Legionnaires’ disease cases reported in London and New York has raised global alarm, with public health experts warning that densely populated cities, including those in India, could face similar risks if preventive measures are not strengthened. It is a severe form of a lung infection (pneumonia) caused by a bacterium known as legionella. […]

Floating LiDAR Buoy System: The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has successfully tested an indigenous Floating LiDAR Buoy System off the Muttom coast in Tamil Nadu.The Floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Buoy is a sophisticated oceanic platform designed to provide high-resolution vertical wind profiles and meteorological data from the sea surface.Developed By the […]

Dual-Sex Crab of Silent Valley: Researchers have found a rare case of gynandromorphy—a condition where an organism displays both male and female characteristics (e.g., male reproductive structures alongside female gonopores)—in a freshwater crab species, Vela carli. Vela carli is an endemic freshwater crab species discovered within the tree holes of Silent Valley National Park in […]

Menstrual Leave in India: The Supreme Court of India (SC) expressed concerns that making paid menstrual pain leave a compulsory legal right could unintentionally harm women’s career prospects and employment opportunities, while hearing a petition seeking a uniform national policy on menstrual leave for working women and students. The petition argued that menstrual leave is […]

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: U.S.-based Sentynl Therapeutics (part of Zydus Lifesciences) recently signed a deal with South Korea’s PRG S&T to develop Progerinin, a pill aimed at treating Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). Progeria, also known as HGPS, is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes rapid aging in children. Progeria is extremely rare. A genetic mutation […]

Ladakh Magmatic Arc: Scientists have traced the evolution of Ladakh Magmatic Arc (LMA) in North West Himalaya. Ladakh Magmatic Arc is a belt of igneous rocks in the Trans-Himalaya formed in the period Jurassic to Eocene. The LMA is a long-extinct volcanic system evolved through three major phases of geological activity over tens of millions […]

National Vaccination Day and Universal Immunisation Programme: India celebrated National Vaccination Day (16th March) while highlighting major achievements of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), including 98.4% full immunisation coverage by January 2026 and the launch of nationwide HPV vaccination and an indigenous Td vaccine in 2026. National Vaccination Day is celebrated every year on 16th […]

MXene: The IIT Guwahati research team developed a MXene-based catalyst that can both produce hydrogen efficiently from water and act as a photocatalyst for desalination. MXene are a group of two-dimensional materials first discovered in 2011. They are made from a bulk crystal called MAX. They have the general formula of Mn+1XnTx, where M is […]