Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Eustoma: Exotic Eustoma has bloomed for the first time in Odisha in a polyhouse at Sanatanpali, Sambalpur district, developed by CSIR–NBRI. Until NBRI’s breakthrough, Eustoma (Lisianthus) was mostly imported from countries like the Netherlands and Kenya for premium events, weddings, and luxury décor.Eustoma, also known as Lisianthus or Prairie Gentian, is a herbaceous annual flower […]

Australia approved the world’s first vaccine to save koalas from Chlamydia: Koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia.It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats.Koalas are asocial animals, congregating only during the breeding season.They spend most of their time eating […]

National Botanical Research Institute: New Research The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) recently achieved a breakthrough by cultivating the exotic flower, Eustoma, native to Mexico and America, in Odisha after successfully growing it on its campus in Lucknow. National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) is amongst one of the constituent research institutes of the Council of […]

STAR Missile: STAR ends India’s dependence on expensive imported target systems for missile training. The Supersonic TARget (STAR) missile is an indigenous, high-speed missile designed to simulate realistic threats for training India’s armed forces. It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Unlike combat missiles, STAR doesn’t aim to destroy enemy targets—instead, […]

AI-based Weather Forecasting Program: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW) launched AI-based monsoon forecasts via SMS (m-Kisan) to nearly 3.8 crore farmers across 13 states this year. AI-Based Weather Forecasting Program was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. Under this initiative AI-based monsoon forecasts was sent using m-Kisan portal. This […]

Navy Inducts Tata-Made Spanish 3D Radar: The Indian Navy has commissioned its first Tata-made Lanza-N 3D Air Surveillance Radar. The radar, a naval variant of Spanish firm Indra’s Lanza 3D system, was built and integrated by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) under a USD 145-million deal signed in 2020. This marks a significant milestone in […]

AIIMS First Govt College to Train on da Vinci Robot: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first government medical college in India to offer training on the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System. The installation was made at AIIMS’ Skills, E-Learning and Telemedicine (SET) […]

Isobutanol: The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is working to explore the possibility of blending 10% isobutanol with diesel, Union Minister for Transport said recently. Isobutanol , also called isobutyl alcohol, is an alcohol with the chemical formula C₄H₁₀O and one of the four isomers of butanol. It is a clear, colorless liquid with […]

Border Wing Home Guards (BWHGs): MHA is considering raising Border Wing Home Guards (BWHGs) along the China border, on the lines of their deployment along the India–Pakistan border. It is a voluntary auxiliary force drawn from local civilian population living in border areas. It Acts as support to Army and border guarding forces during emergencies, […]

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the strongest potential biosignatures on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the strongest potential biosignatures(A biosignature is any object, chemical, or structure that may have biological origin — formed or influenced by living organisms.) yet on Mars, in a rock sample nicknamed Cheyava Falls from the Sapphire Canyon region. Sapphire […]