Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

SkyCast System: India inaugurated its first SkyCast System at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), New Delhi, with the next facility planned at Jewar Airport and further expansion across other airports in the country.This makes India the 19th country to deploy this integrated atmospheric remote sensing system, joining the 18 existing facilities worldwide.SkyCast provides real-time atmospheric […]

Navachar Mantra Initiative: The Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Navachar Mantra, a flagship national programme in New Delhi aimed at identifying, mentoring and scaling grassroots innovators. Launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Navachar Mantra is a national initiative to identify, nurture, and amplify India’s most promising grassroots […]

India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory: India and the UK launched the India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO) in New Delhi to strengthen resilient and diversified supply chains for critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies and advanced manufacturing. The GSCO is a tripartite joint initiative spearheaded by TEXMiN (Technology Innovation in […]

Mega Science Vision-2035 Report on Climate Research: The Mega Science Vision-2035 (MSV) Report on Climate Research raised an alarm that India has significantly lost its ability to build indigenous scientific instruments. This has made the country heavily dependent on imported equipment for climate observations, which is often run uncalibrated for years, severely compromising the quality […]

India’s First Flex-Fuel Passenger Vehicle: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas launched India’s first flex-fuel passenger vehicle, developed by Maruti Suzuki, in New Delhi. A Flex-Fuel Vehicle (FFV) is an advanced transport solution equipped with an internal combustion engine configured to run seamlessly on a wide range of fuel combinations. Unlike traditional petrol engines […]

The First Sea Shipment of Botanical-Infused Millets: The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first-ever sea shipment of botanical-infused, ready-to-cook millet functional foods from Karnataka to New Zealand. Botanical-infused millet functional foods are a new category of value-added, ready-to-cook agricultural products that blend highly nutritious, climate-resilient traditional Indian millets with […]

The MAVEN Mars Mission: NASA has officially begun the decommissioning process for the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft after an anomaly review board determined it is unrecoverable. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) was NASA’s first robotic space probe explicitly devoted to observing the Martian upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and its overall climate evolution. […]

Exoplanet WASP-94A b: Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have mapped weather patterns on the exoplanet WASP-94A b, located nearly 700 light-years from Earth. WASP-94A b is a gaseous extra-solar planet located approximately 700 lightyears away from Earth. Its atmospheric dynamics and distinct morning-and-evening weather systems were mapped using the unprecedented infrared sensitivity […]

The MUC1-Targeted Silica Nanocarrier (MPPM): Scientists from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in Pune have developed an innovative gene-silencing nanomedicine that drives effective tumor inhibition in breast cancer.The nanomedicine is named the MUC1-Targeted Silica Nanocarrier, also structurally designated as MPPM. It is an engineered, biodegradable mesoporous silica nanohybrid platform designed to operate as a vehicle […]

National Awards for e-Governance: The Union government named 16 projects of the Central, state and local governments across the country as the winners of the National Awards for e-Governance(NAeG). NAeG are presented every year to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives. Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions The NAeG […]