Maldives as the first country in the world to achieve triple elimination: The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives as the first country in the world to achieve “triple elimination” stopping mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B, marking a historic global public health milestone.Triple Elimination refers to a country successfully preventing […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Maitri II Station
Maitri II Station: The Finance Ministry has granted approval for Maitri II — the country’s newest research station proposed to come up in eastern Antarctica. It is India’s newest research station proposed to come up in eastern Antarctica. It will be larger than Maitri I, with plans to design it as a green research base. […]
Naked mole rat
Naked mole rat: A new study of the naked mole rat shows that these animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their longevity. Key findings of researchers: The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) functions differently in naked mole rats compared to humans and mice. (GMP –AMP synthesis which modulates various cellular processes) Key […]
Zoho Platform
Zoho Platform: The Government of India has migrated over 12 lakh official email accounts, including those of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), from National Informatics Centre to a Zoho-developed platform, reinforcing data sovereignty and Swadeshi tech adoption. Zoho Corporation is a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) leader founded in 1996 in India. Headquartered in Chennai, it serves […]
UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects: UNESCO has recently launched the world’s first Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at the MONDIACULT 2025 Conference in Barcelona, Spain.It is a first-of-its-kind global digital museum created by UNESCO to display, document, and trace stolen or trafficked cultural objects from around the world. […]
Qubit
Qubit: Caltech has built the world’s largest neutral-atom qubit array—6,100 qubits—pushing quantum computers closer to error correction and full-scale computation. A qubit, or quantum bit, is the basic unit of information used to encode data in quantum computing. It can be best understood as the quantum equivalent of the traditional bit used by classical computers […]
Keratoconus
Keratoconus: A recent study has revealed that the treatment of keratoconus, a condition that threatens vision, can worsen even after treatment. It is a vision disorder that occurs when the normally round cornea (the front part of the eye) becomes thin and irregular (cone) shaped. This abnormal shape prevents the light entering the eye from […]
Bharat Taxi Initiative
Bharat Taxi Initiative: The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), has joined hands with Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Limited to support the upcoming Bharat Taxi initiative. It is a first-of-its-kind cooperative-driven, citizen-first national ride-hailing initiative. It is being jointly promoted by leading cooperative and financial institutions including NCDC, […]
Research Development and Innovation Scheme
Research Development and Innovation Scheme: The Executive Council of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation approved the establishment of a special purpose fund (SPF) for the Research Development and Innovation Scheme (RDI) scheme. It aims to provide long-term financing or refinancing with long tenors at low or nil interest rates to spur private sector investment in […]
SPARK– 4.0
SPARK– 4.0: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under the Ministry of Ayush has launched SPARK–4.0 (2025–26). SPARK–4.0 (Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken) is the fourth edition of CCRAS’s flagship initiative to encourage research orientation among BAMS undergraduates. Implemented by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under the […]
