Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

SOFI Report 2025: According to the ‘State of Food and Nutrition in the World’ (SOFI) 2025 report, hunger affected up to 720 million people worldwide in 2024 — around 8.2 per cent of the global population. It is an annual report prepared by five UN agencies: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), IFAD (International Fund for […]

N-Nitrosodimethylamine: Drug regulator DCGI has asked drug controllers of all States and Union Territories to direct manufacturers under their jurisdiction to monitor the presence of a potentially carcinogenic chemical — N-Nitrosodimethylamine — in antacid Ranitidine. It is a volatile organic chemical that occurs widely in the environment due to its ready formation from commonly found […]

Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025: The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched the Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025, a nationwide legal aid scheme dedicated to soldiers, veterans, and their dependents. It aims to provide free legal aid, advice, and support to army and paramilitary personnel and their families, acknowledging their unique service-related constraints. It will […]

Sanchar Mobile App Launched: To enhance its reach across India’s diverse linguistic landscape, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today launched the Sanchar Saathi mobile app in Hindi and 21 regional languages. The expansion ensures that people from different regions of the country can access the app’s services more conveniently, strengthening efforts against telecom-related cyber frauds.The Sanchar […]

SPARSH (System for Pension Administration Raksha): Many ex-servicemen say the SPARSH (System for Pension Administration Raksha) has only added to their troubles — from inaccessible interfaces to endless corrections that never seem to stick. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Objective is to Meeting the pension sanction and disbursement […]

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) recently made it mandatory for private and public-sector organisations that own or operate digital systems, processes, or infrastructure to undergo a comprehensive third-party cybersecurity audit at least once a year. It is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as […]

Deep-Brain Stimulation: More than 1.6 lakh people worldwide have received Deep-Brain stimulation (DBS). It is a medical technique where doctors implant electrodes deep inside specific areas of the brain to treat certain disorders. These electrodes are connected by wires to a small device, similar to a heart’s pacemaker, which is usually placed under the skin […]

TRACERS Mission: NASA’s twin TRACERS satellite was launched to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth atmosphere. The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) will help understand magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. It will fly in low Earth orbit through the polar cusps, funnel-shaped holes in the magnetic […]

India has reduced the number of zero-dose children: India has reduced the number of zero-dose children from 1.6 million in 2023 to 0.9 million in 2024, playing a key role in South Asia’s highest-ever immunization coverage, as reported by World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Zero-dose children are those […]

World Hepatitis Day 2025: Every year, World Hepatitis Day is observed on 28th July to raise global awareness about the silent yet deadly liver disease, hepatitis. The day marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Baruch Blumberg, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the Hepatitis B virus and developed the first vaccine against it. Despite being […]