India’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Launched: Chennai-based start-up Agnikul Cosmos has launched the world’s first rocket, Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD), powered by a fully 3D-printed engine. It aims to conduct a test flight to showcase the company’s internally developed technologies and gather important flight data. This has achieved several firsts for the Indian space […]
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Global Organ Transplant Strategy : 77th World Health Assembly
Global Organ Transplant Strategy : 77th World Health Assembly The 77th World Health Assembly made news when it approved a draft resolution to make organ donations, including those using tissues and human cells, more available around the world. This project is aware of the differences in the number of transplants that are available and wants […]
Cryonics : Practice Of Freezing An Individual Who Has Died
Cryonics : Practice Of Freezing An Individual Who Has Died A cryonics company has frozen its first client in Australia in the hope of bringing him back to life in the future. Cryonics, the practice of freezing an individual who has died, with the object of reviving the individual sometime in the future. The word […]
LignoSat : Japan’s Tiny Wooden Satellite
LignoSat : Japan’s Tiny Wooden Satellite In a world-first, Japanese researchers have built a tiny wooden satellite named LignoSat that will be launched into space in September. LignoSat a fusion of “ligno” (the Latin word for wood) and “satellite”,. It is developed by collaborative research and development by a team comprising members from Kyoto University […]
Pig Liver Transplant In Cancer Patient
Pig Liver Transplant In Cancer Patient: A man with advanced liver cancer who is 71 years old is the first person in history to receive a liver donation from a genetically modified pig. This is a huge step forward in medicine. Doctors at Anhui Medical University’s First Affiliated Hospital in China did this historic treatment. […]
Dengue Outbreaks Rise In Americas Due To Climate Change
Dengue Outbreaks Rise In Americas Due To Climate Change: While dengue fever used to only happen in tropical areas, there are now an alarmingly high number of cases in both those areas and other places, like the US and Europe. This rise in dengue cases is a growing global health issue. It is thought to […]
Golden Rice : Permit For commercial Production
Golden Rice : Permit For commercial Production The Philippine Court of Appeals recently revoked biosafety permits for the commercial production of genetically modified golden rice and Bt eggplant. The court cited the government’s failure to establish safety monitoring mechanisms. Golden Rice (approved for commercial production in 2021) is genetically engineered to contain beta carotene, giving […]
eMigrate Project
eMigrate Project: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is entered into between Ministry External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Common Service Centre eGovernance Services India Limited to create a synergy between Common Service Centre (CSC) SPV & MEA to provide the eMigrate services through CSCs in the country. eMigrate project is […]
Insurance Regulatory And Development Authority Of India
Insurance Regulatory And Development Authority Of India: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) recently made some major changes in the regulatory norms for health insurance policies. IRDAI is a statutory body formed under an Act of Parliament, i.e., the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (IRDAI Act 1999), for the overall […]
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team: India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) recently issued a warning for a high-severity vulnerability reported in Google Chrome for desktops. CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. It is a functional organisation of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, […]
