Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Bird-Wing Eruption: A massive solar flare event, named the “bird-wing” eruption, was observed on the Sun’s northern hemisphere and is expected to impact Earth.A visually dramatic solar eruption with plasma shaped like wings, observed by NASA satellites. The ejected plasma stream spanned over 1 million km, twice the Earth-Moon distance. It Involved both a solar […]

Shingles Disease: A recent large-scale study from South Korea, published in the European Heart Journal, reveals that individuals vaccinated against shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus responsible for chickenpox. […]

Multi Agency Centre: The Union Home Minister recently inaugurated the revamped Multi Agency Centre (MAC). MAC is a national intelligence-sharing fusion centre under the Intelligence Bureau (IB) where states and central agencies and police forces coordinate to share, store, collate, and analyse inputs on terrorism on a daily basis under four heads – J&K, Northeast, […]

India-Japan’s LUPEX Mission Enters Design Phase: India and Japan have taken a major step in their joint lunar exploration effort with the Chandrayaan-5 mission, also known as LUPEX (Lunar Polar Exploration). The mission, which aims to study the presence of water and water-ice on the Moon’s surface and subsurface, is set to enter the design […]

India Explores Human Sustainability in Space under BioE3 Policy: India is poised to conduct its first-ever biological experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the AXIOM-4 mission, marking a crucial step in exploring the sustainability of human life in space. These experiments, in collaboration between ISRO and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), […]

Active Galactic Nuclei: Astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences, using the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, have detected 11 new Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) during their all-sky X-ray surveys. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are compact regions at the centers of galaxies that emit exceptionally high levels of electromagnetic radiation, often outshining the rest of the […]

Semi Cryogenic Engine: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a short-duration hot test of its semi cryogenic engine at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri. A short-duration hot test involves briefly firing the engine using actual fuel to verify its ignition and performance under real operating conditions. This test marks the 2nd milestone, following […]

Oxygen Electrocatalysis : Study Researchers from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a novel iron-doped catalyst aimed at improving oxygen-related electrocatalytic reactions. Oxygen electrocatalysis is a fundamental process in clean energy technologies such as: Water splitting for hydrogen production, […]

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has withdrawn the security clearance of Celebi and its affiliate companies: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has revoked the security clearance of M/s Celebi and its associated companies. The decision, announced by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu, reflects the government’s unwavering stance that public safety and national […]