Traditional Knowledge Digital Library: The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Brazil and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India have entered into a cooperation arrangement on access to the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. It is a unique initiative, established in 2001 by the Government of India through collaboration between CSIR and the […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization: India has achieved a significant milestone in the field of organ donation and transplantation, with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) recording unprecedented progress in organ donation, allocation, and transplantation across the country. It is a national-level organization set up under the Directorate General of Health Services, […]
Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and Meerut Metro
Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and Meerut Metro: The Indian Prime Minister inaugurated both the Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and the Meerut Metro from a single platform, marking the first time in India that a rapid rail and metro service were launched together on the same day.Meerut Metro, connecting Meerut South and Modipuram, is India’s fastest […]
National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0)
National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0): Union Finance Minister has launched the National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0) to accelerate infrastructure financing through asset monetisation.NMP 2.0 is the second phase of India’s national asset monetisation programme that provides a medium-term roadmap for monetising operational public infrastructure assets.It focuses on unlocking value from existing brownfield assets […]
Yogi Adityanath Inaugurates IBM’s AI GovTech Innovation Centre in Lucknow
Yogi Adityanath Inaugurates IBM’s AI GovTech Innovation Centre in Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated IBM’s AI GovTech Innovation Centre in Lucknow, calling it a major step toward strengthening technology-driven governance in the state. He said the initiative will help Uttar Pradesh emerge as a leader in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, […]
Tetrodotoxin
Tetrodotoxin: Food safety authorities and doctors suspect that the severe illness in people who consumed seafood at a restaurant in Vizhinjam, Kerala, was caused by contamination with a highly potent marine neurotoxin, likely tetrodotoxin (TTX). It is an extremely potent marine neurotoxin. It naturally occurs in the skin, intestine, and liver of some fish in […]
Baglihar Hydropower Project
Baglihar Hydropower Project: Operations were suspended at the 450MW stage 1 Baglihar hydropower project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir after it got flooded recently. It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. It consists of a concrete gravity dam. The […]
Panama Disease
Panama Disease: Scientists discovered a gene that could save bananas from deadly Panama disease. Panama disease is also known as fusarium wilt. It is a devastating disease of bananas caused by the soil-inhabiting fungus species. It is caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, which lives in soil and can survive there for […]
Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine
Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare will launch the Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. It provides protection against both tetanus and diphtheria. It is prepared by combining purified diphtheria toxoid and purified tetanus toxoid. The antigens are adsorbed […]
VoicERA
VoicERA: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology unveiled VoicERA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It is an open-source, end-to-end Voice AI stack. It is deployed on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure. It establishes a national execution layer for multilingual Voice and Language AI. It is designed to be open, pluggable, interoperable, cloud […]
