Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Bacillus subtilis : State microbe Kerala officially declared Bacillus subtilis as ‘State microbe’. Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) is a type of probiotic (“good” bacteria) found naturally in the human gut. It’s also found in fermented foods. It is a spore forming, motile, rod-shaped, Gram-positive, facultative aerobe. It is mostly found in soil and vegetation with […]

Wings India 2026: Wings India 2026, Asia’s largest civil aviation event, will be held from 28–31 January 2026 at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, showcasing India’s rapid rise as a global aviation hub. Wings India is a biennial global civil aviation exhibition and conference, combining air displays, static aircraft exhibitions, B2B/B2G meetings, and policy dialogues across the […]

MSDE–WEF India Skills Accelerator: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to strengthen India’s skills and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ecosystem.Under the MoU, the partners will launch a Skills Accelerator in India to scale innovative solutions and address emerging […]

Humanoid Robot ‘ASC ARJUN’: Indian Railways has deployed a humanoid robot named ‘ASC ARJUN’ at Visakhapatnam Railway Station, marking a first-of-its-kind initiative across the railway network.ASC ARJUN is an AI-powered humanoid robot deployed to assist the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in station surveillance, crowd management and passenger assistance.Indigenously designed and developed in Visakhapatnam by a […]

Schizophrenia : Recent Data Researchers analysing data from more than half a million people find that compared to the general population, people with schizophrenia are more likely to have weaker bones and to suffer fractures Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder characterized by disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions. Although the […]

What Forever Chemicals? When scientists tested human blood samples collected from 2003 to 2021, they found that levels of older PFAS, “Forever chemicals” dropped by 86% because manufacturers stopped producing them. Forever chemicals, or PFAS (per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances), are a large chemical family of thousands of highly persistent, toxic, man-made, hazardous chemicals. PFAS […]

Sonic Boom: Researchers have used seismometers to detect the sonic booms created by debris from orbit falling back to the earth. A sonic boom is a thunderous noise caused by an object, like an aircraft, moving faster than the speed of sound. As the object zooms through the sky, the air molecules around it are […]

Scientists Plan World’s First Graviton Detector: Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology and Yale University are developing an experiment aimed at detecting gravitons, the hypothetical quantum particles believed to carry gravity, bridging the gap between quantum mechanics and general relativity. A graviton is a hypothetical elementary particle believed to carry the force of gravity, similar […]

DoT De-licenses Half of 6 GHz Band: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has officially de-licensed the lower half of the 6GHz frequency band for indoor use, paving the way for the adoption of WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 technologies in India. The invisible radio frequencies used for wireless communication, ranging from 20 KHz to 300 […]

INSV Kaundinya Reached Oman: INSV Kaundinya reached Muscat’s Port Sultan Qaboos after completing its maiden voyage from Porbandar (Gujarat), highlighting the shared maritime heritage of India and Oman.Eutelsat (French satellite operator) provided high-speed satellite connectivity to the INSV Kaundinya team via its OneWeb satellite constellation.INSV Kaundinya is India’s first ‘stitched ship’ built using the ancient […]