Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Women in Space Leadership Programme Initiative Launches by DST: The Department of Science and technology (DST) in India with the collaboration with the British Council launches the initiative of “A Women in Space Leadership” (WiSLP) as a part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).

Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation : In News The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) flagged 53 drugs, including Paracetamol and Pan D, as ‘not of standard quality’ (NSQ), raising significant safety concerns regarding their consumption. The CDSCO has issued two lists, one with 48 drugs that failed quality tests and another with 5 drugs […]

Women In Space Leadership Programme: A Women in Space Leadership Programme (WiSLP) was launched by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in collaboration with the British Council as part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). This initiative aims to develop a women’s leadership framework to support institutions in strengthening their gender-inclusive practices […]

Nazca Lines: Scientists have discovered more than 300 never-before-seen Nazca Lines in Peru. The new lines included abstract humanoids, “decapitated heads,” domesticated animals, fish, birds, cats, a potential “ceremonial scene” and human/animal interactions. The most bizarre shape was arguably a 72-foot-long (22 meters) “killer whale holding a knife.” The staggering new haul was unearthed in […]

PARAM Rudra Supercomputers: The Prime Minister of India virtually launched three Param Rudra Super Computing Systems and a High Performance Computing (HPC) system for weather and climate research. It is designed to tackle complex computational challenges across various scientific and engineering domains. Three Param Rudra supercomputers have been developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission. […]

Spiral Galaxy: NASA Hubble Space Telescope recently shared a stunning video of a spiral galaxy known as Caldwell 45, or NGC 5248. Spiral galaxies are twisted collections of stars and gas that often have beautiful shapes and are made up of hot, young stars. In a spiral galaxy, the stars, gas, and dust are gathered […]

Epigenetics: Epigenetics plays a critical role in human health by regulating gene expression without the direct modification of DNA sequence. Epigenetics is the study of how cells control gene activity without changing the DNA sequence. “Epi-“means on or above in Greek, and “epigenetic” describes factors beyond the genetic code. Epigenetic changes are modifications to DNA […]

New Millisecond Pulsar: Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers detected a new millisecond pulsar associated with a recently observed globular cluster known as Terzan 6. Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that blast out pulses of radiation at regular intervals ranging from seconds to milliseconds. Pulsars have very strong magnetic fields, which funnel jets […]

Longest ISS Flight: Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub have set a new record for the longest single mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), surpassing the previous record held by cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio, who spent 370 days onboard from September 2022 to September 2023.

India to get first national security semiconductor fabrication plant as part of collaboration with US: Under a transformative collaboration with the United States, India is set to launch its inaugural national security semiconductor fabrication plant, designed to produce chips for military applications and critical telecommunications. Aim of Project To harness India’s growing design and manufacturing […]