Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Pilot Program of ANPR-FASTag-based Barrier-Less Tolling System: Satellite-based Tolling System will be launched from 1st May 2025 to replace the current FASTag-based toll collection, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have officially denied any such decision. Instead, the government has announced a pilot implementation of […]

WAVES 2025 – Anti-Piracy Challenge: A key initiative under “Create in India” to promote indigenous innovation in Digital Content Security. The Anti-Piracy Challenge is a flagship initiative under the Create in India Challenge, part of WAVES (World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit) 2025. Organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, WAVES […]

Type 5 Diabetes : Recognized Type 5 diabetes has been officially recognised as a distinct form of diabetes by the International Diabetes Federation. Type 5 diabetes primarily affects lean, undernourished teenagers and young adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is caused by malnutrition-induced reduction in insulin production, unlike Type 2 diabetes, which involves […]

India’s First Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Over Multi-Core Fibre: the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), in collaboration with Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL), has successfully tested India’s first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) transmission over a 4-core Multi-Core Fibre (MCF). This achievement marks a significant leap forward in India’s efforts to establish a secure and cost-effective […]

What is a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit)? A TPU is also a type of ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit), meaning it is built for a specific function — in this case, AI tasks. First introduced by Google in 2015, TPUs are specially designed hardware units built from the ground up to handle machine learning operations. TPUs […]

Miniature Laser Grown on Silicon Chip: Scientists from the US and Europe have successfully fabricated miniature lasers directly on silicon wafers, as published in a recent study in Nature. This is a major advancement in the field of silicon photonics, as integrating a light source (laser) directly on the chip has long been a technological […]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Two people are believed to have died from a rare and incurable brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) within just a few months of each other in the United States. It is a rare brain disorder that leads to dementia. It belongs to a group of human and animal diseases known as prion […]

Plastic Ice VII: Researchers have directly observed a strange phase of water known as Plastic Ice VII, which is believed to exist deep within the interiors of icy planets and moons, such as Neptune, Europa, and Titan. Plastic Ice VII is a hybrid phase of water that displays the dual characteristics of both a solid […]

WHO and IDF jointly hosted a hybrid event titled “Bridging gaps: Integrated strategies to address TB and diabetes” during the IDF World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok: World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) jointly hosted a hybrid side event at the IDF World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Themed “Bridging gaps: Integrated […]