Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Global Cybersecurity Index: India has marked a significant milestone in its cybersecurity efforts by achieving top Tier i.e. Tier 1 status in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2024. Global Cybersecurity Index is a trusted reference that measures the commitment of countries to cybersecurity at a global level. It is to raise awareness of the importance […]

Blast Furnace: Tata Steel Ltd. recently said it had commissioned ‘India’s largest blast furnace’ at Kalinganagar, Odisha, as part of the Phase II expansion of its plant. Blast Furnace is a vertical shaft furnacethat produces liquid metals by the reaction of a flow of air introduced under pressure into the bottom of the furnace with […]

Europa Clipper Mission: NASA is set to launch the Europa Clipper mission, aiming to explore Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Europa Clipper Mission is a NASA mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The mission will place a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter in order to perform a detailed investigation of Europa. The first NASA spacecraft […]

Pheromone : Study India scientists developed sustainable pheromone dispenser with a controlled release rate which could bring down costs of pest control and management. Pheromones are chemical substances which are secreted on the outside by an individual, and received by another individual of the same species. These are present in all bodily secretions, and especially […]

TRISHNA Mission: The President of the French Space Agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), in an event spoke on a wide range of topics from celebrating 60 years of French-India space cooperation to the Gaganyaan and the TRISHNA missions. The Thermal Infrared Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment (TRISHNA) mission a collaborative endeavor between […]

Mini-Moon: According to a new study, the Earth’s gravitational field will temporarily capture a small asteroid named 2024 PT5 which will behave as a ‘mini moon’. Mini-moons are asteroids that fail to escape Earth’s gravity and end up orbiting the planet for some time. They are usually very small and hard to detect — only […]

Project 200: Bengaluru-based startup Bellatrix Aerospace unveiled “Project 200,” an innovative satellite designed to operate at Ultra-Low Earth Orbit (180-250 km) during the Bengaluru Space Expo 2024. This orbit could revolutionize satellite capabilities, enhancing applications like high-resolution Earth observation and telecommunications. The startup’s breakthrough propulsion technology will allow satellites to operate at this low altitude […]

Walkie-Talkie Blasts in Lebanon: Several people were killed and hundreds injured in Lebanon following explosions of hand-held radios like walkie-talkies and pagers used by Hezbollah at multiple locations. These pagers, chosen by Hezbollah to evade detection through cell phones, were covertly modified with Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).

Neuralink’s Blindsight Implant: The US Food and Drug Administration granted “breakthrough device” status to Elon Musk’s Neuralink’s Blindsight.This designation aims to speed up the development and review of innovative medical devices that address severe conditions. Blindsight is an experimental vision-restoring implant. It could help individuals who have lost both eyes and their optic nerve regain […]