Lecanemab Drug: Australia approved Lecanemab drug for early stage Alzheimer’s diseases. Lecanemab Drug is a monoclonal antibody drug to treat early stages of Alzheimer’s It is designed to slow early Alzheimer’s progression by targeting amyloid proteins in the brain. It was developed to tackle the causes of Alzheimer’s disease rather than only relieving the symptoms. […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
India’s First Private Helicopter Assembly Line
India’s First Private Helicopter Assembly Line: The Tata Group, in partnership with Airbus, is launching India’s first private-sector helicopter Final Assembly Line (FAL) at Vemagal in Karnataka to produce the Airbus H125 helicopter. This initiative marks a significant milestone for India’s aerospace industry, as the facility will assemble, test, and deliver both civil and military […]
Ethambutol Hydrochloride
Ethambutol Hydrochloride: India recently launched an anti-dumping investigation on imports of tuberculosis drug Ethambutol Hydrochloride from China and Thailand. Ethambutol Hydrochloride is an antibacterial prescription medicine used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). It is a synthetic, water soluble, heat stable It is specifically effective against actively growing microorganisms of the genus Mycobacterium including tuberculosis. […]
Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) Norms
Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) Norms: India has proposed to significantly revamp its key vehicle emissions rules, called the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms, and has introduced a draft of the third iteration of the key standards. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms are government-mandated standards that require auto manufacturers to meet a fleet-wide […]
AstroSat : Completed A Decade
AstroSat : Completed A Decade India’s first dedicated Space Astronomy Observatory, AstroSat completed a decade of operations. AstroSat is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission. It was launched by PSLV-C30 (XL) rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 28, 2015. The minimum useful life of the AstroSat mission was around 5 years […]
BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G Network Stack
BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G Network Stack: Prime Minister of India launched BSNL’s fully indigenous 4G network stack and commissioned ~98,000 mobile towers. This makes India the fifth country globally to build and deploy its own telecom stack, reinforcing the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision.It is India’s first fully indigenous 4G telecom stack, developed under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission.It […]
Radar-Mounted Drones for Surveillance
Radar-Mounted Drones for Surveillance: The Border Security Force (BSF), in collaboration with ISRO, is developing radar-mounted drones to enhance surveillance along India’s western and eastern borders.Radar-mounted drones are unmanned aerial systems equipped with compact radars capable of monitoring border areas remotely without crossing international boundaries. Aim is To strengthen border security by providing persistent, high-accuracy […]
Nightmare Bacteria
Nightmare Bacteria: According to scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug-resistant ‘nightmare bacteria’, driven by the NDM gene, are spreading faster than ever in the United States. Nightmare Bacteria is used to describe Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). This group of bacteria, which includes Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli (E. coli), has […]
HSBC and IBM announced the world’s first quantum-enabled algorithmic bond trading trial
HSBC and IBM announced the world’s first quantum-enabled algorithmic bond trading trial.: It Is the trial is the world’s first-known empirical evidence of using a hybrid quantum-classical computing approach to solve a real-world problem in algorithmic bond trading. It involved HSBC and IBM, using real, production-scale trading data from the European corporate bond market. The […]
2G Ethanol
2G Ethanol: India allowed the export of 2G ethanol, with mandatory export licenses and feedstock certificates.2G (Second-Generation) ethanol is an advanced biofuel made from non-food, lignocellulosic biomass such as agricultural residues, forestry waste, woody biomass, algae, and municipal solid waste. Unlike 1G ethanol (from edible crops like sugarcane, maize), 2G uses waste materials, ensuring food […]
