Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

India’s First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) has successfully established and tested India’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility recently. The S2, nicknamed ‘Jigarthanda’, is a 24-metre-long facility located at IIT Kanpur’s Hypersonic Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory (HEAL) within the Department of Aerospace Engineering. It is India’s first Hypervelocity […]

Lupus : Study Australian researchers recently worked out how to fix a defect that causes lupus Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes your immune system to damage organs and tissue throughout your body. It causes inflammation that can affect your skin, joints, blood, and organs like your kidneys, lungs, and heart. The cause of […]

Vaccine Safety Net: The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), a health information platform in India, is included as a member of the World Health Organization’s Vaccine Safety Net (VSN). Vaccine Safety Net is a global network of websites, established by the World Health Organization that provides reliable information on vaccine safety. It is a network of […]

Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras: Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have been allowed by the Government to operate Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras are set up under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, which was launched by the Department […]

SAMARTH Centres: The Minister of State for Heavy Industries informed the Lok Sabha about SAMARTH Centres The Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) centres are set up under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector. These centres have been providing assistance to the MSMEs to train the workforce […]

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite : NASA Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have recently discovered and characterised a habitable zone planet named TOI-715b. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA mission that’s searching for planets orbiting the brightest stars in Earth’s sky. The satellite is a follow-up to NASA’s highly […]

GRAPES-3 Experiment: The GRAPES-3 experiment discovered a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at about 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV) energy while measuring the spectrum spanning from 50 TeV to a little over 1 peta-electron-volt (PeV). Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3 (GRAPES-3) is designed to study cosmic rays with an array of air shower detectors […]

InTranSE Program: During the launch event of “Digital India FutureLABS Summit 2024” held at IIIT- Delhi, three Indigenous Technologies – Thermal camera, CMOS camera and Fleet Management System designed and developed by CDAC Thiruvananthapuram under InTranSE Program of MeitY were transferred to 12 Industries. The Intelligent Transportation System Endeavor (InTranSE) is a revolutionary collaborative research […]

Candida auris : Deadly Fungal Infection A deadly fungal infection called Candida auris has been spreading rapidly in the United States recently. Candida auris (C. auris) is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast (fungus) that represents a global health threat. It is capable of causing invasive infections in the human body. It can cause severe illness in […]