Very Short-Range Air Defence System : Flight Test The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted two flight tests of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile. Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) is a fourth-generation Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) specially designed to counter low-altitude aerial threats over short distances. These […]
Tag: 2nd Mar 2024
Juice Jacking
Juice Jacking: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a cautionary message to mobile phone users about juice jacking. Juice jacking was first coined in 2011 by investigative journalist Brian Krebs. It is a form of cyberattack where a public USB charging port is tampered with and infected using hardware and software changes to […]
Doomsday Glacier
Doomsday Glacier: Unveiling new details about Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”, scientists have revealed that the Thwaites Glacier has been losing ice since the 1940s. Doomsday Glacier also known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” is located in the remote Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica. It’s a wide and fast-flowing glacier, roughly the size of Florida or Great Britain, […]
Vikramaditya Vedic Clock : Inaugurated By Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Vikramaditya Vedic Clock : Inaugurated By Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Prime Minister recently inaugurated the Vikramaditya Vedic Clock, which is mounted on an 85-foot tower within Jantar Mantar in Ujjain. Vikramaditya Vedic Clock is the world’s first ‘Vedic Clock’, designed to display time according to the ancient Indian traditional Panchang (time calculation system). It […]
Melanochlamys Droupadi : New Species Of Head-Shield Sea Slug
Melanochlamys Droupadi : New Species Of Head-Shield Sea Slug Researchers of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently discovered a new species of head-shield sea slug from Odisha and the West Bengal coast named ‘Melanochlamys Droupadi’. Melanochlamys Droupadi is a new marine species of head-shield sea slug with ruby red spot. This species belonging to […]
New Spaceport At Kulasekarapattinam
New Spaceport At Kulasekarapattinam: The Prime Minister recently laid the foundation stone for a new spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam in southern Tamil Nadu. It is a new spaceport coming up at Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal hamlet near the temple town of Tiruchendur in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu. It will be second after the space agency’s […]
Article 25 Of Indian Constitution
Article 25 Of Indian Constitution: The Kerala High Court recently observed that the fundamental right under Article 25 of the Constitution to enter a temple for worship does not give the right to any member of the Hindu community to perform the role of Archakas (priests). Article 25 says that all persons are equally entitled […]
