ISRO to launch Earth Observation Satellite EOS-01
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? India would launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its PSLV-C49 rocket from spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November of 2020. Details This is the first launch by India Space Research Organization since the COVID 19 induced lockdown. ISRO […]
Black Holes don’t move around sucking in objects like a vacuum cleaner: Director, IUCAA.
Focus: GS 3 ; Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Why in News? Director, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, Somak Raychaudhury began his Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai lecture by busting some myths about Black Holes. NSC Mumbai, Ministry of Culture’s […]
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches CSIR partnered clinical trials website “CUReD” on Repurposed Drugs for Covid- 19.
Focus: GS 3 ;Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Why in News? Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences, launched a website that gives comprehensive information about the numerous COVID-19 clinical trials that CSIR is engaged in partnership with Industry, other […]
REDUCING INDIA’S CANCER BURDEN
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) National Cancer Registry Programme Report has estimated that the number of cancer cases in India in 2020 is almost 14 lakhs. India has seen a steady rise in cancer cases over many decades. […]
SCIENCE BEHIND AIR-BREATHING SCRAMJET ENGINE
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) performed a major technological feat when it flew a cruise vehicle at a hypersonic speed of Mach six for 20 seconds. Details The DRDO called the cruise vehicle Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). The centrepiece of the HSTDV was the […]
WEB-BASED COVID PREDICTOR
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? A group of scientists in India is working on genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 around the World, including India, to identify genetic variability and potential molecular targets in virus and human to find the best possible answer to combat the COVID 19 virus. Details A professor and his […]
THE TWISTED TRAJECTORY OF BT. COTTON
Focus: GS-III Science and technology, Agriculture Introduction Cotton fabric from around 3,000 BCE has been excavated from the ruins of Mohenjo-daro show that cotton was used in the subcontinent as far back as 5,000 BCE. Indian cotton fabrics dominated the world trade during the succeeding millennia and were exported to many places, including Greece, Rome, […]
INDIANS DISCOVER ONE OF THE FARTHEST STAR GALAXIES
Focus: Prelims, GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? As a landmark achievement in Space missions, Indian Astronomers have discovered one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe – AUDFs01. Details India’s first Multi-Wavelength Space Observatory “AstroSat” has detected extreme-UV light from a galaxy located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth – called AUDFs01. […]
UNCHARTED TERRITORY OF OUTER SPACE
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, GS-II International Relations Introduction Several space events planned well in advance have proceeded amidst the COVID-19 pandemic without much attention. The launch of missions to Mars by China and the U.S. along with the UAE’s Mars orbiter; the first astronaut trip to orbit on a commercial enterprise built by Space […]
UMANG APP THROUGH CSCS
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has signed an MOU with CSC (Common Service Center) e-Governance Services India Limited, to facilitate delivery of UMANG services at CSCs, in an assisted mode, thereby making services on UMANG app available to citizens through the […]