A bio-bubble is a safe and secure environment isolated from the outside world to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infection. It’s a tightly controlled environment sealed off from the outside world, and can only be accessed by a limited number of people. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will provide ‘bio secure […]
Recently, India’s First Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor at Kakrapar, Gujarat Attains Criticality. KAPP-3 is India’s first 700 MWe (megawatt electric) unit, and biggest indigenously developed variant of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR). Until now, biggest reactor size of indigenous design was 540 MWe PHWR (Tarapur). KAPP-3 is located at Kakrapar Site, Gujarat, where already two 220
India’s development in the fields of science and technology Science and technology are widely acknowledged to be essential components of social and economic development. Scientific knowledge and new technologies can help tackle many of the problems that affect countries. Some of the global challenges science and technology could solve are as follows:- Providing Safe drinking-water
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) launched the ‘ATL App Development Module’ for school children all across the country. Aims at transforming school students from App users to innovative App Developers The vision is to foster creativity and innovation nationwide through its various integrated initiatives including incubators, Startups, community innovation Centers and Atal New India challenges
5G technology in India – Advantages and Challenges | UPSC – IAS Fifth Generation (5G) technology is generally seen as the 5th generation cellular network technology that provides broadband access. The industry association 3GPP defines any system using “5G NR” software as “5G”, a definition that came into general use by late 2018 Fifth Generation
NavRakshak – Breathable PPE Kit | UPSC – IAS COVID 19 Pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges at the global level. The Healthcare professionals are leading this war against the pandemic and they need to be safeguarded from acute risk of infection, while providing care to the victims. What is NavRakshak? – A resource improvised optimisation
National E-Governance Service Delivery Assessment | UPSC – IAS In the United Nations e-Government Survey published in 2018, where a 193 member countries were assessed, India was placed 96th in the e-Government Development Index. There was a significant improvement in its rank from that of 2016, where the country was placed at a rank of
Map – Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (1995 Data) Golden Rice to counter Vitamin A deficiency | UPSC – IAS Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice. It is intended to produce a fortified food
Chandrayaan-2 mission by ISRO | UPSC – IAS ISRO is planning to launch Chandrayaan-2 mission by mid-July 2019. Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the mission is planned to be launched to the Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. Chandrayaan-2 is a
Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope Project | UPSC – IAS The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a radio telescope project proposed to be built in Australia and South Africa. If built, it would have a total collecting area of approximately one square kilometre. It would operate over a wide range of frequencies and its size
Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mission| NASA | UPSC – IAS The NASA has selected a new mission Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) and is expected to be launched in August 2022, attached to the exterior of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Atmospheric waves are motions of air in the Earth’s atmosphere which have different spatial (meters to
Unlocking National Energy Efficiency Potential (unnatee) | UPSC – IAS Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has developed a national strategy document titled UNNATEE (Unlocking NATional Energy Efficiency Potential) towards developing an energy efficient nation (2017-2031). It describes a plain framework and implementation strategy to establish a clear linkage between energy supply-demand scenarios and energy efficiency
Genome Sequencing Significance in India | CSIR | UPSC – IAS Genome sequencing is figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides, or bases, in a genome Significance of Genome Sequencing – Able to study the entire genome sequence will help them understand how the genome as a whole works – how genes work together to
Maternal Spindle Transfer (MST) Technique | UPSC – IAS Recently, Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain have produced a baby from three people in order to overcome a woman’s infertility, the team used a technique called maternal spindle transfer (MST). Maternal Spindle Transfer is a technique similar to Pronuclear Transfer in its effort to prevent
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission | UPSC – IAS The first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed – a technique known as a kinetic impactor. Nasa’s dart mission will test our planetary defense capabilities against asteroids. What is kinetic impactor ? –
About Mission Shakti| ISRO and DRDO | UPSC – IAS On March 27, India carried out an anti satellite (ASAT) test using an interceptor missile (as a kinetic kill vehicle) to neutralise a target satellite (possibly the Microsat-R launched in January this year) in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of around 300
About Param Shivay Supercomputer Param Shivay the first super computer designed & built under the National Supercomputing Mission by C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) at IIT-BHU (Varanasi). Although India’s first supercomputer called PARAM 8000 was launched in 1991 was built by CDAC.. Param Shivay Supercomputer Specification Param Shivay Supercomputer will Include the following specifications:- 833
Removedebris satellite Mission | UPSC – IAS RemoveDEBRIS was launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon refill spacecraft on 2 April 2018 as part of the CRS-14 (Commercial Resupply Service mission), arriving at the International Space Station on 4 April. Deployment of the satellite from the station’s Kibo module via robotic Canadarm-2 took place on 20 June
Role of Space Technology in Border Management | UPSC IAS Sealing the entire border is a significant challenge mainly due to variations in the terrain and topography like mountain ranges, sea, tropical forest or climate factors, including desert or thinly populated regions. Space technology provides one of the more effective means to overcome it. Significance
What is Space Diplomacy ? | UPSC – IAS | NASA Space Diplomacy is the art and practice of using space to conduct International Relations and furthering National Interest. Space has emerged as new arena for competition and cooperation for global powers to compete and establish supremacy. Space technology being highly complex gives any nation
Natural Gas Hydrates in India | UPSC – IAS | Science and Tech Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have experimentally shown that methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) can exist as gas hydrates. What are Gas hydrates? | UPSC – IAS | PCS They are formed when a gas such as methane gets trapped
India became the world’s first to successfully perform a telerobotic coronary intervention. What is telerobotic coronary intervention? | UPSC – IAS | Pib It is a robotic method of performing heart surgery. With the help of the internet and a robotic tower, a surgeon is able to treat patients from a distance. This technology is especially
These two images of the Sun show how the number of sunspots varies over the course of a sunspot cycle. The image on the left, with many sunspots, was taken near solar max in March 2001. The right hand image, in which no spots are evident, was taken near solar min in January 2005. Images
France-based company Atos signed agreement with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for designing, building and installing Bull Sequana – the supercomputer in India. About BullSequana Atos will supply Bull Sequana XH200 supercomputer to India to create a network of over 70 high-performance supercomputing facilities with a cumulative computing power of more than 10 petaflops,
About National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (CSP) It is a comprehensive mission which would address technology development, application development, human resource development, skill enhancement, entrepreneurship and start-up development in Cyber-Physical Systems and associated technologies. Implementation | UPSC – IAS | PIB It aims at establishment of 15 numbers of Technology Innovation Hubs, six numbers of
Indian Human Microbiome Initiative | UPSC – IAS | PIB Indian Human Microbiome Initiative Project, led by The National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR) – National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) has been put up for approval. What is Microbiome? | UPSC – IAS | PIB The collective genome of all micro-organisms contained within the
About Earth BioGenome Project | UPSC – IAS International biologists have launched an ambitious Earth BioGenome Project at an estimated cost of $4.7bn. Aim of the Project – It aims to sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of ten years. Significance of Earth Biogenome project | UPSC
Neutrinos its Misconceptions and Significance | UPSC – IAS What are Neutrinos particles ? The elusive neutrinos are second most abound particles in the universe, yet a lot more is to be understood about them. They interact very little with anything and pass through everything that’s why it’s hard to detect them. They carry no electrical charge
Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite | UPSC – IAS | ISRO ISRO’s PSLV C43 launched India’s first Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) along with 30 foreign satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (Hysis) is an earth observation satellite built around ISRO’s Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) bus. About the Hyperspectral Imaging Technology | UPSC – IAS
