Context: Recently, an IIT Madras-incubated company has developed the BharOS. Relevance: GS3 About: - It is an indigenous mobile operating system … Continue Reading

Context: Recently, OpenAI (AI research and deployment company) opened its most recent and powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to users to test its capabili… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has chosen Hyderabad, Telangana for establishing its Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, a strand of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea outbreak has hit Kenya. Researchers have raised alarm, warning this infection is asy… Continue Reading

Context: Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Venus mission, Shukrayaan I may be postponed to 2031. ISRO’s Venus mission was expected to b… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first new exoplanet nam… Continue Reading

Context: Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered two 1200-year-old miniature votive stupas during landscaping activities near Sarai Tila m… Continue Reading

Context: Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) | Harvard & Smithsonian have generated a 3D magnetic map of the cavity called Local Bubbl… Continue Reading

Context: Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for three capital acquisition proposals amounting to ₹4,276 cror… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, India carried out a successful test launch of tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range off the Odisha coast. Relev… Continue Reading

Context: A recent excavation at Juna Khatiya village of Kutch district Gujarat has revealed some new findings on burial practice of Harrapan and earl… Continue Reading

Context: Recently Union Home Minister Inaugurated, 122-foot-tall statue of a polo player astride a Manipur Pony in Imphal. It is believed that Sago… Continue Reading

Context: In order to tackle the problem of water contamination and enhance access to clean and drinkable water, the Indian Institute of Science Educa… Continue Reading

Context: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the 108th session of the India Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. The event’s theme is ‘Science and… Continue Reading

Context: Recently telescopes operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) observed a tidal disruption event named AT2021ehb. -Th… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Wall of Peace, a great work of modern mural art on the 700-feet long compound wall of Government Vocational Higher Secondary S… Continue Reading

Context: The year 2022 was not the best for tech firms, yet we may innovative technologies emerge in future related to Metaverse and AI (Artificial I… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, a draft research paper claimed Google researchers have achieved a long sought- after goal in physics called “quantum supremacy�… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) has signed a non-binding MOU with Tecnimont (Italy) to explore production of green m… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the President of India laid the foundation stone for the project ‘Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Bhadrachalam Group of … Continue Reading

Context: Chanda Kochhar (Ex-ICICI Bank CEO) serves as a cautionary tale of the dangers of greed in the corporate world. The Central Bureau of Investi… Continue Reading

Context: Experts and conservationists have raised concerns that the proposed mega oil refinery in Barsu village, Maharashtra, may damage nearby prehi… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Defense has procured indigenous Short-Range Ballistic Surface-to-Surface (SRBM) Missile Pralay, giving Indian mili… Continue Reading

Context: Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal introduced a host of new initiatives, including a right to repair portal and an NTH mobile a… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India) has released a report, which has flagged time and cost overrun of the Mission M… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, an increase in the cases of “Dark Patterns” or “Deceptive Patterns” have been noted where internet-based companies have be… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Genetically Modified (GM) mustard Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH-11) was tested in the field and shown to be more productive. Produ… Continue Reading

Context: Bharat Biotech’s intranasal vaccine, BBV154 or Incovacc is the world’s first intranasal vaccine to be approved as a booster dose for Cov… Continue Reading

Context: Sand batteries can store a significant extent of thermal energy and can aid Clean Energy Solutions. Finland has installed the world’s firs… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, Japan has adopted a new policy promoting greater use of Nuclear Energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global fuel shortages … Continue Reading

Context: Outer Space Institute (OSI) has called for both national and multilateral efforts to restrict uncontrolled re-entries of Satellites. OSI is … Continue Reading

Context: India is expected to roll out the indigenously developed CERVAVAC vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer among girls aged 9-14 years … Continue Reading

Context: Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, has reached a m… Continue Reading

Context: National Mathematics Day (NMD) has been celebrated every year on 22nd December to mark the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. On the … Continue Reading

Context: The current surge in Covid-19 infections in China, is believed to be driven by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron that is circulating over ther… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, three sites- Gujarat’s Vadnagar town and the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, and the Rock-cut Sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura hav… Continue Reading

Context: Cinema as a medium has incredible power in our country. The reach and impact of a movie are far wider than in any other place. Thus, it acts… Continue Reading

Context: Lalbazar is becoming a hub for the famous dokra metalcraft. Two places are famous in West Bengal for dokra work — Bikna in Bankura and Da… Continue Reading

Context: Recently the fifth Scorpène-class conventional submarine, Vagir, was delivered to the Navy. Relevance: Prelims-Sci&Tech About: -INS… Continue Reading

Context: According to the Ministry of Earth Science, the Samudrayaan Mission is expected to be realised by year 2026. Relevance: GS2;GS3 About: … Continue Reading

Context: ‘Arnala’ for Indian Navy was launched at M/s L&T, Kattupalli, Chennai. Relevance: Prelims-Sci&Tech About: -It is the first of 08 x… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the results of a trial of messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA-4157/V940) vaccine made by Moderna and MSD (Merck & Co.) when taken alo… Continue Reading

Context: The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s cyberspace watchdog, is rolling out new regulations to restrict the use of deep synt… Continue Reading

Context: Anti-cancer CAR-T therapy reengineers T cells to kill tumors — and researchers are expanding the limited types of cancer it can target. R… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have carried out Whole Genome Sequencing of b… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, scientists in the United Kingdom (UK) have successfully tested a new form of cancer therapy, ‘Base Editing’ for the time in a … Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the District Tourism Promotion Council, Kozhikode has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the famous Beypore Uru (b… Continue Reading

Context: Recently a few scientists at the Lawrence Livermore facility, the US have achieved a net gain in energy from a nuclear fusion reaction, whic… Continue Reading

Context: US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving a net energy gain in a fusion … Continue Reading

Context: According to the figures revealed by the Minister for New and Renewable Energy- only a fourth of the total sanctioned solar projects with a … Continue Reading

Context: Recently, a Japanese space startup ispace Inc has launched its own private lander M1 to the Moon under its HAKUTO-R mission, from the SpaceX… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, Apple has announced it will be increasing the number of data points protected by End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) on iCloud from 14 to… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the hot test of Scramjet Engine, a type of Air Breathing… Continue Reading

Context: Recently consultative committee of Ministry of Civil Aviation meets in New Delhi to discuss GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation). Re… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a group representing ind… Continue Reading

Context: Neuralink, the Elon Musk company is the target of a federal investigation over its animal trial program, has been trying to develop a brain… Continue Reading

Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed an MoU with Social Alpha, a multistage innovation curation and venture development … Continue Reading

Context: Recently, OpenAI has introduced a new chatbot called ChatGPT, which is a ‘conversational’ AI and will answer queries just like a human w… Continue Reading

Context: The Delhi Police will move to the ‘Open Standard Digital Trunking Radio System’ (OS-DTRS) and will phase out the current tetra net wirel… Continue Reading

Context: The government has introduced Digi Yatra to make air travel hassle-free. The facility will be available for passengers taking domestic flig… Continue Reading

Context: The Munda people’s association with the mahua tree begins even before they are born. Would-be mothers are fed a simple chutney made of mah… Continue Reading

Context: On November 18, 2022, Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace scripted history by becoming the first private Indian organisation to launch a rocke… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with “Swar Dharohar Foundation,” inaugurated a three day “Swar… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the premier medical institute in the country, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi (AIIMS) was crippled by a majo… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, Merriam-Webster, America's oldest dictionary publisher, has chosen "Gaslighting" as its Word of the Year. Searches on its website… Continue Reading

Context: Recently the Prime Minister of India addressed the Manipur Sangai Festival via video message. Relevance: Prelims - Art & Culture About Sa… Continue Reading

Context: In the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2022, the first goal of the tournament was ruled out for offside. FIFA’s brand new Semi-Automa… Continue Reading

Context: In a first-of-its-kind work, using data from SARAS 3, researchers from the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, the Commonwealth Scien… Continue Reading

Context: Recently Ikshak, the third of the four Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project for Indian Navy was launched. Relevance: Prelims - Defence Tec… Continue Reading

Context: Several smartphones have their Bluetooth settings on discovery mode as it is a default setting, making it vulnerable to bluebugging. Releva… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C54 from the Sat… Continue Reading

Context: Odisha’s Kutia Kondh tribe worship and exchange millet seeds in a celebration during Burlang Yatra festival. Relevance: Prelims – Art … Continue Reading

Context: The government of India has approved a Rs 124 crore proposal for setting up incubation centres in the Delhi and Bengaluru campuses of the Cen… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Russian state-owned Nuclear Energy corporation Rosatom has offered a more Advanced Fuel Option to India’s largest nuclear po… Continue Reading

Context: India carried out a successful training launch of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Agni-3 developed by DRDO, from APJ Abdul K… Continue Reading

Corruption-The Hindu-10-11-2022 GS-4 ethics and governance Context :"The corrupt destroy the country" Supreme Court counters government in Gautam N… Continue Reading

Wangala festival begins in Meghalaya-The Hindu-04-11-2022 GS-1 art and culture context: Wangala festival begins in Meghalaya Prelims : Megha… Continue Reading

Mangarh Dham-The hindu-02-11-2022 GS-1 Art and culture Context : About Mangarh Dham: Mangarh Dham is known for the massacre of tribals that t… Continue Reading

GS-2 Saffron is a plant whose dried stigmas (thread-like parts of the flower) are used to make saffron spice. Saffron cultivation is believed to… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE TECH CONTEXT: Rustom-2 has been designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru. About Rustom-2… Continue Reading

CAR-T Therapy-The Hindu-22-10-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE & TECH CONTEXT: Researchers streamline way to manufacture CAR T-cells in just 24 hrs CAR-T thera… Continue Reading

Nihonshu-The Hindu-19-10-2022 GS-2 GI TAG: CONTEXT : The Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, has fled an application seeking a Geographical Indication (G… Continue Reading

Kedarnath Temple-The Hindu-19-10-2022 GS-1 ART AND CULTURE CONTEXT : Helcopter crash PRELIM AND MAINS Kedarnath Temple is a Hindu shrine dedic… Continue Reading

GS-2 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY context:Scientists have detected barium in the upper atmosphere of two giant exoplanets for the first time. What is Bariu… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : Launchers or Launch Vehicles are used to carry spacecraft to space. India has two operational launchers: Polar Sa… Continue Reading

GS-3: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CONTEXT : The indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand, meaning ferce, was formally inducted into… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRELIM : China has reportedly withdrawn its draft resolution against the AUKUS grouping at the International Atomic En… Continue Reading

NavIC system-The Hindu-27-09-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : The Union Government is pushing techno giants to make smartphones compatible… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PRELIM AND MAINS : About DART MISSION : NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - the world's first planeta… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : Semiconductors are the thumbnail-sized building blocks of almost every modern electronic device from smartphone… Continue Reading

Hybrid propulsion system-The Hindu-22-09-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Wednesday… Continue Reading

Gs -3 Science technology In background : It is a smart vaccine testing method that safekeep animals and humans while measuring neurovirulence. N… Continue Reading

Merge software- The Hindu-20-09-2022 Gs-3 Science Technology : Context : In news Prelim and Mains : Ethereum, the world’s second most valuab… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : Ivermectin and mupirocin have been added, while ranitidine and sucralfate have been dropped from the NLEM lis… Continue Reading

GS-1 ART AND CULTURE About: Shumang Leela is a traditional form of theatre in Manipur and the roles of female artists are all played by male… Continue Reading

GS-2 GOVERNANCE What is Corporate Social Responsiblity ? Corporate social responsibility is a business model by which companies make a concer… Continue Reading

Conversion therapy-The Hindu-06-09-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to c… Continue Reading

Indian Astronomical observatory-The Hindu-05-09-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : The Himalayan Chandra Telescope at Hanle in Ladakh. PR… Continue Reading

Potassium Iodide/Anti-radiation pills-The Indian Express-01-09-2022 GS-3 Environment Context : With fears of a nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Zap… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE TECH: CONTEXT: Prelim About Zombie ice Dead or Doomed ice not accumulating fresh snow. Zombie ice from massive greenland ic… Continue Reading

GS-1 ART & CULTURE TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE CONTEXT : A pookkalam (flower arrangement) was set up in front of the famed Vadakkunnathan temple in Thri… Continue Reading

5G Architecture-The Hindu-30-08-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY: CONTEXT: Reliance JIO is going to launch a 5G network in a few metro cities by diw… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT : IIT Guwahati has introduced a new method of formation of sugar from waste sugarcane waste called xylitol. … Continue Reading

GS-1 Art and culture In detail : In the ancient Sanskrit language of Hinduism and Buddhism, mandala means “circle.” Traditionally, a mandal… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully flight tested the indi… Continue Reading

Rabies-The Hindu-22-08-2022 Gs-3 Context : Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. Symptoms : F… Continue Reading

Megalodon-The Hindu-20-08-2022 GS-3 Context: one of the largest predators to have ever lived. In detail : Megalodon is one frightening-looking fis… Continue Reading

CONTEXT : Access to TKDL has been widened to users Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is a pioneering initiative of India systematicall… Continue Reading

GS-3 SCIENCE TECH CONTEXT : 3Dprinted a cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit’s eye. In Detail : What do you mean by 3Dprinted a cornea?… Continue Reading

Dornier aircraft-The Hindu-16-08-2022 GS-3 SECURITY : CONTEXT : India gifted Dornier aircraft to Sri Lanka in the presence of President Ranil Wic… Continue Reading

GS-3 CONTEXT : In a tragic accident, a MIG21 trainer jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan last Thursday killing both the pilo… Continue Reading

GS-3 CONTEXT : DeepMind, a company based in London and owned by Google, announced this week that it had predicted the threedimensional structure… Continue Reading

GS-3 CONTEXT: Automakers Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, and Honda have launched hybrid electric vehicles in India, offering car buyers more choices in the na… Continue Reading

GS-3 Context : Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood stated earlier this month that the government would soon come up with a new space policy… Continue Reading

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill in order to give statutory cover to the Family Courts operating in Himac… Continue Reading

The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed by Aurangzeb in 1669 upon demolition of an older Shiva temple. Th… Continue Reading

The Supreme Court on Monday extended the time for completion of the special audit of 25 years of accounts of Shree Padmanabhaswamy temple and its trus… Continue Reading

Future quantum computers might be able to break the cryptographic keys that protect everything. Now, the National Institute of Standards and Technolog… Continue Reading

In what appears to be the adoption of cow politics by a Congress government, the Bhupesh Baghelled administration in Chhattisgarh has approved the pro… Continue Reading

The first known labconfirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35year old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago … Continue Reading

The first known labconfirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35year old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago … Continue Reading

The first known labconfirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35year old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago … Continue Reading

The first known labconfirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35year old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago … Continue Reading

Genomics for All: International Open Science Genomics Projects and Capacity Building in the Developing World In-depth: Genomics is the study of … Continue Reading

Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a tropical disease characterised by irregular fever, weight loss, anaemia and swelling of the spleen and l… Continue Reading

The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has told the Supreme Court to make its code of ethics against airing malicious, biased and regressive content … Continue Reading

As per the data provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) National Cancer… Continue Reading

The DRDO conducted a flight test of the hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV) off Odisha’s coast. This HSTDV was able to fly at a hy… Continue Reading

The brain size and shape differ across ages, and across regions and ethnicities, and even within a population. While some countries have their own … Continue Reading

A report on the journey of the NSTEDB in catalyzing innovation, entrepreneurship, and incubation was launched by the Secretary, Department of Science … Continue Reading

The discovery was made by a team of astronomers led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune. … Continue Reading

Pulikkali, or tiger dance will go online on the fourth day of Onam. Pulikkali: Pulikkali, or tiger dance, is a colourful part of Onam celebratio… Continue Reading

Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) It is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45 metre diameter, observing at metre… Continue Reading

NEWS: Utilization of excess sugarcane for ethanol production to improve the viability of the sugar industry. Details: The government has taken … Continue Reading

NEWS: Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter has captured the Moon images of “Sarabhai” Crater – ISRO About Sarabhai Crater: Named after eminent Indian sc… Continue Reading

E-Sanjeevani is a platform-independent, browser-based application facilitating both doctor-to-doctor and patient-to-doctor tele-consultations. NEWS… Continue Reading

Quick Tips: Have hot/warm water entire day .… Continue Reading

Context: Prakash Javadekar hails KURMA mobile app as unique tool for conservation of Indian Turtles. Details: *Union Minister of Environment, Fo… Continue Reading

Context:PM SVANidhi app launched to provide micro-credit facility for street vendors at their door steps. Details: *A mobile application of PM S… Continue Reading

Context: Bharat Dynamics Limited signs LAToT of Akash Missile Weapon System with DRDO. Details: *Bharat Dynamics Limited signed Licence Agreeme… Continue Reading

Context: DRDO to establish a research cell at IIT-H to meet the future defence technological requirements . Details: *Defence Research and Devel… Continue Reading

Context:child excavated as part of Keeladi’s 6th phase excavation. Details: *Skeletal remains of a child were excavated from Konthagai village… Continue Reading

Context:A performance of the variant of Yakshagana theatre was streamed live on social media. Details: *The traditional art of ‘talamaddale’… Continue Reading

context: Can a COVID-19 vaccine be developed soon? Details: *A vaccine could be a weakened biological or synthetic agent administered to humans… Continue Reading

Context: Persistent global transmission of chikungunya from India. Details: *The resurgence of chikungunya virus in India in 2005, the Indian su… Continue Reading

Context: Participant enrolment to hydroxychloroquine arm was stopped with immediate effect. Details: *The RECOVERY trial, a large randomised con… Continue Reading

Details: The results were published in the Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. In all, 254 districts have a “very high level” of diabete… Continue Reading

Details: NCRA scientists discovered tiny radio flashes: While we have not seen the magnetic explosions, these weak radio flashes that we have di… Continue Reading

Details: The late Patamakki Rathnakar, former MLA of Tirthahalli who had requested the State government to conduct research over the issue, had sai… Continue Reading

Details: A seven-member Russian technocrat team reached the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site on Wednesday to inspect the ‘unusual vibrations… Continue Reading

Details: Rajesh Gokhle, Faculty, National Institute of Immunology and former head of the CSIR-Insitute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, who has… Continue Reading

Details: “We are testing two N gene regions, so we need to recalibrate the machine to test both of them independently as a common cut-off wasn’… Continue Reading

Details: They were found in the latest study of one of a pair of binary brown dwarfs. A group of international astrophysicists have identified c… Continue Reading

Details: China on Tuesday successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, state media said, in a major test of the country’s ambitio… Continue Reading

Details: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an ultra violet (UV) disinfection tower for rapid and chemical-free… Continue Reading

Details: This is the vaccine candidate to be used in Phase 1 clinical trial at the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility in Oxford, Britain, April 2, … Continue Reading

Details: The antibody is capable of binding with the spike protein found on the outer layer of the virus. An electrical signal is generated when th… Continue Reading

Details: The Maha Kumbh Mela is organised once in 12 years, and the last time the event was held in 2010, about 10 million had reportedly congregat… Continue Reading

Details: The merging entities were about 30 and 8 times the Sun’s mass: The event, dubbed GW190412, was detected nearly a year ago, and this i… Continue Reading

Details: MGR Medical University has developed a vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 through ‘reverse vaccinology’, the institution’s Vice-Ch… Continue Reading

Details: Electron microscope image of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Excitement about treating the new coronavirus with malaria drugs is rai… Continue Reading

Details: Manipur’s tradition of making rice beer, the practice of tying turbans in Rajasthan and several different dances, forms of music and fes… Continue Reading

Details: The Chitra GeneLAMP-N, made by scientists at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology , Thiruvananthapuram, h… Continue Reading

Details: “The mobile application has been customised to collect COVID-19 specific geospatial datasets through community engagement to augment the… Continue Reading

Details: The second is a messenger RNA vaccine developed by Moderna and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In RNA vaccines, the… Continue Reading

Details: Scientists have mapped out human proteins that interact with those of the virus In a breathtaking feat, nearly a hundred scientists fro… Continue Reading

Details: The researchers have identified 31 candidate molecules to target the main protease which helps the virus replicate Using new methods, t… Continue Reading

Details: The idea is that without these incentives, companies would find it difficult to recoup their R&D costs given the small number of people su… Continue Reading

Details: The NCBS was studying information on the sequences the ICMR had released. You can’t bottle up a virus like this and so, while we can’t… Continue Reading

Details: Promising future: Beyond these applications, some of the deepest foundational questions in physics and computer science are being driv… Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Defence on Thursday signed a Rs.880-crore contract with the Israeli Weapon Industries for 16,479 Light Machine Guns . “T… Continue Reading

News: We are currently at the minimum of one such cycle. Amidst claims that the Sun would “go silent” and not give out sunspots for an extended… Continue Reading

About: Raman Research Institute, set up by C.V. Raman, who passed away 45 years ago, remains testimony to his love for science and Bengaluru. Perch… Continue Reading

Details: • Chromosomes- The human body is made up of cells, and in the centre of each cell is the nucleus. Chromosomes, which are located inside … Continue Reading

News: A small study involving 65 stool samples taken from patients from a single hospital in Chennai found 51% of them harbouring colistin-resistan… Continue Reading

Royal Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger is found primarily in India with smaller populations in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar and is the… Continue Reading

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, an advisory was issued by the Ministry of AYUSH advocating homeopathic, Unani and ayurvedic medications f… Continue Reading

The virus has now infected 83,000 globally, with cases being confirmed in around 50 countries. More than 2,800 deaths have been reported. Six count… Continue Reading

Details: The architects of India believed that for India to prosper, investment in science and technology was essential. To provide wings to its fu… Continue Reading

Details: The architects of India believed that for India to prosper, investment in science and technology was essential. To provide wings to its fu… Continue Reading

Low expenditure on R&D: The total expenditure on R&D in India has tripled in the last decade in nominal terms. However, as a fraction of GDP, publi… Continue Reading

The first-ever 2 days long Bharat-Bangla Paryatan Utsav 2020 (Tourism Festival) was held at Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala, Tripura from February 20-21,… Continue Reading

Below is attachment related to Current Affairs of Subject: SCIENCE AND TECH Month: June 2019 to December 2019.… Continue Reading

ISRO aims to boost space surveillance in order to keep an eye on terror launchpads along the borders, check infiltration and keep an eye on China's na… Continue Reading

News: It will apparently be in a fixed spot looking over the Indian continent at all times. All Indian EOs have been placed so far in a 600-odd-km … Continue Reading

News: Live relay of surgeries from a remote hospital organised for 100 London doctors An annual surgery camp held at a remote hospital in Chikha… Continue Reading

News: Launches of some earth observation satellites advanced. Starting May, the Indian Space Research Organisation plans to send up at least eig… Continue Reading

News: The Ministry of Earth Sciences is planning a ‘decadal forecast’ system along the lines of the United Kingdom’s Met Office to ensure bet… Continue Reading

Abstract: The four Indian pilots chosen as candidate-astronauts on Monday began their 12-month training at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut … Continue Reading

Context: Scientific study regarding bats immune system response to harmful viruses. Background: Bats serve as natural hosts for numerous viru… Continue Reading

Context: Development and commercialization of rice resistant to arsenic. Background: Arsenic poisoning: Arsenic is a naturally occurring t… Continue Reading

Details: Medaram village in Telangana is hosting the Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara, which is essentially a tribal festival. The festival is being atte… Continue Reading

Context: In spite of a few instances of breach of the intentional Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Promoting Hones (UCPMP) by pharma companies, and t… Continue Reading

News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Parliament about the formation of a trust to oversee the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, U… Continue Reading

Mains Paper 3: Science and Tech Prelims level : Membrane-based Water Purification System Mains level : Highlights about the system • The U… Continue Reading

Mains Paper-III Prelims: Yellow Rust Disease Mains: Yellow Rust detected in wheat crops Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR)… Continue Reading

Context: The Delhi High Court has observed that use of pesticides and chemicals to ripen fruits amounts to poisoning the consumer, while noting th… Continue Reading

News: • Nagoba Jatara is a tribal festival held in Keslapur village, Inderavelly Mandal Adilabad district, Telangana, India. • It is the se… Continue Reading

News: • Indian Railways has commissioned the country’s first governmental waste to energy plant in Mancheswar Carriage Repair workshop at Bhuba… Continue Reading

Context: Cabinet approves official amendments in the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019. Details: The Union Cabinet has given its… Continue Reading

News: On February 1, 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair. The fair is being organized by t… Continue Reading

News: • Scientists have discovered the oldest solid material ever found on the Earth, in the form of stardust trapped inside a meteorite that cra… Continue Reading

News: • After nearly 16 years of exploring the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope will be switched off permanently on 30t… Continue Reading

News: • Union Minister of State for Department of Space inaugurated the ‘National Workshop on Space based Information Support for Decentralised… Continue Reading

• As part of the commemoration of Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has dedicated an entire issue of it… Continue Reading

News: • Bharat Parv, 2020 is being celebrated from 26th to 31st January, 2020 in front of Red Fort at Gyan Path and Red Fort grounds. Key hig… Continue Reading

• New archaeon was discovered by Indian scientists in Sambhar Salt Lake of Rajasthan • Archaea are a primitive group of microorganisms that thriv… Continue Reading

• For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the voice of an ancient human being, that of a 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Nesyamun (as p… Continue Reading

• A new snake eel species residing in the Bay of Bengal has been discovered and documented this month (January) by the Estuarine Biology Regional Ce… Continue Reading

• Thai Amavasai was observed throughout Tamil Nadu with devotion and traditional rites on January 24. About: • Thai Amavasai is the first N… Continue Reading

The story so far: On the afternoon of May 1, 2018, Jeff Bezos received a message on WhatsApp from an account belonging to Saudi Arabia’s crown pr… Continue Reading

News: The results recently published in The Lancet shows that kangaroo mother care improved survival by 30% and 25%, in babies till 28 days and six… Continue Reading

For the first time, the study sheds light into why the FDA-approved drugs against androgen signalling to treat prostate cancer can backfire after init… Continue Reading

A study of fruits and vegetables grown in the Nilgiris has found that some of the produce might be harbouring high levels of pesticide, beyond what is… Continue Reading

In the United States while over 60% of BS, MS and PhD degrees in biological and chemical sciences are from women, only 25-30% of them do computer scie… Continue Reading

Nehru’s legacy is not so weak that it would be threatened by the celebration of Indian democracy The NMML is an autonomous body with the PM as it… Continue Reading

Abstract: A consortium of scientists, including some from India, have mapped the genome of the Indian Cobra, among the most poisonous snakes in the… Continue Reading

Abstract: In Goa, the celebration is known by its Portuguese name ‘Festa dos Reis’, and in parts of Kerala by its Syriac name ‘Denha’. I… Continue Reading

Abstract: India is planning to setup a new satellite series called THE INDIAN DRSS ( Data Relay satellite System). News: In the coming ye… Continue Reading

Context The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) is organizing the fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conf… Continue Reading

Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is to set up a world-class facility for the training of astronauts in Challakere in Chitradu… Continue Reading

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a new approach to anti-counterfeiting measures. Adding a layer of c… Continue Reading

After years of slow and somewhat tentative action to acknowledge, understand and act on the challenge of undernutrition, India’s National Nutrition … Continue Reading

Pneumococcal vaccine developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the third w… Continue Reading

Context Prime Minister inaugurated the 107th edition of the Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru. Details The objective of the ISC is to build … Continue Reading

The Tamil Nadu government has started acquiring 2,300 acres of land in Thoothukudi district for ISRO’s second launch port. Currently, satellites … Continue Reading

Dhanu jatra or Dhanu yatra is an annual drama-based open air theatrical performance celebrated in Bargarh, Odisha. Spread across a 8km radius area aro… Continue Reading

Missions and Project Related Activities => ISRO has successfully accomplished 13 missions including 06 launch vehicle missions and 07 satellite mis… Continue Reading

News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 'Mann ki Baat' programme of AIR, has said that ISRO is planning to launch a satellite called Aditya to s… Continue Reading

Context • Scientists from Centre for Excellence in Space Sciences (CESSI), IISER Kolkata, have successfully predicted the shape of Sun’s coron… Continue Reading

Context • Researchers from Chandigarh have identified gene biomarkers that can be used for early diagnosis of the brain tumour called glioblasto… Continue Reading

Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planning its first unmanned test mission of the Gaganyaan mission. Background: Gaganya… Continue Reading

Context: The Election Commission has told the Delhi High Court that in 2005 it took a policy decision not to register any political party having a… Continue Reading

The Konda Reddi's or Hill Reddi's are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and neighboring states of Odisha, Tamil Nadu.… Continue Reading

NEWS A white yellow star in Sextans constellation and its Jupiter-like exoplanets, which were hitherto named HD 86081 and 86081b, will now have Ind… Continue Reading