‘Strengthened, The human-rated rocket is ready for Gaganyaan’ Context : The head of ISRO says in an interview that hundreds of tests are being planned as India gets ready to launch astronauts into space in 2025. He claims that while the country looked to Russia, […]
Gaganyaan’s test flight to commence at 7 a.m. on Oct. 21 Context Mission Gaganyaan: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced on X (previously Twitter) that the TV-D1 test flight is planned for October 21, 2023, between 7 and 9 a.m. from SDSC-SHAR. TV-D1 will […]
Centre likely to raise the age of retirement of scientists to 65 Context A proposal to raise the retirement age of scientists to 65 is being developed by the Science and Technology Ministry. Retirement Age Proposal: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is debating […]
Stroke deaths likely to surge to 9.7 million by 2050 Context According to a paper released on Monday in the Lancet Neurology journal, stroke, a disorder that is largely treatable and preventive, might cause roughly 10 million annual fatalities by the year 2050, predominantly impacting […]
ISRO plans Gaganyaan unmanned flight tests, gears for abort mission Context The Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) has begun to be prepared for by the Indian Space Research Organisation, which intends to start unmanned flight testing for the Gaganyaan mission. What is Mission Gaganyaan? […]
Trio wins Chemistry Nobel for ‘quantum dots’ Context Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus, and Moungi Bawendi have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on quantum dots, which are very small crystals with unusual properties that have found application in a range […]
IAF likely to induct Astra BVR air-to-air missile by year-end Context Defence sources state that the first batch of the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air Missile, for which the Indian Air Force (IAF) has placed two contracts with Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL), is […]
Medicine Nobel 2023 goes to duo who paved the way for mRNA COVID vaccines Context The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been given to American physician-scientist Drew Weissman and Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó. The discovery of successful mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 was […]
Biologists in slow race to help North America’s rarest tortoise Context Less than 2,500 tortoises are believed to remain in the wild in Mexico, and experts warn that dangers to the species are growing due to pet and food hunting. Bolson Tortoise: With a carapace […]
Centre rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar report Context A report from Moody’s Investors Service that questioned the effectiveness of Aadhaar was addressed by the Electronics and IT Ministry late on Monday. Dismissing concerns about security and privacy in a centralized system, the ministry claimed that there had […]