ICMR nod to conduct Truenat test to detect Nipah Context The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has authorized Kerala to use the Truenat test to identify Nipah. The test can be done in hospitals with BSL 2-level laboratories. Health Minister Veena George has stated […]
FM stresses the urgent need for reliable crop yield estimates Context: On Tuesday, Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance and corporate affairs, made a compelling case for producing real-time forecasts of likely yields for all crucial crops, starting with the pulses and oilseeds that India […]
Launch of Global Biofuels Alliance a key moment in the quest for clean energy: PM Context India officially inaugurated the Global Biofuels Alliance on Saturday, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pleaded with the G-20 to join the initiative to raise the global ethanol-to-gasoline blend to […]
Centre’s DIKSHA e-education platform to offer AI help Context The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s National e-Governance Division (NeGD) plans to include Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its current Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform. Each student should be able to have an […]
Aditya-L1 ‘healthy’, in new orbit: ISRO Context Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory project, which was launched on Saturday, received its first earthbound fire on Sunday from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). What is Aditya-L1? The first Indian mission to study the Sun in space […]
India’s first solar observatory mission to be launched today Context On Saturday at 11.50 a.m., the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota carrying India’s first solar observatory mission, known as Aditya-L1. What is Aditya-L1? The […]
After Chandrayaan-3, what are ISRO’s plans? Context On August 23, at 6:03 IST, the Chandrayaan-3 lander made contact with the lunar surface in the south polar area. The spacecraft navigated itself from an altitude of around 30 km and a speed of 1.7 km/s down […]
The moon-landing spot is now ‘Shiv Shakti’ Context On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the location of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander’s landing would be known as “Shiv Shakti,” and the location of Chandrayaan-2’s lunar footprint would be known as “Tiranga.” Naming Lunar Points: Two […]
‘Nod for game-changer jet engine technology transfer expected soon’ Context U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti stated that U.S. Congressional approval for the GE-HAL jet engine deal, the first-ever such technology transfer between the U.S. and India, is anticipated in the coming days and that stronger trade […]
Pragyan traverses 8 metres on moon Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Friday that Pragyan had successfully travelled about eight meters on the lunar surface, providing a long-awaited glimpse of the rover. What is Pragyan Rover and the objectives of the rover? […]