Daily Archives: January 19, 2021

Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

GS-3 3.ROOFTOP SOLAR SCHEME Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released an advisory on the rooftop solar scheme. Objective: To generate solar power by installing solar panelson the roof of the houses, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Grid-connectedRooftop Solar Scheme (Phase II). …

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Awareness in the Fields of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology, Biotechnology and Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights.

GS-3 2.MEITY QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS LAB The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will establish a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in the country, in collaboration with AWS. Quantum computing is an emerging field that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to build powerful tools to process information. It has …

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India and Its Neighborhood- Relations.

GS-2 1.EXERCISE DESERT KNIGHT-21 Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Airet de l’Espace) will conduct a bilateral Air exercise, Ex Desert Knight-21 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 20 to 24 Jan 2021. The exercise is unique as it includes fielding of Rafale aircraft by …

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Transgenic Zebrafish

Context: DST INSPIRE faculty from Chennai working on alternative anti-cancer therapy using transgenic zebrafish Scientists are exploring an alternative anti-cancer therapy that involves targeting tumor generated the formation of new blood vessels which allow the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the body’s tissues, technically called angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is critical …

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