Science & technology

CONTEXT: NIDHI-EIR BROCHURE FEATURING ENTREPRENEURS IN RESIDENCE LAUNCHED About NIDHI-EIR: Department of Science and Technology (DST) has announced National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) as an umbrella programme for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups. Entrepreneurs-in- Residence (EIR) Programme is one of the programs …

Learn about: Astrosat- objectives, accomplishment, significance and way forward. For upsc prelims and mains. CONTEXT: As a landmark achievement in Space missions, Indian Astronomers have discovered one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe. It is a matter of pride that India’s first Multi-Wavelength Space Observatory “AstroSat” has detected …

Black holes are perhaps the most enigmatic objects in the Universe. • A black hole harbours a singularity at its centre, where all known physical laws break down. This singularity is clothed by an event horizon – an imaginary surface that prevents anything, including light, from escaping it. Albert Einstein’s …

Context: Private Sector Participation in Space Sector Government has created Indian National Space, Promotion &Authorization Centre (INSPACe), under Department of Space to encourage, promote and hand hold the private sector for their participation in Space Sector. Private players will also be able to use ISRO infrastructure through INSPACe. The decision …

Context: Rafale aircraft formally inducted into Indian Air Force in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Ms Florence Parly, Ministere of Armed Forces of France; The Rafale is a twin-jet fighter aircraft able to operate from both an aircraft carrier and a shore base. The fully versatile …

Learn about : kakrapar atomic power plant and its significance, what is criticality? And about Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited CONTEXT: Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant, Unit-3 (KAPP-3), India’s first 700 MWe (megawatt electric) Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) with innovative features has attained criticality at around 0936 Hrs on …

Context: Indigenous device developed by SCTIMST of Dept of S&T can help prevent blood clot in deep vein and lowers cost of saving life threatening conditions. A team from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, …

CONTEXT: Eleven teams of Indo-US scientists selected to jointly scout for COVID 19 solutions The teams have been selected to take up these initiatives through a rigorous binational review process of proposals received for an invitation under COVID-19 Ignition Grants in April 2020 issued by the U.S.-India Science and Technology …

Two-thirds of people in the rural area who developed cardiovascular disease died Contrary to the general notion, cardiovascular disease is becoming an important preventable cause of events (heart attacks and stroke) and death even among the rural population in India, a study shows. The study involved 5,641 adults aged 25-64 …

Six machine learning models were used to validate the genomic signatures Using the expression of 17 key genes (messenger RNAs) it is now possible to distinguish primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma, which is the most common type of skin cancer. While 11 of the 17 genes have already been reported …