Science & technology

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context The Central Water Commission on Thursday launched an app, called ‘Floodwatch’ Floodwatch The Central Water Commission on Thursday launched an app, called ‘Flood watch’ Forecast the chances of floods a day in advance. It also provides …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context Union Budget had announced the launch of Phase 3 of the e-courts project — with an outlay of ₹7,000 crore — to interlink courts across India Launch of Phase 3 The Union Budget had announced the …

Syllabus: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Context President launched Vindhyagiri, the last in the series of three Project 17A (Alpha) frigates built by the Indian Navy at the Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). More Points The development as a …

Syllabus: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Why in NEWS India’s first Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Common Testing Centre under Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) will be established in Tamil Nadu The testing centre would enable the State to be a significant …

TOPICS COVERED: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) released images of the Aditya-L1 mission About the Aditya-L1 mission The Aditya-L1 will observe the Sun from a close distance, and try to obtain information about …

TOPICS COVERED: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Context: India’s largest species of bats, named after a canine fabled to be sly, spends 7% of its day-roosting time being environmentally vigilant, a new study has said. About Flying …

TOPICS COVERED: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Context: Russia’s Luna 25 could land on the moon days before Chandrayaan-3 Key details: Luna-25 was launched almost a month after the launch of Chandrayaan-3. It will reach before Chandrayan-3 because the …

Context Metagenomics – Genome-sequencing and bioinformatic analysis technology Advantages quickly identify the virus. can be deployed directly without any a priori knowledge of the infectious agent. Track emerging pathogens in an unbiased and high-throughput manner (‘High-throughput’ – sequencing large quantities of DNA at the same time) Can be used to …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Key points of the moon mission Chandrayaan-3 aims to become the first mission to land near the lunar South Pole. The spacecraft, which now makes its way to the Moon, has three main parts—the propulsion module and …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Why in NEWS The Navigation with Indian Constellation or NavIC, the seven-satellite system that makes up India’s version of the American GPS (global positioning system), will soon be integrated into Aadhaar enrolment devices across the country, the …