Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Posted in Science & Technology Alternative Energy

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant | Uranium Enrichment

India and Russia ink pacts on construction of future power units of Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP).

Posted in Economy ICT Science & Technology

Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology | National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

For payment apps, NPCI began deployment of ‘UPI Tap and Pay’ facility which utilises near-field communication (NFC) technology.

Variant of Interest
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Diseases

Variant of Interest and Types of Variants

Recently WHO declared JN.1, a sub-variant of COVID-19 as variant of interest.

Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER)
Posted in Science & Technology Geography

Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER)

Ministry of Earth Sciences under facilitated under Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER) scheme launched India’s 1st Winter Scientific Expedition to Arctic.

Akash Weapon System
Posted in Science & Technology Defence

Exercise Astrashakti | Akash weapon system

India demonstrated the firepower of the indigenous Akash missile system during the recent exercise ‘Astrashakti 2023’.

Kala azar
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Diseases

Kala-azar

India stands on the verge of eliminating visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala azar.

Anthrax disease
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Diseases

Anthrax disease

5 countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease recently

Multifunction Crypto-asset Intermediaries
Posted in Economy ICT Science & Technology

Multifunction Crypto-asset Intermediaries

Release of Financial Stability Board (FSB)’s report on Multifunction Crypto-asset Intermediaries (MCIs).

Agni Missiles
Posted in Defence Defence Defence Technology Science & Technology

Agni Missiles | Integrated Guided Missile Development Program

Recently, training launch of Short-Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-1’ was carried out successfully from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.

Nuclear Reactors
Posted in Science & Technology Alternative Energy Physics

Nuclear Reactors

China launched world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor.

Mitochondrial DNA
Posted in Species in news Biology

Mitochondrial DNA | Baboon

The Egyptian god Thoth was represented by a baboon — which is odd because baboons aren’t native to Egypt. An interdisciplinary team of scientists recently cracked this long-standing mystery.

Genome Sequencing
Posted in Science & Technology Biology

Genome Sequencing | Indigen

UK Biobank recently opened world’s biggest set of human genome sequences to scientists.