Category: Science & Technology
CALIPSO Science Mission
CALIPSO satellite which monitors climate, weather and air quality using LIDAR has ended its science mission after 17 years.
Global Innovation Index (GII) 2023
India retains 40th rank out of 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2023 rankings published by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Antimatter
For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles falling downwards due to the effect of gravity, Europe’s physics lab CERN announced.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
M.S. Swaminathan, the agricultural scientist known as the father of the Green Revolution in India passed away.

Phosphorus
Article in the Hindu – India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage?
OSIRIS-Rex
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying first asteroid samples landed on Earth into the Utah desert.
Breakthrough Prize
The 2023 winners of the Breakthrough Prizes were announced recently.
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
Union Government has instituted the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), a new set of 56 prizes to felicitate scientists, technologists and innovators.