Artemis III
NASA has recently revealed 9 potential landing sites for Artemis III mission
- Mission to take humans to the Moon’s South Pole for the 1st time.
- Aim –
- Search for the Moon’s water and use it and study the Moon to discover its mysteries.
- Learn how to live and work on the surface of another celestial body
Hydrogels
A new way discovered to create hydrogels using amino acids from the SARS-CoV-1 virus.
- Crosslinked polymer chains with 3D network structures
- They can absorb relatively large amounts of fluid.
- Known to be suitable for drug delivery because of their swelling behaviour, mechanical strength and biocompatibility.
- Application – Tissue engineering, potentially aiding in organ regeneration.
U-WIN Portal
Prime Minister of India launched U-WIN portal.
- Portal to record vaccination event of all pregnant women & children under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).
- UIP – Part of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Program under National Health Mission (NHM).
- Provide life-saving vaccines to pregnant women and children (from birth to 16 years) against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.
Transfer Pricing
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has released a notification related to tolerance limit for transfer pricing.
- A method used by multinational companies to move profits from the countries where they do business to tax havens.
- Done by selling goods and services to themselves (related companies) at inflated prices.
- CBDT sets tolerance limits to keep it as per arm’s length transaction
- Arm’s Length Transaction – A valuation principle which says that transactions should be valued as if they had been carried out between unrelated parties.
Anti-Submarine Ship Abhay
Recently, the 7th Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), Abhay was launched.
- Capabilities include search attack unit (SAU) and coordinated ASW operations with aircraft, interdiction/destruction of sub-surface targets in coastal waters.
- Can be deployed in Low-Intensity Maritime Operations (LIMO) and Mine Laying Operations.
- Propelled by water jets and are loaded with anti-submarine weapons like lightweight Torpedoes.
- Part of the Arnala-class, intended to replace the in-service Abhay-class ASW Corvettes