Project Veer Gatha
Launch of Project Veer Gatha 3.0
- Launched By – Ministry of Defence in collaboration with Ministry of Education
- Project under – Gallantry Awards Portal (GAP)
- Aim – To disseminate the details of acts of bravery of the Gallantry Awardees
- Order of precedence – Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Vir Chakra, Shaurya Chakra.
SARATHI app
Sarathi App was released recently
- Program under – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) DAY-NRLM
- Ministry – Ministry of Rural Development
- Aim – To address the needs of the most vulnerable and ensure efficient implementation of developmental programs for rural development.
Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship
1st batch of ‘Vaibhav’ fellows announced recently.
- Implemented by – Department of Science and Technology (DST)
- Aim – to attract Indian-origin scientists based abroad for short-term collaboration.
- The project – Fellows will work in collaboration with Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and universities up to 2 months per year for max of 3 years.
Magnetometer
ISRO confirms magnetometer on Aditya L1 deployed
- Purpose – To measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields
- First created by – Carl Friedrich Gauss.
- 2 types of magnetometers – Vector Magnetometers and Scalar Magnetometers
- Vector magnetometers – Measure the vector components of a magnetic field.
- Scalar magnetometers – Measure the magnitude of the vector magnetic field.