Reverse Flip
Quick commerce unicorn Zepto has completed a reverse flip from Singapore to India
- Refers to the trend of overseas start-ups shifting their domicile to India and listing on Indian stock exchanges.
- Measures to accelerate reverse flipping – Simplifying the processes for tax vacations, decreasing tax layers, etc.
Deep Seek AI
DeepSeek AI models named DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 performed on par with ChatGPT
- China’s AI model
- Advanced open sourced AI language models and more efficient in reasoning, coding, and mathematical computation.
- Cheaper to use.
F11 Bacteria
Recent study discovered F11 bacteria that degrades at least 3 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
- Aerobic bacteria
- May aid Bioaugmentation (addition of microorganisms that can biodegrade recalcitrant molecules in a polluted environment) in wastewater treatment etc.
KM Cariappa
KM Cariappa was remembered on his birth anniversary.
- Independent India’s 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army
- Army Day, celebrated every January 15, marks the day he took over as Commander-in-Chief
- 1st Indian to command a battalion in the Indian Army.
- Following his retirement, he served as Indian high commissioner to Australia & New Zealand.
Silicon Carbide
Researchers have extracted silicon carbide from (simulated) moon soil, which could lead to the making of silicon carbide-based composites for building lunar habitats.
- Synthetically produced crystalline compound of silicon and carbon.
- Extremely hard, high thermal conductivity, excellent resistance to wear and oxidation, resistance to chemical reaction etc.