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The Big Picture : Draft Spacecom Policy and India's Space Sector

Why in News? The Union government has permitted for the reforms in the space sector by allowing private players' participation, the Indian Space...

25 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Electric Vehicle Development In India

This article is based on “UK’s EV push: India should take note and tie up with British partners” which was published in The Times...

20 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Technological Revolution, Covid-19 & Labour Market

This article is based on “The Future of Work in the Post-COVID-19 World” which was published in The Economic & Political Weekly on...

12 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Thirty Meter Telescope Project

Why in News The design of back-end instruments and other aspects of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project being installed at Maunakea in Hawaii...

11 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate

Why in News Recently, American pharma company Pfizer has claimed that its vaccine candidate BNT162b2 is more than 90% effective in preventing...

10 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards

Why in News Recently, the Union Minister of Science and Technology has given Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards to encourage...

06 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Metro Neo

Why in News The Centre is planning to approve national standard specifications for Metro Neo, a no-frills, low-cost urban rail transit system...

06 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Future Pandemics and Reduction Measures

Why in News Recently, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem (IPBES) has released a report which warns about...

05 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Combating Deep Fakes

This article is based on “Countering deep fakes, the most serious AI threat” which was published in The Hindu on 20/10/2020. It talks...

29 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Computation Analysis of Indian Genes

Why in News Recently, the results from the computation analysis of the 1029 sequenced genomes from India were published in the scientific journal,...

28 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Superconductivity at Room Temperature

Why in News Recently, researchers have created a material that is superconducting at room temperature, however, it only works at a pressure of 267...

28 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Monoclonal Antibodies for Covid-19

Why in News Recently, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune announced an agreement with Merck, a...

23 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

COVIRAP : A Quick Covid-19 Test

Why in News Recently, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a new low-cost Covid-19 diagnostic method named COVIRAP, developed by...

22 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Nobel Prize 2020

The Nobel Prizes regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed...

19 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Atomic Hydrogen Content of Galaxies

Why in News In a significant discovery, the Pune-based Nationwide Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) and Raman Analysis Institute (RRI),...

17 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Wheat Variety MACS 6478

Why in News The wheat variety called MACS 6478 has doubled the crop yield for farmers in Karanjkhop, a village in Maharashtra. Key...

16 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

The Big Picture: Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Vehicles

Why in News? Aimed at a significant push for hydrogen vehicles in the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified standards...

14 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

C-DAC’s MoUs on Supercomputing

Why in News Recently, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity)...

14 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020

Why in News Recently, Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A Doudna of the USA have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for...

08 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Nobel Prize for Physics 2020

Why in News The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2020 was awarded to three astrophysicists Roger Penrose from the UK, Reinhard Genzel from...

07 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries