Chandrayaan-3 and other moon missions
Context The Chandrayaan-3 mission is India’s third lunar mission and second attempt to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon. It’s one of the several space missions…
Agni Prime ballistic missile
Context The new generation ballistic missile Agni Prime was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha. About Agni Prime ballistic…
Protein nano-computers
Context Synthetic biology involves engineering tissues and living cells to behave like mechanical machines. This makes it possible to design cell-based therapies, such as ones that destroy cancer cells or…
Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI)
Context Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) holders may soon get protection for their money against any fraud or unauthorised payment transactions. A committee set up to review the Customer Service Standards…
Salt cavern-based reserves
Context Government-owned engineering consultancy firm Engineers India (EIL) is studying the prospects and feasibility of developing salt cavern-based strategic oil reserves in Rajasthan, in line with the government’s objective of…
World Environment Day 2023
Context Held on June 5 each year, World Environment Day 2023 has a specific host country and a theme. 50th anniversary of the World Environment Day About World Environment Day…
Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index (GIRI)
Context The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), headed by India, is readying a global database Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index to track the risk to infrastructure at…
Malabar Pied Hornbill
Context Malabar Pied Hornbill, which is a near-threatened species, has been protected under a community-based initiative involving the Kadar tribal community in the Vazhachal Forest division of the Western Ghats.…
New warm Jupiter exoplanet discovered
Context A new warm Jupiter exoplanet with the highest density known till this date and mass 13 times than that of Jupiter, has been discovered by an international team of…
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)
Context Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins. Fast…
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