Context Agni-5 ballistic missile, with 5,000-km range, successfully tested in India: Though inducted over three years ago, India’s foremost Agni 5 ballistic missile was tested for the first time by the user agency,…

Non-Transgenic Gene Editing techniques Context Even as the Centre investigates allegations that unauthorised genetically modified (GM) rice was exported to Europe, it is yet to decide on a research proposal from…

Context The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decisively upheld the Linear No-Threshold Model to prescribe radiation safety standards, ending the protracted controversy on the topic. Key Details Over six years…

Context In Nobel Prizes 2021, Press freedom, the plight of refugees and climate modelling: 12 men and only one woman won Nobel Prizes 2021 for conferring "the greatest benefit to…

Context The Indian Space Association (ISpA) was formally launched by Prime Minister as an industry body representing the various stakeholders in the Indian space domain with members comprising the Indian Space…

Context By studying airborne pollen and its seasonal variations for about two years, researchers from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Panjab University have created…

Context Recently, Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced that ‘Inspiration4’, its first all-civilian, non-governmental spaceflight, is on track for launch on September 15. The Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to be launched…

Context A rare merging of three supermassive black holes has been spotted by a team of astrophysicists in India. Key Findings on three supermassive black holes The study used data from…