Draft amendments to IT Rules 2021 Context The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has published a fresh draft of amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, which proposes the creation…
Context Recently, astronomers have reported a fast radio burst (FRB) whose characteristics are different from almost all other FRBs previously detected, except one. The scientists used the National Science Foundation’s Karl G…
Ancovax India’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals Context The Agriculture Ministry unveiled Ancovax, India’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals. Developed by the Hisar-based National Research Centre on Equines, the vaccine,…
Context The four-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) saw the first light recently, gazing out from its vantage on Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand. About International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)…
Context The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out, will be the first space mission specially designed to search for habitable terrestrial planets around nearby Sun-like stars.…
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) Context Olympic-grade javelin throwers, 20 years after retiring from the grind of training and competitions, have no more back-related problems than the rest of us. About Ankylosing…
Context Researchers have now developed soft robots that are capable of navigating complex environments, such as mazes, without input from humans or computer software. About soft robots Soft robots are…
Context Recently, the government issued a stark warning to virtual private network (VPN) service providers: adhere to the cybersecurity rules released by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) or…
CAPSTONE Mission of NASA Context The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), is a CubeSat Mission of NASA. It is going to be what NASA calls…
Context A team of researchers in Australia has identified a biochemical marker in the blood that could help identify newborn babies at risk for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Key…
