Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Radio Frequency Identification(RFID)?3 What are the different types of RFIDs?4 How do RFIDs work?5 Where are RFIDs commonly used? What is the News? After a high-level security review for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra, the government has decided to track all pilgrims using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. What… Continue reading Explained: What are RFID tags that will be used to track Amarnath pilgrim
Category: Factly: Science and Technology
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to Science and Technology. You can find all relevant Science and Technology related updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Endosulfan?3 Effects of Endosulfan4 Ban on Endosulfan What is the News? The Supreme Court has slammed the Kerala government for State’s inaction in providing relief to the Endosulfan pesticide exposure victims. This also amounts to a breach of the Supreme Court’s 2017 judgment which had ordered the State… Continue reading Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC
Biomaterial from fungal extract helps heal wounds
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Biomaterial?3 What type of Biomaterial have the scientists developed?4 What is Pullulan?5 What is the significance of the development of this biomaterial? What is the News? Scientists have developed a new biomaterial that can be used to disinfect wounds and hastens the process of healing. What is Biomaterial?… Continue reading Biomaterial from fungal extract helps heal wounds
Report flags risk of fortified rice for some
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is fortified rice?3 What is the Fortification of Rice Programme?4 Why have they asked to stop the distribution of fortified rice in Jharkhand?5 What are the recommendations given by the team? What is the News? Activists have said that the distribution of iron-fortified rice through government schemes to curb… Continue reading Report flags risk of fortified rice for some
LAUNCH OF INS SURAT & INS UDAYGIRI
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is INS Surat?3 What is INS Udaygiri?4 What is Project 17A? What is the News? Defence Minister will be launching two frontline warships of the Indian Navy INS Surat and INS Udaygiri at Mazgaon Docks Limited, Mumbai. What is INS Surat? INS Surat is the fourth ship of Project… Continue reading LAUNCH OF INS SURAT & INS UDAYGIRI
Amalthea: Jupiter’s unusual inner moon
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Amalthea?3 Characteristics of Amalthea4 Major missions to Amalthea What is the News? According to recent findings, Amalthea appears to radiate out more heat than it receives from the sun, which NASA suggests may be due to Jupiter’s magnetic field or tidal stresses. What is Amalthea? The moon Amalthea… Continue reading Amalthea: Jupiter’s unusual inner moon
Indian company produces tactical battery for battlefield conditions
What is the News? A Bengaluru-based Startup has developed a tactical battery called ‘Pravaig Field Pack’. It is planning to sell this to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s(NATO) forces in Europe. What is Pravaig Field Pack? Pravaig Field Pack is a portable heavy-duty power bank battery. Purpose: It can be used to energize military personnel… Continue reading Indian company produces tactical battery for battlefield conditions
New powering system developed for IoT applications
Source: The post is based on the article “New powering system developed for IoT applications” published in Down To Earth on 13th May 2022. What is the News? A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Mandi has developed a new powering system for the Internet of Things(IoT) applications. How was this powering… Continue reading New powering system developed for IoT applications
ISRO successfully tests solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan programme
What is the News? The Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) has successfully completed the static test of the human-rated solid rocket booster(HS200). This test was done for ISRO’s Gaganyaan programme. What is a Human-rated solid rocket booster(HS200)? The HS200 booster is the ‘human-rated’ version of the S200 rocket boosters used on the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle… Continue reading ISRO successfully tests solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan programme
Explained: What is a ‘marsquake’, and what causes it?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are marsquakes?3 What is the Insight Mission?4 What is InSight doing on Mars?5 What are the other characteristics of Mars? What is the News? NASA has reported that its InSight Mars lander has detected the largest quake ever observed on another planet. What are marsquakes? On Earth, quakes are… Continue reading Explained: What is a ‘marsquake’, and what causes it?
