Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Go Kasht?3 How does the machine work?4 What are the benefits of this machine? What is the News? The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying have handed over a cow dung log machine named “Go Kasht” to Project Arth and ENACTUS IIT Delhi students. What is… Continue reading Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying hands over a “Go Kasht” machine to Project Arth and ENACTUS IIT Delhi students”
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.
Centre pushes for increased exports of tissue culture plants; offers help to exporters to access new markets
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Tissue Culture?3 Export of Tissue Culture Plants from India4 What are the challenges faced by Tissue Culture Plant Laboratories?5 What are the steps taken by the Government to help Tissue Culture Laboratories? What is the News? Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA), has conducted a webinar… Continue reading Centre pushes for increased exports of tissue culture plants; offers help to exporters to access new markets
Botnet: Hackers are weaponsing India’s connected machines
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Botnet?3 India as a host of Botnet 4 Why are Botnet attacks increasing? What is the News? Unpatched computers, the prevalence of legacy software and misconfigured smart and connected devices in India are being used as botnets by hackers to run distributed denial of service(DDoS) attacks. What is Botnet?… Continue reading Botnet: Hackers are weaponsing India’s connected machines
Isro to join race to Venus, eyes 2024 orbiter launch
What is the News? Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) is planning to launch Venus Mission in 2024. What is the Venus Mission? To be launched by: ISRO Year of Launch: 2024 Objective: To study the Venusian atmosphere which is toxic and corrosive in nature as clouds of sulfuric acid cover the planet. Experiments planned for the… Continue reading Isro to join race to Venus, eyes 2024 orbiter launch
Explained: What is Shigella, the bacteria that killed a girl after she ate shawarma in Kerala?
What is the News? The Kerala health department has identified Shigella bacteria as the cause for the food poisoning incident in Kasaragod, which claimed the life of a girl and led to 30-odd others being admitted to the hospital. What is Shigella? Shigella is a bacterium that belongs to the enterobacter family — a group… Continue reading Explained: What is Shigella, the bacteria that killed a girl after she ate shawarma in Kerala?
Scientists develop a new model for inferring density inhomogeneity in the solar corona
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Solar Corona?3 What is the Coronal Heating problem?4 What causes Turbulence in the Solar Corona?5 What have the scientists developed? What is the News? Scientists have developed a new theoretical model to quantify the inhomogeneity in the density of Solar Corona generated by the turbulence in the electrically… Continue reading Scientists develop a new model for inferring density inhomogeneity in the solar corona
Researchers find ways for broader design & engineering of reconfigurable magnonic crystals that can transfer information more efficiently than electrons
Contents1 What is the News?2 Background3 What are Magnons?4 What have the researchers developed? What is the News? Researchers have found ways for broader design and engineering of reconfigurable functional magnonic crystals. This can show the way for magnon based computing systems and bring about a paradigm shift in computing and communication devices. Background Electrons,… Continue reading Researchers find ways for broader design & engineering of reconfigurable magnonic crystals that can transfer information more efficiently than electrons
Newly identified drug can be used as oral treatment for diabetes: IIT Mandi study
What is the News? Researchers at IIT Mandi have identified a drug molecule called “PK2” that can be used to treat diabetes. What is the current treatment for Diabetes? Diabetes is associated with insufficient insulin release by the beta cells of the pancreas in response to blood glucose levels. The release of insulin entails many… Continue reading Newly identified drug can be used as oral treatment for diabetes: IIT Mandi study
NASA to shut down SOFIA telescope that found water on Moon
What is the News? The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has decided to shut down the SOFIA Telescope that confirmed the presence of water on the Moon. What is the SOFIA Telescope? SOFIA stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, It is a 2.7-meter infrared telescope sitting inside a Boeing 747SP airplane… Continue reading NASA to shut down SOFIA telescope that found water on Moon
Explained: Submarine tech that India wants
Contents1 What is the News?2 Background3 What is P-75?4 What is P-75I?5 What is the status of the P-75I Project?6 What are Air-independent propulsion(AIP) Systems?7 What submarines does India have currently? What is the News? France’s Naval Group, one of five shortlisted Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEM) for the Navy’s P-75 India(P-75I) project to build six conventional… Continue reading Explained: Submarine tech that India wants
