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
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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?
Explained: What are the Protected Mobility Vehicles that the Army wants to purchase?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Protected Mobility Vehicles(PMV)?3 What are the technical specifications of PMVs?4 Does India produce PMV vehicles? What is the News? The Army has floated a Request for Information (RFI) to purchase Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) for high-altitude areas and for deserts and plains. What are Protected Mobility Vehicles(PMV)? The… Continue reading Explained: What are the Protected Mobility Vehicles that the Army wants to purchase?
Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Sagittarius A*(SgrA*)?3 Is this the first-ever image of a black hole?4 How is Sagittarius A* different from M87*?5 What is an Event Horizon Telescope?6 What is the significance of this discovery? What is the News? Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope(EHT) facility have revealed the first image of… Continue reading Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy
Adenoviruses: The Mystery of an Unknown Bug, Sick Kids
What is the News? The World Health Organization(WHO) has said that 348 probable cases of hepatitis in children potentially linked to adenovirus have been reported from 20 countries across five global regions. What is Hepatitis? Click Here to read about it What are Adenoviruses? Adenoviruses are a group of common viruses that infect the lining… Continue reading Adenoviruses: The Mystery of an Unknown Bug, Sick Kids
What is tomato flu? Who does it affect?
What is the News? Tamil Nadu has ramped up surveillance at its borders in the wake of “tomato flu” cases being detected in Kerala. What is Tomato Flu? Tomato Flu got its name from the tomato-shaped blisters it causes on the body. Vulnerable Population: The flu is affecting children below the age of five in… Continue reading What is tomato flu? Who does it affect?
New low-cost iron aluminide coatings can increase corrosion resistance in harsh media to four times of mild steel
What is the News? Scientists have developed low-cost iron-based intermetallic powders that can be used as a corrosion-resistant coating for materials exposed to harsher environments like high temperature in thermal power plants where oxidation, corrosion and wear and tear takes place simultaneously. Background Wear and corrosion cause major damage to materials that are exposed to… Continue reading New low-cost iron aluminide coatings can increase corrosion resistance in harsh media to four times of mild steel
A historic initiative by Department of Telecommunications – India advances in 5G/ORAN testing ecosystem through public private partnership
What is the News? Telecommunication Engineering Center(TEC), a technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with VVDN Technologies Private Limited. The signing of MoU will facilitate registered startups, innovators and MSMEs working in the field of Open RAN to get their products tested at the existing lab… Continue reading A historic initiative by Department of Telecommunications – India advances in 5G/ORAN testing ecosystem through public private partnership
