Category: Factly: Science and Technology

Source: NDTV  Contents1 What is the News? 2 About VIPER Mission: 3 Objectives of the Mission: 4 Significance of the Mission:  What is the News?  NASA has announced the launch of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover(VIPER) Mission in 2023.  About VIPER Mission:  VIPER Mission is a mobile robot to be launched by NASA in the year 2023.  It will be… Continue reading NASA’s VIPER Mission to Map Water, Other Resources on Moon in 2023

Source: PIB Contents1 What is the News?2 About SAMVEDAN 2021:3 About IIM-PTF:4 About NM-ICPS:5 About Cyber-Physical Systems(CPS): What is the News? IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation(IITM-PTF) in collaboration with Sony India has organized a national-level hackathon named ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’. About SAMVEDAN 2021: SAMVEDAN 2021 aims to inspire citizens to use… Continue reading SAMVEDAN 2021: IIT Madras and Sony India team up to host national level hackathon

Source: PIB  What is the News? Indian researchers have spotted a rare superluminous supernova that shines with the energy borrowed from an exotic type of neutron star with an ultra-powerful magnetic field. What are Superluminous Supernova? A super-luminous supernova is a type of stellar explosion with a luminosity 10 or more times higher than that… Continue reading Rare superluminous supernova shining with borrowed energy source spotted

Source: PIB  What is the News? According to the Ministry of Commerce, the India industrial land bank system has been integrated with industry-based GIS systems of 17 states so far and will achieve pan-India integration by December 2021. About India industrial Land Bank System: India Industrial Land Bank System(IILBS) was launched by the Department for… Continue reading GIS Enabled Land Bank gaining popularity

Source: PIB What is the News? Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) has recently secured trademark registrations in three countries – Bhutan, UAE and Mexico. How many countries has KVIC obtained Trademark Registration? So far, KVIC has Trademark registrations for the word mark “KHADI” in 6 countries namely Germany, UK, Australia, Russia, China and EU. However,… Continue reading KVIC Secures Trademark Registrations in Bhutan, UAE & Mexico

Source: Down To Earth What is the News? The African Swine Fever(ASF) continues to impact livestock in Mizoram, affecting all 11 districts and killing 10,621 pigs since March 2021. About African Swine Fever: African swine fever(ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs which is responsible for serious economic and… Continue reading African swine fever: Ripple effect across the world

Source: Indian Express What is the News? NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected an unusually high concentration of methane along with carbon dioxide and dihydrogen in the moons of Saturn. What did the Cassini spacecraft find? The spacecraft has found that: Titan has methane in its atmosphere and Enceladus has a liquid ocean with erupting plumes… Continue reading Explained: What plumes on Enceladus tell us about possibility of life on Saturn’s Moon

Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Auroras?3 What causes an Aurora on Earth?4 Discrete Auroras on Mars:5 How are Discrete Auroras Different? What is the News? UAE’s Hope Spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars, has captured images of glowing atmospheric lights in the Red Planet’s night sky known as discrete auroras.… Continue reading What UAE’s Hope orbiter tells us about discrete auroras on Mars?

Source: PIB   What is the News? The Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the setting up of a Concentrated Solar Thermal(CST) Testing Facility at Hyderabad. About Concentrated Solar Thermal(CST) Testing Facility: The CST Testing facility has been set up by the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials(ARCI). Purpose: The facility… Continue reading Centre sets up new solar thermal components testing facility at Hyderabad