Category: Factly: Science and Technology

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

Source: PIB Contents1  What is the News?2 About dbGENVOC:3 About Oral Cancer:4 What are Somatic and Germline Cells?  What is the News? The National Institute of Biomedical Genomics(NIBMG) has created a database of genomic variations in oral cancer called dbGENVOC. This is the first of its kind database in the world. About dbGENVOC: dbGENVOC is… Continue reading DBT-NIBMG creates world’s first database of genomic variants of oral cancer

Source: Livemint Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Fungible and Non-Fungible assets?3 What are Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs)?4 How do NFTs work? What is the News? Non-fungible tokens(NFT) have made digital art a worthy collectible by solving the problems of provenance and duplication. What are Fungible and Non-Fungible assets? A fungible asset is something that can… Continue reading Is Non-fungible Token(NFT) what Digital Art needs?

Source: PIB What is the News? A team from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, has developed a device named ‘OxyJani’. About OxyJani: OxyJani is a mobile group oxygen concentrator that can be used in rural settings and also be rapidly deployed in emergencies… Continue reading Indian Researchers develop OxyJani – Mobile Group Oxygen Concentrator