The Indian Space Research Organisation has scheduled the launch of Chandrayaan 2 mission between 9th and 16th July. Chandrayaan 2 is India’s second lunar mission which will be launched aboard a GSLV-Mk III rocket. Chandrayaan 2 will comprise of an Orbiter, Lander named ‘Vikram’ and Rover named ‘Pragyan’. The orbiter will circle the moon and… Continue reading ISRO gears up for Chandrayaan 2 mission
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.
India to buy US missile system to shield Delhi
India has begun the process of acquiring the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II(NASAMS-II) from the US to fully secure its airspace against aerial threats ranging from drones to ballistic missiles. The NASAMS-II will be used along with indigenous Russian and Israeli systems to establish a multi-layered missile shield over the National Capital Territory… Continue reading India to buy US missile system to shield Delhi
SIAM, CII call for practical road map for electric vehicles
Automotive industry has opposed the government’s proposal to ban sales of non-electric three-wheelers by 2023 and two-wheelers of less than 150cc by 2025 terming it as an impractical and untimely move. Recently,Union Ministry of road and transport in consultations with NITI Aayog had proposed that all three-wheelers and two-wheelers below 150cc will need to go… Continue reading SIAM, CII call for practical road map for electric vehicles
Satellite images unlikely to spot wreckage: experts
The Indian Air Force(IAF) and other search teams are going through pictures and data sent by Earth Observation(EO) satellites under Cospas-SARSat to find missing An-32 transport aircraft. The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite-aided search and rescue initiative.It is organized as a treaty-based,nonprofit, intergovernmental,humanitarian cooperative of 45 nations and agencies. It is dedicated to detecting… Continue reading Satellite images unlikely to spot wreckage: experts
IAF inks Rs 300 crore deal to procure Spice bombs from Israel
The Indian Air Force(IAF) has signed Rs 300-crore deal with the Israeli government to buy as 100 SPICE bombs.The newly ordered SPICE bombs are an advanced version of SPICE-2000 bombs. Spice 2000 Bombs are the same explosives which was used by the IAF to target Jaish-e-Mohammed camps in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26,2019. SPICE stands… Continue reading IAF inks Rs 300 crore deal to procure Spice bombs from Israel
India to hold first simulated space warfare exercise next month
India is planning to conduct its first ever simulated space warfare exercise titled ‘IndSpaceEx’. The exercise will basically be a table-top war-game with all stakeholders from the military and scientific community taking part in it. The main aim of ‘IndSpaceEx’ exercise is to assess the requisite space and counter-space capabilities that are needed by India.The… Continue reading India to hold first simulated space warfare exercise next month
Ai-Da, the robot, charms with her art
The exhibition of art created by a humanoid Artificial intelligence (AI) robot named as Ai-Da was unveiled recently at the University of Oxford. Aida is the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid artist able to draw creatively due to an in-built AI technology. Ai-Da is named after British mathematician and computer pioneer Ada Lovelace.The collection of art… Continue reading Ai-Da, the robot, charms with her art
One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo: WHO
The WHO has said that one in four Ebola cases go undetected or are found too late in Democratic Republic of Congo. Democratic Republic of Congo is dealing with the second largest outbreak ever with 2,025 cases of the disease being already reported. The largest outbreak was in West Africa in 2014-16. It affected more… Continue reading One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo: WHO
A policy on AI, cyber security on the cards
A member of NITI Aayog has said that it has come up with a policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security. The policy would be taken up in the Union Cabinet soon. AI refers to the ability of machines to perform cognitive tasks like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem solving and decision making. Cyber security… Continue reading A policy on AI, cyber security on the cards
Parthenogenesis: How an anaconda gave birth without a male
Recently,the New England Aquarium in the US has announced that a virgin anaconda had given birth during the winter.But the aquarium does not have a male anaconda.This is only the second known case of parthenogenesis in green anacondas. The term parthenogenesis is an amalgam of the Greek word parthenos meaning virgin and genesis meaning origin.… Continue reading Parthenogenesis: How an anaconda gave birth without a male
