News: Mission Mausam’s aim to improve weather forecasting and manage certain weather events would require improvements in the cloud physics research. In this direction, a cloud chamber will be established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. 1. Cloud Chamber: It is an enclosure in which water vapour, aerosols etc. are injected. With conducive… Continue reading Why India will build a ‘Cloud Chamber’ under Mission Mausam

News: The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in a case challenging a ruling by the Allahabad High Court, which struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 (Madarsa Act). 1. The Madarsa Act provides a legal framework for imparting religious education, apart from the curriculum of the National Council of Education… Continue reading Does madarsa education violate secularism? SC to decide

News: Last week, India’s fourth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), referred to as S4, was launched into water at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam. 1. S4 features about 75% of indigenous content. 2. It is armed exclusively with K-4 nuclear ballistic missiles, which have a range of 3,500Km. 3. The K-4 will be mainstay… Continue reading India’s fourth nuclear submarine launched with advanced arms

News: Big Tech companies such as Google, Microsoft are scouting for nuclear energy from Small Modular Reactors (SMR) as training AI models, maintaining data centres are energy hungry tasks. 1. Small Nuclear Reactors (SNR) are smaller than the traditional nuclear power plants, offering an output of 30 to 300 MWe per unit. 2. The SNR… Continue reading Why are Big Tech companies such as Google scouting for nuclear power?