Geospatial Technologies in Water Sector by NMCG
Context: Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) released a detailed report on the opportunities in the Water sector that can benefit from the use…
Internet via high-altitude balloons in Cuba
Context: President Joe Biden was called by a Governor of the U.S. to greenlight a plan to transmit the Internet to people in Cuba via high-altitude balloons when…
Moon’s Wobble Effect
Context: A recent study has brought into the focus the wobbling movement of the moon and how it could be a potential problem. Relevance: Prelims, GS-I: Geography Dimensions…
Space tourism race and suborbital flight explained
Context: British businessman Richard Branson beat rival Jeff Bezos to reach the edge of space, giving space tourism an official kickstart. But experts and space enthusiasts are in…
Six years of Digital India Mission
Context: 2021 marks the completion of six years of Digital Indian programme. Relevance: GS-III: Science and Technology, GS-II: Social Justice (Welfare Schemes) Dimensions of the Article: What is…
Drone attacks at IAF Jammu station
Context: In a terror attack, two low-intensity explosions left two Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel injured at the Jammu Air Force Station and the devices are suspected to…
Centralised farmer database under ‘AgriStack’
Context: The Union government’s new exercise to give agriculture a shot of technology — by creating a centralised farmer database under ‘AgriStack’— may not run a smooth course….
Why only some bacteria develop multi-drug resistance?
Context: A recent study subjected E. coli to fluctuating and steady environments, noting their evolutionary response in order to understand why some bacteria evolve multi-drug resistance while others…
China cracking down on cryptocurrencies
Context: China has broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. Values of prominent cryptocurrencies are crashing…
China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12
Context: China launched a spacecraft Shenzhou-12, carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in low Earth orbit by any…