INDIAN SCIENTIST’S WORK ON NANO MATERIAL PAVES WAY FOR CLEAN ENERGY VEHICLE
The Indian Defence Ministry has awarded a $2 million research project to Ajayan Vinu to develop carbon nitride nano materials for clean energy system requirement in the defence sector. Building an ultimate clean energy vehicle – one that combines atmospheric carbon dioxide with sunlight and water to produce fuel while leaving no harmful emissions. Indian […]
FIRST SMOG TOWER IN DELHI TO TACKLE AIR POLLUTION
The massive 20-feet-tall air-purifier has been installed at South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar market, which sees an average footfall of 15,000 people every day. The aim is to create a “clean air zone” around the area with an estimated 80% reduction in particulate matter, as per the experts who are involved in the project The inspiration […]
FUTURE CLASSROOM: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WAY WE LEARN
It’s almost 20 years since the new millennium, and the generation that was born then is already in universities. This new generation has spent its teenage days surrounded by technology. How technology is shaping the education sector, and what the top trends of 2020 are going to be? Impact of 5G smartphones Artificial intelligence Content […]
KARNATAKA’S CHLLAKERE TO BE ISRO’S ASTRONAUT TRAINING HUB
Why in News? India’s world class facility for training astronauts will be established in three years at Challakere. More about the plan The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed a ₹ 2,700 crore master plan to create top infrastructure that will house its young Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) Gaganyaan Gaganyaan is an Indian […]
Species in News for UPSC Prelims 2020
Living Root Bridge in Meghalaya What are the Jing Kieng Jri or Living Root Bridges? The living root bridges are aerial bridges built by weaving and manipulating the roots of the Indian Rubber Tree. They are handmade by the Khasi and Jaintia tribes. They serve as a bridge for crossing streams and rivers for generations […]
MANI
Why in News? India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has launched a mobile app named ‘MANI’ on Wednesday, 1st January 2019. MANI will help in identifying the denomination of currency notes for the visually challenged persons. MANI stands for Mobile Aided Note Identifier is available for download from Google Play Store and Apple app […]
HOW HUMANS AFFECT THE GENETIC CONNECTIVITY OF FOUR MAMMALS
Why in News? A new study of four wide ranging mammals – Jungle cats, Leopards, Sloth Bears and Tigers in central India – from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, has shown that anthropogenic activities can impact genetic connectivity or the movement among habitat patches usually resulting in mating and genetic exchange. Details […]
WHO PREQUALIFIES PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE
Why in News? Pneumococcal vaccine developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the third week of December 2019. This Vaccine costs only 2$ per dose, 30% lesser than Gavi. Serum Institute had optimised an efficient conjugate vaccine manufacturing processes for its meningitis A vaccine […]
DOUBLE BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION: NEED FOR URGENT POLICY ACTION
2019 was remarkable for nutrition in India as – After years of slow and somewhat tentative action to acknowledge, understand and act on the challenge of undernutrition, India’s National Nutrition Mission brought focus and ambition and a range of actions followed. Changes seen: National and State Governments mobilised District Administrators engaged Private sector mobilised in […]
C.N.R. RAO
Why in News? C.N.R. Rao, the chief guest at the Indian Science Congress told that Neither the Quality nor the quantity of publications that come out of India are adequate. He said China had made major strides in science, and as of today, it nearly equalled the research publication output of the U.S. — the […]