US: Reconstruction of 3D Ear

Recently, a 20-year-old woman received a 3-D printed ear implant as she was born with a small and misshapen right ear. Highlights The 3-D printed ear implant was made from her own cells. This transplant was a part of first ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022

Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)

India’s first liquid mirror telescope first came to light in early 2022. This telescope will observe asteroid, space debris, supernovae, and all other celestial objects from an altitude of 2,450 metres in Uttarakhand. What is international liquid-Mirror Telescope? It is ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Instagram Amber Alerts to find Missing Children

Recently, Meta announced to roll out ‘AMBER alerts’ to Instagram across 25 countries. Key Facts AMBER alerts will help users to get notifications of missing children in the area. This feature was already present on Meta’s Facebook app since 2015, that ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

WEF: Metaverse for Public- Private Collaboration

To harness the potential of the metaverse, the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently announced that it is building a “Global Collaboration Village” as the virtual future of public-private cooperation. It will provide immersive spaces for stakeholders to come together and ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chips

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips has risen with many companies launching their AI chips in recent times. Which companies recently launched AI chips? Nvidia launched its H100 GPU (graphics processing unit), which is one of the world’s most ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

PARAM PORUL Supercomputer

PARAM PORUL, a state-of-the-art Supercomputer was inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli on the 25th of May 2022 in a joint initiative by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). This newly inaugurated ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

Biosafety guidelines for genome edited plants

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has recently issued ‘Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Genome Edited Plants, 2022’. What are the guidelines about? As per the guidelines, researchers who use gene-editing technologies for plants are exempted from seeking approvals from the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)

China proposed a project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) to survey the sky through a space-based telescope. What is the objective? The objective is to find habitable terrestrial planets outside the solar system, around 32 light-years from Earth. It ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technology

The Ministry of Railways said that it will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) to develop an indigenous Hyperloop system. The ministry will also help to set up a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies at ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) Guidelines

Department of Science and Technology recently released the Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) Guidelines. What is the need to introduce SSR guidelines? India has taken great strides in the advancement of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI). However, there is an inadequate ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs