India Tops Global Internet Shutdowns for the Sixth Year

For the sixth year in a row, India had the most number of Internet shutdowns reported anywhere in the world in the year 2023. There were 116 incidents in which the Internet was purposefully disconnected in different regions of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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NASA Captures Yin-Yang Crater On Turkey’s Mount Nemrut

NASA’s International Space Station recently took a unique picture of a strange hole on Mount Nemrut in Turkey, which is a dormant stratovolcano. As seen in the picture, the crater was split in half, making it look like the Chinese ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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IIITB Develops IoT-Enabled Wheelchair for Stroke Rehabilitation

The IIIT Bangalore recently unveiled “XoRehab,” a new IoT-enabled wheelchair device that was made possible by the Centre for the Internet of Ethical Things and with help from several government and foreign groups. Specifically made to help stroke patients recover ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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IIPE Develops Eco-Friendly Water Treatment Solution

The Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, and other national research institutions have come up with a new, environmentally friendly way to treat water. They call it the “Surface Modification Technique of Membrane.” This innovative method helps improve ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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National Workshop Boosts Deeptech Startups and Investment in India

On May 13 and 14, 2024, the 4th National Workshop on Technology Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems, or TIPS 4.0, took place. The event was put together by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) as part of the National Mission ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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Google Launches AI-Powered Scam Protection at I/O 2024

At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference, Google showed off a new and useful tool that will help protect Android users from phone scams. This feature, which is powered by AI, is meant to make things safer by finding and ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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OpenAI Offers Free GPT-4o, Unveils New Capabilities

OpenAI, a major player in the field of artificial intelligence study, recently announced big improvements to their AI models, including the release of the GPT-4o model. During a livestream event, Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, stated that this ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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Archeologists Discover Ancient Supercontinent Sahul, Linked Asia to Australia

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of Sahul, a lost supercontinent that facilitated human migration from Asia to Australia about 70,000 years ago. This finding hints towards the likelihood of many yet-undiscovered historic sites across the globe. What is Sahul? Sahul was ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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NASA Telescope to Hunt Big Bang-Era Black Holes in 2026

Black Hole Week (May 6 to 10) has made people pay more attention to NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will be launched in 2026. Most astronomers are looking forward to this project, which is meant to look for ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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Indian Ocean Temps Linked to Global Dengue Intensity

In recent research published in the journal Science, a noteworthy relationship has been identified between the sea-surface temperatures of the Indian Ocean and the global intensity of dengue outbreaks. This work introduces the Indian Ocean basin-wide (IOBW) index as a ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

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