Current Affair Category: Science & Technology

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, along with Butch Wilmore, will embark on her third space mission with NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station set for launch on May 6. The astronauts will lift off aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Space Launch Complex-41 at […]

Why in News ? Meta has recently  included  its latest model- Llama 3  into its proprietary virtual assistant — Meta AI. It claims Llama 3 outperformed Gemma 7B, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Mistral 7B in various benchmarks. The updated Meta AI assistant will be integrated into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and a standalone website much […]

Why in News ? The Surya Tilak Project  aims to bring Sun rays on the forehead of Lord  Ram at Ayodha Temple during the  Ram Navami. This is the first Ram Navami since the consecration of the Ram idol at the new temple on January 22. ·         This was achieved using a special mirror-lens arrangement, […]

Astronomers have recently uncovered the origins of a magnetic field around a massive star within the “Dragon’s Egg” nebula, providing key insights into the formation of such rare phenomena. • The nebula, located about 3,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Norma, is home to two massive stars involved in a cosmic drama of stellar […]

Why in News? Addressing the Indo-Singapore Judicial Conference, Chief Justice of India has recently underlined the need for robust auditing mechanisms in place to check misleading information. CJI said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds immense potential to transform the way legal professionals work. He underlined the “critical importance of balancing technological advancements with ethical considerations […]

THE WHITE House has directed NASA to create a time standard for the Moon, which international organisations and private companies can use to coordinate activities on the lunar surface. The space agency has been asked to work with other parts of the United States government to finalise by the end of 2026 the strategy to […]

Why in News? • According to the Global Hepatitis Report 2024 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) ,India is one of the countries with the highest burden of viral hepatitis with 2.9 crore people living with Hepatitis B infection and 0.55 crore living with Hepatitis C infection. • It is an infection that causes […]

Around 25 million years ago, the chance insertion of a transposable element occurred in a gene in the zygote of an ancient creature. The probability of the insertion occurring in that exact region was around one in a million. Yet it did, causing the creature to not develop a tail, a study has found. One […]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have recently officially unveiled the world’s first-ever IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Building on RPI’s bicentennial celebration of 200 years of firsts, IBM Quantum System One will significantly enhance educational and research opportunities for the university, as well as with other academic institutions and organizations […]

Why in News? According to a joint media intelligence, members of a Russian military intelligence unit could have targeted the brains of US officials by using “directed energy” weapons. • The Kremlin has recently dismissed a joint media investigation which found evidence that a Russian military intelligence unit might be responsible for the mysterious health […]