Current Affair Category: Science & Technology

Why in the News?  The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a big outreach programme for Vision-2047, aimed at gathering people’s suggestions and expert inputs to shape a roadmap for making UP a developed state by 2047. Key Points: UP’s own satellite with ISRO’s help About the Outreach Plan: Nearly 500 experts from various fields to […]

Why in the News? India is gearing up for the Samudrayaan mission, which aims to send humans nearly 6,000 meters below sea level by 2027. Recently, two Indian aquanauts trained in the Atlantic Ocean aboard the French vessel Nautile as part of preparations. The National Institute of Ocean Technology is leading the mission. About Samudrayaan […]

Why in the News A team of scientists has discovered a rare quadruple star system in the Milky Way, named UPM J040-3551 AabBab. It consists of a pair of low-mass brown dwarfs orbiting a pair of red dwarf stars, a configuration never seen before. The findings were published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal […]

Why in the News? Two Nilgiri-class stealth guided-missile frigates — INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri — were simultaneously commissioned into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam. Key Points: INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri INS Udaygiri: Part of the Project 17A stealth frigates. Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), Mumbai. Second ship of the Project 17A […]

Why in the News?  ISRO carried out its maiden Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) at Sri harikota. This marks an important step in the Gaganyaan mission, which aims to send Indians to space aboard an indigenously developed spacecraft. Key Highlights: First Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) IADT-01 (Integrated Air Drop Test) Conducted at Sriharikota. The […]

why in the News? With modern warfare becoming increasingly precise, the use of deception methods such as decoys is crucial for safeguarding aircraft, tanks, and naval vessels. India reportedly used the X-Guard Fibre-Optic Towed Decoy (FOTD) system on Rafale jets during Operation Sindoor, confusing Pakistan’s J-10C fighters and their long-range missiles. The Indian Navy (e.g., […]

Why in the News?  Health Department officials are probing the well water as the possible cause of the primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) infections after Naegleria fowleri was detected in a well in a case that involved a three-month-old child. This is after recent PAM cases, including a death resurfaced causing increased levels of investigation into […]

Why in the News? India successfully tested its Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The Strategic Forces Command carried out the test, confirming the success of all operational and technical requirements. The Agni-5 is India’s longest-range missile (up to 5,000 km), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation […]

Recent Incident A child aged, nine years old was killed and two other children infected (including a three-months old baby child) in the Kozhikode district of Kerala by a deadly brain-eating amoeba. The causative agent of the infection (Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis or PAM) is a pathogen, Naegleria fowleri. Globally, fewer than 500 cases of PAM […]

Why in News? Astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen type of stellar explosion, named SN 2023zkd, which may have been caused by the catastrophic interaction between a dying star and a nearby black hole. The finding, made in July 2023 by the Zwicky Transient Facility at the Palomar Observatory, California, was aided by an AI system […]