Yearly Archives: 2022
Tardigrade
In News Scientists have identified the first ”quantum entangled” animal in history in a recent study. About Tardigrade: They are microscopic multicellular organisms known to tolerate extreme physiochemical conditions through a latent state of life known as cryptobiosis. Their proportions are a little bit similar to a bear’s. Quantum and biological systems: These systems are […]
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara
In News The 150th death anniversary of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara was commemorated on January 3. Image Courtesy:syro malabar church Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara About: He was born in 1805 at Kainakary, Kerala, India. He was a social reformer, an educationist, a social entrepreneur, and a prolific poet. He triggered a renaissance in Kerala in […]
UJALA Programme
In News Recently, the Ministry of Power successfully completed seven years of distributing and selling LED lights under its flagship UJALA programme. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) About: It is a zero-subsidy scheme launched in 2015. It is also known as the LED-based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) and is the world’s […]
Multi-Agency Centre (MAC)
In News Recently, the Union Home Minister asked the Directors General of Police to share adequate information and actionable inputs through the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC). The Centre wants the States to share more intelligence inputs through the MAC. Why Needed? The continued threats of terrorism and global terror groups, terror financing, narco-terrorism, organised crime-terror nexus, […]
Solid-State Batteries
In Context The QuantumScape Corp, backed by Volkswagen AG is working on developing “Solid-State Batteries” with an aim to commercialise it by 2025. About Solid-state Batteries These batteries use solid electrodes and a solid electrolyte, instead of the liquid or polymer gel electrolytes found in lithium-ion or lithium polymer batteries. Solid-state batteries can provide solutions […]
China’s Artificial Sun EAST
In News Recently, China’s “artificial sun” ran for more than 17 minutes at five times hotter than the real sun. About the Experiment Researchers managed to run the “artificial sun” at 70 million degrees for as long as 1,056 seconds, or 17 minutes, 36 seconds. The recent operation lays a solid scientific and experimental foundation […]
RBI allows offline digital payments
In News To push digital transactions in rural and semi-urban areas, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a framework allowing offline payments up to Rs 200 per transaction, subject to an overall limit of Rs 2,000. About offline digital payments Meaning: An offline digital payment means a transaction that does not require internet or […]
Dam Safety Act, 2021 Challenged in HC
In News Lok Sabha member has moved the Madras High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Dam Safety Act, 2021 on the grounds that it goes against federalism and is beyond the legislative competence of the Centre. About The pith and substance of the Act: is that the legislation aims to interfere and regulate the […]
Western Disturbances
In News Western disturbances bring rainfall to north and central parts of India. What is Western Disturbance (WD)? It is an extra-tropical storm that originates in the Mediterranean region. The disturbance travels from the “western” to the eastern direction and gradually travels across the middle-east from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to enter the Indian subcontinent. […]
Editorial Analysis
- MSMEs & Their Economic Footprint in India’s Journey to Viksit Bharat
- India-Australia: A Tariff-Free Era & Further Strengthening Trade Pact
- A Multipolar World with Bipolar Characteristics
- Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS): Scale Without Design and Execution
- A Grand Vision and the Great Indian Research Deficit
