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AI’s Potential and Threat Call

In News Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years has emerged as a transformative phenomenon.  About Artificial intelligence About: It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs.  It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to […]

Drone Threat: Need for Comprehensive Counter-Drone Strategy

Drone Threat: Need for Comprehensive Counter-Drone Strategy Syllabus: GS 3/Science and Technology/Internal Security In Context  The possibility of the use of weaponised drones for terrorist activities in the present scenario calls for serious attention from the global community. The Drone Threat The potential use of drones in a terrorist incident or attack against critical infrastructure […]

Graphene to shape future

In Context The 21st century seems to become the age of graphene. About Graphene  It is a two-dimensional form (allotrope) of carbon that consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice.  Properties: It is the world’s thinnest, strongest, and most conductive material of both electricity and heat.  It conducts electricity […]

India’s Quantum Mission

In News India’s National Quantum Mission could be a game changer in multiple sectors, from defence, energy, and environment to healthcare and civil applications. About Quantum Technology  About: It is based on the principles of Quantum mechanics developed in the early 20th century to describe nature at the scale of atoms and elementary particles.  Scientists […]

J Slab Track System

In News Japan to train 1,000 Indian engineers before transfer of bullet train technology. About Indian engineers will be trained by Japanese experts before starting work on the High-Speed Rail Track system for Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor (MAHSR). The bullet train being built between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will use the ballastless Slab Track […]

The third-gen web is about public good

In News The 2021 report by the U.S.- India Strategic Partnership Forum states that the third-gen web will be crucial for India to realise its $1.1 trillion digital asset opportunity by 2032.  India’s Digital Infrastructure About India is in an evolving process of building a large citizen-scale digital public infrastructure.  Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) refers […]

Quasars

In News The collision of two galaxies likely ignites quasars, the new study published in journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society highlighted. The collisions were discovered when researchers, using deep imaging observations from the Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma. What are Quasars? A quasar (also known as a QSO or quasi-stellar object) […]

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP)

In News  Recently, the French company  Electricite de France (EDF) stated that Nuclear liability issues were not resolved for the Jaitapur project. About Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) Indo-French cooperation on the ‘peaceful use of nuclear energy’ was signed in 2008, primarily for building the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP). India has announced plans to […]

Plant ‘cries’: Recalling J.C. Bose

In News A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel reported that they had been able to pick up distress noises made by plants. More about News The researchers said these plants had been making very distinct, high-pitched sounds in the ultrasonic range when faced with some kind of stress, like when they […]

Seeds in Space

In News The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had sent two varieties of seeds, arabidopsis and sorghum to space.  About This is the first feasibility study by these organisations to determine the effect of cosmic radiation, microgravity and extreme temperatures on plant genomes and biology. Impacts  Increased radiation […]