Hayabusa-2 Mission The Hayabusa-2 mission was launched in 2014 when the spacecraft was sent on a six-year voyage to study Ryugu, a near earth asteroid. It was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA). The spacecraft arrived at the …
What is a Virtual Private Network? A virtual private network, or VPN, is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a network. The encrypted connection helps ensure that sensitive data is safely transmitted. It prevents unauthorized people …
March 4, 2024 marks the inscription in the French Constitution, of the “freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy”, making France the first country in the world to enshrine it as a constitutional right, 49 years after abortion became …
Context: The recently released Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (HCES) data for 2022-23 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation points to a shift in the food consumption pattern of Indian households. The good news is that for the first …
Context: A vast majority of Indians earn the entirety of their incomes through labour as opposed to ownership of capital or land. Further, about 90% of the working Indian population earns its livelihood through informal employment that is characterised …
About The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented to authors for their “outstanding contribution towards literature.” Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the …
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi is the apex body in the field of performing arts in India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture. The Akademi was set up in 1953 for the preservation and …
About The Ministry of Science & Technology launched the VAIBHAV Fellowship Scheme for the Indian Diaspora abroad in 2023. The Fellowship aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian …
Context: India will start manufacturing the common antibiotic Penicillin G later this year, three decades after the country’s last plant shut down. What is Penicillin G? Penicillin G is the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used in manufacturing several common antibiotics. …