Why in the news? Recently, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by the Defence Minister cleared the Approval for procurement of a GSAT 7B satellite, along with equipment like Night Sight (image intensifier), 4X4 light vehicles, and Air Defence Fire …
What are hypersonic weapons They are manoeuvrable weapons that can fly at speeds of at least Mach 5, five times the speed of sound. The speed of sound is Mach 1, and speeds above Mach I are supersonic and speeds …
About Indian Neutrino Observatory The Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed underground particle physics research mega project. The project was conceived in 2005, a site under the Bodi West Hills in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district was identified by 2009. …
Why in News: Microsoft has partnered with Fortum, a Finnish energy company to heat homes, services and businesses in Finland with sustainable waste heat from a new datacentre region. What is a data centre ? A data centre is a …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
Why in the news? Recently, The Konkan region, including Mumbai, has been experiencing sweltering heat, with the maximum temperatures touching the 40 degrees mark. What is a heatwave? A region or locality is considered to be under the influence of …
Why in News: The Ukraine-Russia conflict is expected to further impact the already stressed global semiconductor supply as raw material exported from the two countries such as neon gas, chemical C4F6 and palladium. Effects Ukraine crisis will result in shortages …
Why in News: India will soon scour the ocean bed to unravel the mysteries of the origins of life as scientists are set to travel up to 6,000 metres below the sea surface under a deep ocean mission (DOM). About …