CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of health systems to infectious diseases, and caused millions of deaths around the globe since last year. As serious as the current health and economic crisis is, there is a possibility that …
Why in News? China launched an unmanned module called Tianhe containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022. About the space station The module …
Why in News? Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system and has named it ‘the Unicorn.’ About the discovery The researchers said this particular black …
Why in the News? NASA has announced a device named MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) attached to the perseverance rover was able to produce oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere for the first time. How did Perseverance produce …
Why in the News? The government, which plans a law to ban private digital currencies, favours a digital currency backed by the Reserve Bank of India. Uncertainty over the legal status of cryptocurrencies is unnerving Indian investors who, according to …
Why in the News? Recently, four astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX (a privately-funded rocket manufacturer and transport services company) under the Commercial Crew Program. The …
NEWS Their rights, privacy, and well-being must be protected in digital environments just as they are in the physical world CONTEXT In present times we are now living among history’s very first “AI” generation. The children and adolescents of today …
Why in News: NASA’s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars Ingenuity Helicopter The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration, carried out by the Perseverance rover. The rover released the mini helicopter that successfully …