Why in News The Indian Space Research Organisation, along with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), is set to organise a two-day conference themed ‘Akash Tatva’ (the element Akash) in Dehradun What is the conference about? To expose youth …
Background In 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave (LIGO) observatories recorded a signal which indicated that two massive and dense stellar bodies had merged to form a third body, likely a black hole. In the process they gave off vibrations that …
Why in News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated the tokenisation of credit/debit cards for online merchants from October 1. Till then, card details for online purchases were stored on the servers of these merchants in order to …
What is it? Lab-grown meat—also known as cultured, cultivated, cell-based, or clean meat is an alternative to animal farming with advantages such as reducing carbon footprint and the risk of transmitting diseases in animals. Rather than being part of a …
Why in News: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed dedicated satellites for supporting the country’s agriculture sector. Discussions have been held with the Department of Agriculture, the Government of India, on the proposed ‘Bharat Krishi Satellite’ programme How …
Context The ability to capture, store and model data is fueling the technologies associated with the fourth industrial revolution, which many believe will lead to a future owned by corporations. To secure India’s active involvement in the fourth industrial revolution, …
What’s in News: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a Next-Gen Launch Vehicle (NGLV), which will one day replace operational systems like the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) About In NGLV, ISRO is understood to be looking at …
Why in News: The Nobel Prize in physics for 2022 is being awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum mechanics. The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded “for experiments with …
Why in News: The Nobel Prize for Physiology this year has been awarded to Svante Pääbo, Swedish geneticist, who pioneered the field of palaeogenomics, or the study of ancient hominins by extracting their DNA. Read about it at : https://officerspulse.com/nobel-prize-for-physiology-medicine-2022/ …
Why in News: The X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ on the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). About Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium …