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 …
What’s in News: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to chemists Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless from the U.S., and Morten Meldal from Denmark, for their work in the field of click chemistry and bioorthogonal …
What’s in the news? The Government of India recently announced that by the end of 2022, India will establish the country’s first Dark Sky Reserve at Hanle. The Hanle Dark Sky Reserve (HDSR) will come up within the Changthang Wildlife …
Why in News Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology for the year 2022. What was his research based on Svante Pääbo sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans Through …
The need Satellite broadband services can connect the most remote parts of the country which are otherwise difficult to connect through fibres. Satellite broadband services can, therefore, help in addressing the need of the market for fibre-like connectivity in the …