DAY 112
Posted on22 Apr 2020
Comet 2i/Borisov
Posted on22 Apr 2020
TagsSPACE
Context: Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Swings Past Sun First identified comet to arrive here from another star. The Sun’s gravity is slightly deflecting... Read More
ClearSpace-1 mission
Posted on22 Apr 2020
TagsSPACE
Context: ClearSpace-1 is space debris removal project of European Space Agency (ESA) for launch in 2025 More than 500,000 pieces of debris,... Read More
National Technical Textiles Mission
Posted on22 Apr 2020
Context: Budget 2020 proposed National Technical Textile Mission with an outlay of Rs 1,480 crore over four years to cut down imports... Read More
New definition of kilogram
Posted on22 Apr 2020
Context: The CSIR-NPL, which is India’s official reference keeper of units of measurements released a set of recommendations requiring that school textbooks,... Read More
Neutrino project
Posted on22 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Context: The India based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is being planned in the Theni district in Tamil Nadu. In December 2017, the Cabinet... Read More
Head on Generation (HOG) technology
Posted on22 Apr 2020
Context: Ministry of Railways decides to adopt HOG system (Head on Generation technology) in all LHB Coaches trains LHB( Link Hofmann Busch... Read More
Electro-Kinetic Streaming to Tap Energy from Water
Posted on22 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Context : A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has developed materials that can produce energy from flowing... Read More
Polycrack Technology
Posted on22 Apr 2020
TagsTECHNOLOGY
Context: Indian Railways has commissioned country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, at at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway Waste to Energy... Read More
Biorock/mineral accretion technology
Posted on22 Apr 2020
Context: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with help from Gujarat’s forest department, is attempting for the first time a process to restore... Read More