-USA’s private space organisation, Space-X will launch ‘the world’s most powerful rocket’, ‘Falcon Heavy’ in January 2018. This rocket will be fired on Mars. -The Falcon Heavy ‘megarocket’ will be fired from Kennedy Space Centre near Cape Canaveral, Florida. It Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
A gender gap of 10% in Jan Dhan account application
According to a World Bank paper titled, ‘Making It Easier to Apply for a Bank Account: A Study of the Indian Market’, a 10% gender gap was reported in opening accounts under the Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’. Under Read More …
20% Less Depletion in Ozone Layer since 2005
-As per the study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a global effort to contain ozone layer depletion has resulted positively. -Due to decline in ozone depleting chemicals, specifically chlorine, has resulted in 20% less depletion since 2005. – According to Read More …
John Watts Young-first astronaut to fly into space six times, died
-NASA astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died on January 5 at 87. -Young was the only NASA astronaut to go into space as part of the four categories Read More …
Asian waterbird census at Okhla Okhla Bird Sanctuary
-Asian waterbird census was carried out in Okhla Okhla Bird Sanctuary on 6 January, 2017. -During this exercise, there has been an increase in water bird species diversity. A total of 11,622 birds were spotted across 63 species. This is in Read More …
Oumuamua-First known interstellar object
Oumuamua, an cigar like object that passed through our solar system, is now classified as an ‘interstellar object’ by the International Astronomical union. This object was earlier considered a comet, but it didn’t develop a tail passing near the sun, Read More …
The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2018
The central government on January 5, 2018 tabled ‘The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2018’ in the Lok Sabha to set up an international arbitration (or dispute resolution) centre in New Delhi. This initiative is the first step Read More …
Aspirational Districts of India
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on January 5, 2018, interacted with Collectors and Officers-in-charge of aspirational districts, at a Conference organized by NITI Aayog at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. These are those 115 districts, that Read More …
Peano-HASEL-nimble robotic muscles
As per the Science magazine, researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder has developed an artificial (mimetic) muscles that can sense their own movements and self-heal from electrical damage. It is a class of soft electrohydraulic transducers, named Peano-HASEL (hydraulically amplified Read More …
Haiyi-China’s Indigenous Underwater Glider
-China has developed an indigenous underwater glider ‘Haiyi’. Haiyi means sea wings in mandarin language. -Underwater glider is an Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) collecting hydrographic information with potentially significant military application for submarine operations. -This glider has successfully completed its Read More …
10 रुपये का नया बैंक नोट
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने 5 जनवरी, 2018 को 10 रुपये का नया नोट जारी करने की घोषणा की। -ये बैंक नोट महात्मा गांधी श्रृंखला के हैं। -इस बैंक नोट के दूसरी ओर कोणार्क व सूर्य मंदिर का चित्र है। -इसका Read More …
A new banknotes of Rs. 10 denomination
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 5 January, 2018, announced a new banknotes of Rs. 10 denomination – The new Rs. 10 notes will be in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, and will bear the signature of RBI Governor, Dr. Urjit R. Patel. Read More …
Kishore’s fire ball-India’s hottest hybrid chilli
-A Manipur scientist, Rajkumar Kishor of Kwaklei and Khonggunmelei Orchids Pvt Ltd, has synthesised the hottest Indian hybrid chilli. Named as ‘Kishore’s fire ball‘, was synthesised during a trial breeding in Manipur. -This hybrid is derived from capsicum frutescens cultivar, capsicum chinense Read More …
Chilika lake Annual Bird census 2018
After a day-long exercise on January 3, 2018, annual bird census at Odisha’s Chilika lake is out. According to this census, Bird population at the scenic Chilika Lake – has recorded a little drop from 9.4 lakh birds in last Read More …
Four new balsam species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
-Scientists from University of Kalikat in Kerala, have discovered four new species of balsam in Arunachal Pradesh. -These new four species of Balsam are: 1. Impatiens Haridasanii: It was named after Haridasan,Throwing, a former scientist from Aruanchal Pradesh. It was discovered in Read More …