India has introduced SEBEX 2, a high-performance explosive with a TNT equivalence of 2.01. It Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
What is SEBEX 2?
Nova explosion
Astronomers expect to happen an event in September when a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion 3,000 light-years Read More …
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based Electronic Toll Collection
Recently, NHAI organised a day-long international workshop in New Delhi on ‘Global Navigation Satellite System Read More …
Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR)
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) Read More …
Biomass briquettes
The adoption of biomass briquettes as a fuel alternative for the power and electricity generation Read More …
Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite
Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite, jointly developed by China and France, was launched into Read More …
Great Rift Valley
According to a recent report, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is under threat due to Read More …
What is Methanol?
In June 2024, 58 people succumbed to toxic hooch in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. The illicit Read More …
Scientists discover a protein called “Balon”
Scientists have discovered a protein called Balon that allowed a bacterium, Psychrobacter urativorans, to abruptly Read More …
Sympatric speciation
According to a recent paper, Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) and Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris Read More …
Bhartruhari Mahtab named as the pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker Read More …
Krishi Sakhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the 17th instalment of about Rs 20,000 crore under Read More …
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
According to a new study, the insecticide Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) has declined in humans and the Read More …
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
A new study released in the journal Nature Climate Change reported the first significant decrease Read More …
Kavli Prize 2024
The winners of the 2024 Kavli Prize were announced on 12 June 2024. Eight winners Read More …
Notified disasters
The ongoing spell of heat waves in many parts of the country has once again Read More …
Vidyut Rakshak
Indian Army has launched ‘Vidyut Rakshak’ which is a tech-based innovation — an integrated generator Read More …
Nokia makes world’s first ‘immersive’ phone call
Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made a phone call using a new technology called “immersive audio Read More …
NaturAfrica initiative
The European Commission (EC) has removed Tanzania from the list of countries eligible for its Read More …
Pump and Dump Scheme
Recently, the Securities Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) slapped a fine of Rs 7.75 crore Read More …
ISRO develops PraVaHa portal
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Read More …
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
The Prime Minister visited the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari to meditate for 48 hours Read More …
Microcephaly and SASS6 gene
Recently, researchers from China have highlighted the role of SASS6 gene in Microcephaly condition. Microcephaly
Recombinant proteins
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have developed a novel method for the Read More …
LignoSat: World’s first wooden artificial satellite
Japan’s Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry announced the completion of LignoSat, the world’s first wooden Read More …