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Projects Inaurgated by PM in Tumakuru

In News Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s helicopter factory — the country’s largest chopper manufacturing facility — in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka. About the Projects  Bengaluru-headquartered HAL plans to produce more than 1,000 helicopters in the range of 3-15 tonnes with a total business of more than ?4 […]

Amorphous ice

In News Recently, A team of researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have created a rare new form of ice called Medium-density Amorphous Ice. About Methodology:  They used a technique called ball-milling, which grinds crystalline ice into small particles using metal balls in a steel jar, to create the amorphous ice.  […]

LCA lands on INS Vikrant

In News In a significant milestone, the Naval variant of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) undertook its maiden landing onboard the country’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) INS Vikrant.  It demonstrates India’s capability to design, develop, construct and operate IAC with indigenous fighter aircraft.” History of Aircraft Carriers in India: Right from its Independence, […]

Deepfakes Voice

In News A social media platform used speech synthesis to make deep fakes of celebrities.  These deep fake audios made racist, abusive, and violent comments. About Deepfakes: Deep fake is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) used to create convincing images, audio, and video hoaxes. Deepfakes use deep learning AI to replace the likeness of […]

Save Wetlands Campaign

In News The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ in Goa. About The Save Wetlands Campaign aims to enable  affirmative actions for wetlands conservation by taking a “whole of society” approach.  Activities involved:   sensitizing people of the value of wetlands increasing the coverage of wetland mitras  building citizen […]

Hydropower Generation and Climate Change

In News Based on observations and climate projections, the Team from IIT Gandhinagar studied the hydroclimatic changes in the catchment areas and their implications for hydropower generation in 46 major dams located in the north, central, and south India. Major Highlights of a recent study  A warmer and wetter climate is projected to bring about […]

Muons

In News Scientists are using outer space particles called muons to examine the fortress wall of Xi’an city, an ancient city in China. They used a muon detector, called CORMIS (Cosmic Ray Muon Imaging System), to examine the wall of Xi’an city.  What are Muons? Muons are subatomic particles raining from space. They are created […]

ChatGPT and the AI challenge

In Context There is a great deal of speculation about how the recently launched ChatGPT will impact a huge number of human job roles, from customer service to computer programming.  More about the Chat GPT About: ChatGPT is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Chat-GPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained […]

IFFCO Nano Urea

In News Union Home and Cooperation Minister will reach Deoghar in Jharkhand to lay the foundation stone of the IFFCO nano urea liquid fertiliser plant in Jasidih.  About IFFCO Nano Urea IFFCO Nano Urea is the only Nano fertilizer approved by the Government of India and included in the Fertilizer Control Order (FCO). It is […]

Follow-on Public Offer(FPO)

In News Recently, Adani Enterprises canceled its Rs 20,000 crore Follow-on Public Offer. It came after the shares of the firm declined following allegations of accounting fraud by US short-seller Hindenburg Research. What is a Follow-on Public Offering (FPO)? A Follow-on Public Offering (FPO) is the issuance of shares to investors by a company listed […]