Tag: Science & Technology

In Context  A draft foresight paper on synthetic biology released by the Department of Biotechnology. Major Points  The document looks at the global policies and protocols that have to be kept in mind while developing such a policy. It also attempts to define synthetic biology and how intellectual property rights will be applicable to resulting […]

In News A U.S. patient with leukemia (blood cancer) has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS. About Only two people have reportedly been cured of HIV so […]

In Context Reliance Jio has teamed up with SES, a global satellite provider, to launch Satellite broadband services in India. About Satellite Broadband will account for 50 per cent of the global space economy by 2040, Morgan Stanley Report. Other Similar Projects in the race: Bharti Airtel Ltd’s OneWeb, Starlink Network project of Elon Musk. […]

In News New guidelines have taken effect to completely de-regulate the geospatial sector in India. About Geospatial data is data about objects, events, or phenomena that have a location on the surface of the earth. The location may be static in the short-term, like the location of a road, an earthquake event, malnutrition among children, […]

In News  SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a geomagnetic storm. About Geomagnetic storm It is also called a magnetic storm or solar storm. It is a major disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind […]

In News  Recently, Scientists in the United Kingdom achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy or imitating the way energy is produced in the Sun.  About  A team at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility near Oxford in central England generated 59 megajoules of sustained energy during an experiment in December, more than […]

In News  Recently, the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) invited applications for the ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme  for the summer season. The  Science and  Engineering  Research  Board  (SERB)   It is a  statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST)established through an  Act of  Parliament.  Supporting basic research in emerging areas of  Science  &  […]

In Context Artificial Neural Networks are an important breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning.  About Artificial Neural Networks Neural networks are a set of algorithms, modeled loosely after the human brain, that are designed to recognize patterns. An ANN is based on a collection of connected units or nodes called artificial neurons, which loosely […]