NASA is getting ready for its First all-female spacewalk

First all-female spacewalk For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: First all-female spacewalk News Flash NASA announced the first all-female spacewalk is scheduled for October 21. The all-female spacewalk was canceled because two properly fitted spacesuits were not readily available. The two astronauts, Christina Koch and Anne McClain, who were scheduled to conduct the spacewalk in March, both needed a medium-size torso component, but only one was available. The spacewalk did take place, but…

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How Geotail helping Chandrayan-2 to learn about moon

GEOTAIL For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: What is Geotail? How it is helping Chandrayan-2 to learn about moon? News Flash ISRO tweeted that an instrument on Chandrayaan-2, CLASS, designed to detect signatures of elements in the Moon’s soil, had detected charged particles during the mission. This happened in September, during the orbiter’s passage through the “geotail”. Geotail The geotail is a region in space that allows the best observations. The region…

Indian Army inducts Israeli ‘tank killers’ under emergency procurement

Army inducts Israeli ‘tank killers’ For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Powers for emergency procurements Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missiles India’s Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile News Flash The Indian Army has begun to induct Israeli Spike anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to destroy enemy tanks on the western front with Pakistan. These ATGMs will meet immediate operational requirements till the indigenous man-portable “tank killers” being developed by DRDO are ready for induction. Highlights…

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Country’s first electronic-waste clinic in Bhopal – Highlights & Features

India’s first electronic-waste clinic For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About E-waste, its negative impact About E-waste clinic News Flash The Bhopal Municipal Corporation and the Central Pollution Control Board have joined hands to set up the country’s first e-waste clinic in Bhopal. E-waste clinic would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. The clinic is being conceived in compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.…

Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) has killed young elephants

Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus For: Preliminary Topics covered: About the Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, its origin, symptoms and vaccine News Flash In last month, a rare disease caused by a virus called EEHV (Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus) has killed five young elephants in Odisha. Herpesviruses Herpesviridae is a large family of DNA viruses that cause infections and certain diseases in animals, including humans. The members of this family are also known as herpesviruses. Elephant…

National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) ready to be setup in Delhi

National e-assessment centre (NeAC) For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About National e-assessment centre (NeAC) News Flash To enact the faceless e-assessment scheme, the government has announced setting up of a national e-assessment centre (NeAC) in New Delhi. The e-assessment scheme to facilitate faceless assessment of income-tax returns through completely electronic communication between tax officials and taxpayers. The e-assessment centre will headed by a Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (PCCIT) as its chief.…

All India Survey on Higher Education report for 2018-19

All India Survey on Higher Education For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the report on All India Survey on Higher Education and its findings News Flash Ministry of Human Resources and Development released the latest All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) report. Findings The gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education in Karnataka in the age-group of 18-23 years went up to 28.8% in 2018-19 from 27.8% in 2017-18. The…

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Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National Safety Awards

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National Safety Awards The Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National Safety Awards for the Year 2017 were given away. The Ministry of Labour & Employment has been operating the “Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar” (Previously known as Shram Vir National Awards) and “National Safety awards” since 1965. These Award schemes are operated by the technical wing of the Ministry, namely the Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Mumbai – an…

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Right to Access to Internet – Kerala HC Judgment

Right to Access to the Internet For: Mains Topics covered: Right to Access to the Internet Kerala High Court Judgment Digital Inequality News Flash The High court of Kerala held that the right to have access to the Internet is part of the fundamental right to education and the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. Court also said that the restriction on use of Internet would be completely out of…

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Seventh ship in the P17A frigate series to be named as ‘Mahendragiri’

Seventh ship in the P17A frigate series The Navy has planned to name the seventh ship in the P17A frigate series as ‘Mahendragiri’. The first of the seven frigates, christened ‘Nilgiri’, is slated to be launched in Mumbai on September 28. The first ship under P17A borrows its name from an old frigate of the Navy, INS Nilgiri that was named after Nilgiri Hills. Five more ships of the Nilgiri-class, an upgrade of Leander-class,…

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