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Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders lab opens at CDFD

Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders lab opens at CDFD

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ‘Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders’ lab at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an autonomous organization funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The lab will be […]

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Anti-Tank missile systems Helina and Dhruvastra undergo joint user trials

Anti-Tank missile systems Helina and Dhruvastra undergo joint user trials

The helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile, ‘Helina’, and its Air Force variant ‘Dhruvastra’ underwent a joint user trial in the desert ranges recently. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The missile systems have been designed and developed indigenously by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Helina, which is the helicopter-launched version of

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Drone Use Permission to Kochi Metro Rail

Drone Use Permission to Kochi Metro Rail

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) usage to Kochi Metro Rail Limited, Kerala for Integrated Urban Regeneration & Water Transport System Project (IURWTS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The permission allows drone deployment by the MoAFW for remote sensing

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National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHEM)

National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHEM)

The Finance Minister in her budget speech formally announced the National Hydrogen Energy Mission which aims for generation of hydrogen from green power resources. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 While proposed end-use sectors include steel and chemicals, the major industry that hydrogen has the potential of transforming is transportation — which contributes a third of

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A flurry of Mars missions

A flurry of Mars missions

Going to Mars is non-trivial, since both planets revolve around the Sun and are hence in constant motion relative to each other. Earth and Mars are at their closest distance relative to each other every 26 months — and this is when Earthlings try to send missions to Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Rover The most sophisticated

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Online enrollment module for Technograhis under Light House Projects

Online enrollment module for Technograhis under Light House Projects

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has initiated Global Housing Technology Challenge India (GHTC-India) which aims to identify and mainstream globally best available proven construction technologies that are sustainable, green and disaster-resilient to enable a paradigm shift in affordable housing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 TECHNOGRAHIS are students from IITs, NITs, engineering, planning and

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