Science & Technology Current Affairs

New findings from the August sero-prevalence study in five sub-wards of Pune have revealed that 85% of the 700 subjects infected with SARS-CoV-2 had virus-neutralising antibodies after the infection. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Immunity from a disease-causing virus comes from what are known as “neutralising” or “protective” antibodies. Neutralising antibodies, like other antibodies […]

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, designed to monitor oceans, was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is a part of the next mission dedicated to measuring changes in the global sea level. Other satellites that

The IRNSS is now a component of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS) and works like the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of IMO during its recent meeting (102nd session) held from 4 to 11 November 2020 has

The Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System tracked the target accurately and successfully neutralised the airborne target. The flight test, second in the series was conducted today at around 1542 hrs from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The test was carried out

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Telangana for the deployment of drones for agricultural research activities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ICRISAT is an international organization which conducts agricultural research for rural development.

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have formulated efficient ‘pincer’ catalytic systems that transform industrial/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tiny amounts of these “pincer catalysts” repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen. Such catalysts also efficiently convert bioethanol, a

SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It is also the first crewed night launch by the United States since STS-130. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, launched on 16 November 2020 on a Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A. The mission