Science & Technology Current Affairs

Astronomers have found 19 asteroids that once belonged to a distant star system have been found orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. The asteroids have been circling the sun for more than 4.5 billion years, since the very inception of the solar system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These 19 asteroids from the

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Institute of Genetics and Integrated Biology (IGIB), along with a few other institutions, are working for the digital and molecular surveillance of the spread of novel coronavirus to understand the biology, epidemiology and disease impact. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The surveillance centre would

The commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna was announced by Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog member and President of Institute body of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SARS-COV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19 pandemic, is an RNA virus. It is a long single-stranded polymeric

NASA engineers have developed a new, easy-to-build high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) ventilator has passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York. VITAL has been designed to treat COVID-19 patients with milder symptoms. It will

Seeking to ensure swift delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight coronavirus, the Defence Research and Development Organisation has shifted its testing facility from Gwalior to the national capital. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The DRDE, Gwalior has stood at the forefront in fighting COVID-19. It has now been tasked to do the

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, an Institute of National Importance, of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has developed a diagnostic test kit that can confirm COVID19 in 2 hours at low cost. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The confirmatory diagnostic test detects the N Gene of SARS-COV2

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has developed a compact solid-state sensor to detect the heavy metal ions in water. It is a portable device which can help onsite detection in remote areas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Heavy metal ions like mercury, lead, and cadmium show severe potential threats to living

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi has developed Pusa Decontamination and Sanitizing Tunnel. The tunnel was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Kailash Choudhary on 16 April in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The sanitization protocol of the tunnel included handwashing with foot-operated soap and

Assam based Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) has developed plasmonic semiconductor nanomaterials for the removal of toxic organic compounds from water by harvesting solar light. Plasmonic semiconductor nanomaterials are metal-like materials with free electrons on the surface that oscillate collectively when hit by light. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In