Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Dr. ABJ Abdul Kalam island,Balasore, Odisha.DRDO successfully tests nuclear-capable Agni-P (Prime) missile from the island.Agni-P is said to be the new generation advanced variant of Agni class missiles. *It is a canisterised missile with a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km.*The missile was designed […]
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The Department of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (MOHI & PE), Government (Government) Primary Electric Vehicles (EV) Promotion Scheme ‘Fame India Phase II’ on June 25, 2021 expanded for 2 years till March 2024, the second phase of lecture vehicles in India. *In April 2019, the […]
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a centralized and web-enabled workflow-based IT platform for its business operations under the name ‘e-PGS’. e-PGS: *This platform is designed to provide centralized collection and payment accounting with a high level of bank integration by integrating the innovative features of integrated banking with automated […]
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has successfully tested the nuclear-capable subsonic Cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha. It is the first domestic missile developed in India. *The Aeronautical Development Establishment(ADE) under DRDO has designed and developed the Nirbhay missile in India.*The missile […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ‘Customized Crash Course Program for COVID-19 Leading Workers’. The training program will be conducted at 111 training centers in 26 states. *It has been reported that about 1 lakh youth will be trained under this training scheme in the next 2-3 months.*The project […]
The Government of india has launched the Trusted Telecommunication Portal on June 15, 2021 as part of the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS). *The portal was developed and implemented by the CDoT (Telematics Development Center), the R&D (Research and Development) Division of the Government, in association with RailTel […]
China launched 4 satellites into planned orbit on the Long March-2D rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province.The satellites are said to be used for environmental monitoring, asteroid resource exploration, disaster prevention and mitigation. *The 4 satellites are Beijing-3 (BJ-3), HISEA-2 (HS-2), Yangwang-1 (YW-1) and Tianjin […]
Google has announced plans to connect the United States with South American countries by setting up an open subsystem cable.Subsea Cable is named “Firmina” in honor of the 1st Brazilian poet, Maria Firmina dos Reis. *It is the longest subsea cable in the world, fully operational by a single power […]
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has written a new book, “Home in the World”, to be published by Penguin Random House in July 2021. This book describes the early life of Amartya Sen and explores the concept of ‘home’. *Amartya Sen opens the book with her grandparents growing up in Dhaka, […]
An international astronomer team has discovered an exoplanet 90 light years away from Earth. It has a cooler atmosphere (57 Celsius) and is likely to have water clouds.Exoplanet ‘TOI-1231 b’ orbits the M-type dwarf star in 24 days. *TOI-1231 b, about the size of Neptune. It was discovered using NASA’s […]
India’s first Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) treatment was conducted at the bone marrow transplant unit at the ACTREC, Tata Memorial Center (TMC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The clinical trial is a joint venture between the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and the Tata Memorial Center. *The clinical trial of […]