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India successfully test-fires VL-SRSAM
● VL-SRSAM is a quick reaction surface-to-air-missile.
● Indigenously designed and developed for Indian Navy, by DRDO.
● Developed to neutralise aerial threats at close ranges, including the sea-skimming targets.
● Has an operational range of 50 kms.
●Has been designed for striking at high-speed and airborne targets at 40 km to 50 km ranget and altitude of 15km.
●Other Surface to Air missilews of India: Akash, Akash NG, Trishul, Maitri.
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India successfully test-fires VL-SRSAM
● VL-SRSAM is a quick reaction surface-to-air-missile.
● Indigenously designed and developed for Indian Navy, by DRDO.
● Developed to neutralise aerial threats at close ranges, including the sea-skimming targets.
● Has an operational range of 50 kms.
●Has been designed for striking at high-speed and airborne targets at 40 km to 50 km ranget and altitude of 15km.
●Other Surface to Air missilews of India: Akash, Akash NG, Trishul, Maitri.
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Fast Radio Burst (FRB)
●Brief and intense flashes of radio frequency emissions, whose from frequencies range from 300 gigahertz (GHz) to as low as 9 kilohertz (kHz).
●Such flashes typically last for milliseconds.
●These bursts are generated by a magnetar, which is a neutron star having a very strong magnetic field emitting radio wave.
●Emit electromagnetic energy in the form of bursts of radio pulses.
●Origins of FRBs are unknown, and their appearance is unpredictable.
●FRBs are triggered by explosive events like a supernova or collision of two compact objects such as neutron star and black hole.
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Fast Radio Burst (FRB)
●Brief and intense flashes of radio frequency emissions, whose from frequencies range from 300 gigahertz (GHz) to as low as 9 kilohertz (kHz).
●Such flashes typically last for milliseconds.
●These bursts are generated by a magnetar, which is a neutron star having a very strong magnetic field emitting radio wave.
●Emit electromagnetic energy in the form of bursts of radio pulses.
●Origins of FRBs are unknown, and their appearance is unpredictable.
●FRBs are triggered by explosive events like a supernova or collision of two compact objects such as neutron star and black hole.
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PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Successfully launched the “PSLV Orbital Experimental Module” (POEM).
●POEM → Perform in-orbit experiments through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
●It is a four-stage rocket.
●POEM is carrying six payloads → Out of which Two are from Indian space start-ups Digantara and Dhruva Space.
●Comprises a dedicated Navigation Guidance and Control (NGC) system for attitude stabilisation.
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PSLV
→ Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India.
→ First Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages.
→The vehicle successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013
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PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Successfully launched the “PSLV Orbital Experimental Module” (POEM).
●POEM → Perform in-orbit experiments through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
●It is a four-stage rocket.
●POEM is carrying six payloads → Out of which Two are from Indian space start-ups Digantara and Dhruva Space.
●Comprises a dedicated Navigation Guidance and Control (NGC) system for attitude stabilisation.
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PSLV
→ Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India.
→ First Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages.
→The vehicle successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013
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TiHAN: First Autonomous Navigation Facility-
● Ministry of Science & Technology has inaugurated “Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation” or TiHAN in IIT Hyderabad.
● First “Autonomous Navigation” facility.
● Multidisciplinary initiative → making India a global player in the futuristic and next-generation “Smart Mobility” technology.
● Will provide a unique platform for high quality research between academia, industry and R&D labs both at the national and international level.
● One of the 25 technology innovation hubs under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
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National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) -
→ Implemented by Department of Science &Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology
→ The Mission has 4 major objectives:
1. Technology Development;
2. HRD & Skill Development;
3. Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-ups Ecosystem Development;
4. International Collaborations.
Cyber-Physical Systems
→ Integrate sensing, computation, control and networking into physical objects and infrastructure.
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TiHAN: First Autonomous Navigation Facility-
● Ministry of Science & Technology has inaugurated “Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation” or TiHAN in IIT Hyderabad.
● First “Autonomous Navigation” facility.
● Multidisciplinary initiative → making India a global player in the futuristic and next-generation “Smart Mobility” technology.
● Will provide a unique platform for high quality research between academia, industry and R&D labs both at the national and international level.
● One of the 25 technology innovation hubs under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
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National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) -
→ Implemented by Department of Science &Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology
→ The Mission has 4 major objectives:
1. Technology Development;
2. HRD & Skill Development;
3. Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-ups Ecosystem Development;
4. International Collaborations.
Cyber-Physical Systems
→ Integrate sensing, computation, control and networking into physical objects and infrastructure.
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POP-FAME
● A fuel from a bacterium.
● It has more energy than the rocket fuels .
● Has energy density values more than 50 megajoules per litre, against 32 MJ for petrol and 35 MJ for RP-1, which is a rocket fuel based on kerosene.
● POP FAME stands for Polycyclopropanated Fatty Acid Methyl Ester.
●POP-FAME have higher energy densities, as compared to Syntin Fuel. Thus, even a small quantity of fuel can have considerable energy.
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POP-FAME
● A fuel from a bacterium.
● It has more energy than the rocket fuels .
● Has energy density values more than 50 megajoules per litre, against 32 MJ for petrol and 35 MJ for RP-1, which is a rocket fuel based on kerosene.
● POP FAME stands for Polycyclopropanated Fatty Acid Methyl Ester.
●POP-FAME have higher energy densities, as compared to Syntin Fuel. Thus, even a small quantity of fuel can have considerable energy.
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Quantum Computing
● Harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for classical computers.
● Subfield of physics that describes the behavior of particles — atoms, electrons, photons, and almost everything in the molecular and submolecular realm.
● While today’s classical computers store information as binary 0 and 1 states, quantum computers draw on the fundamental laws of nature to carry out calculations using quantum bits.
● A qubit can be in a combination of states, which allows for exponentially larger calculations and gives them the potential to solve complex problems.
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IBM India’s Initiatives around Quantum Computing-
● Qiskit Challenge - open-source software development kit built by IBM.
● IBM Quantum Educators Programme - IBM is collaborating with leading educational institutions in India.
➔ Faculty and Students will be able to access IBM Quantum systems, quantum learning resources and quantum tools.
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Quantum Computing
● Harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for classical computers.
● Subfield of physics that describes the behavior of particles — atoms, electrons, photons, and almost everything in the molecular and submolecular realm.
● While today’s classical computers store information as binary 0 and 1 states, quantum computers draw on the fundamental laws of nature to carry out calculations using quantum bits.
● A qubit can be in a combination of states, which allows for exponentially larger calculations and gives them the potential to solve complex problems.
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IBM India’s Initiatives around Quantum Computing-
● Qiskit Challenge - open-source software development kit built by IBM.
● IBM Quantum Educators Programme - IBM is collaborating with leading educational institutions in India.
➔ Faculty and Students will be able to access IBM Quantum systems, quantum learning resources and quantum tools.
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Large Hadron Collider
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has reignited the Large Hadron Collider for the third time in July2022
● A giant, complex machine ➔ studies particles that are the smallest known building blocks of all things.
● It fires two beams of protons ➔ at the speed of light in opposite directions inside a ring of superconducting electromagnets.
● The magnetic field by electromagnets keeps the protons in a tight beam.
● This Magnetic field guides them along the way as they travel through beam pipes and finally collide.
● Achievements - ‘God Particle’ discovery during the LHC's first run.
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India and CERN -
● India became an associate member of CERN in 2016.
● Indian scientists ➔ played a significant role in the A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) and Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiments that led to the discovery of the God Particle.
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Large Hadron Collider
The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has reignited the Large Hadron Collider for the third time in July2022
● A giant, complex machine ➔ studies particles that are the smallest known building blocks of all things.
● It fires two beams of protons ➔ at the speed of light in opposite directions inside a ring of superconducting electromagnets.
● The magnetic field by electromagnets keeps the protons in a tight beam.
● This Magnetic field guides them along the way as they travel through beam pipes and finally collide.
● Achievements - ‘God Particle’ discovery during the LHC's first run.
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India and CERN -
● India became an associate member of CERN in 2016.
● Indian scientists ➔ played a significant role in the A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) and Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiments that led to the discovery of the God Particle.
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Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) -
The Punjab government recently announced incentives for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR).
● Traditional Way - the paddy seeds are first sown in the nurseries and raised into young plants.
● Direct Seeding of Rice (DRS): No nursery preparation or transplantation. The seeds are instead directly drilled into the field.
● DSR technique ➔ less time consuming and labour intensive than the conventional practice.
● Helps in saving irrigation water, lesser weed problem,reduced incidence of nutrient deficiency, lesser leaching of nutrients and deeper root development.
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Rice -
● Staple food for most of the population in India.
● Kharif crop - requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
● About one-fourth of the total cropped area in India is under rice cultivation.
● India is the second-largest producer of rice after China.
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Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) -
The Punjab government recently announced incentives for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR).
● Traditional Way - the paddy seeds are first sown in the nurseries and raised into young plants.
● Direct Seeding of Rice (DRS): No nursery preparation or transplantation. The seeds are instead directly drilled into the field.
● DSR technique ➔ less time consuming and labour intensive than the conventional practice.
● Helps in saving irrigation water, lesser weed problem,reduced incidence of nutrient deficiency, lesser leaching of nutrients and deeper root development.
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Rice -
● Staple food for most of the population in India.
● Kharif crop - requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
● About one-fourth of the total cropped area in India is under rice cultivation.
● India is the second-largest producer of rice after China.
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Project NETRA -
ISRO - building up its Orbital debris tracking device under Project NETRA.
● Early warning system ➔ To detect debris and other hazards to satellites.
● ISRO's Initiative.
● NETRA stands for Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis.
● Will provide India with its own capabilities as other space powers in terms of Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
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Space Debris
● Made up of spent rocket stages, dead satellites, fragments of space objects, and debris from the anti-satellite (ASAT) system.
● These objects in space pose a very real threat to operational satellites making it dysfunctional.
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Project NETRA -
ISRO - building up its Orbital debris tracking device under Project NETRA.
● Early warning system ➔ To detect debris and other hazards to satellites.
● ISRO's Initiative.
● NETRA stands for Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis.
● Will provide India with its own capabilities as other space powers in terms of Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
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Space Debris
● Made up of spent rocket stages, dead satellites, fragments of space objects, and debris from the anti-satellite (ASAT) system.
● These objects in space pose a very real threat to operational satellites making it dysfunctional.
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Rohini Sounding Rocket -
The Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) is planning the 200th successful launch of the Rohini RH-200 sounding rocket.
● RH-200 ➔ Part of the Rohini-sounding rocket family used by the ISRO for atmospheric studies.
● It is a two-stage rocket capable of climbing to a height of 70 km.
● The 200 in the name denotes the diameter of the rocket in mm.
● The first and second stages of RH-200 are powered by solid motors.
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Sounding Rocket -
●One or two-stage solid propellant rockets.
● Serves as platforms for testing prototypes of new components or subsystems.
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Rohini Sounding Rocket -
The Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) is planning the 200th successful launch of the Rohini RH-200 sounding rocket.
● RH-200 ➔ Part of the Rohini-sounding rocket family used by the ISRO for atmospheric studies.
● It is a two-stage rocket capable of climbing to a height of 70 km.
● The 200 in the name denotes the diameter of the rocket in mm.
● The first and second stages of RH-200 are powered by solid motors.
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Sounding Rocket -
●One or two-stage solid propellant rockets.
● Serves as platforms for testing prototypes of new components or subsystems.
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Tissue culture –
● Plant tissue culture ➔ technique of in vitro growing cells, tissues, organs, etc.
● Through tissue culture whole plants could be regenerated from explants, i.e., any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube, under sterile conditions in special nutrient media.
● This capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant is called totipotency.
● Even if the plant is infected with a virus, the meristem (apical and axillary) is free of virus.
●Hence, one can remove the meristem and grow it in vitro to obtain virus-free plants.
● Scientists have succeeded in culturing meristems of banana, sugarcane, potato, etc.
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Tissue culture –
● Plant tissue culture ➔ technique of in vitro growing cells, tissues, organs, etc.
● Through tissue culture whole plants could be regenerated from explants, i.e., any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube, under sterile conditions in special nutrient media.
● This capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant is called totipotency.
● Even if the plant is infected with a virus, the meristem (apical and axillary) is free of virus.
●Hence, one can remove the meristem and grow it in vitro to obtain virus-free plants.
● Scientists have succeeded in culturing meristems of banana, sugarcane, potato, etc.
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Quarks -
● Quark ➔ fundamental constituent of matter and is defined as an elementary particle.
● Quarks ➔ combine to produce composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are neutrons and protons which are the components of atomic nuclei.
● Interact with the strong nuclear force.
● Protons and neutrons belong to the category of Quarks.
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Quarks -
● Quark ➔ fundamental constituent of matter and is defined as an elementary particle.
● Quarks ➔ combine to produce composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are neutrons and protons which are the components of atomic nuclei.
● Interact with the strong nuclear force.
● Protons and neutrons belong to the category of Quarks.
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Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) Mission
● LUPEX is a robotic lunar mission by ISRO and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
● The mission aims to send lunar rover and lander to explore the South Pole region of the Moon in 2024.
● Objective :- It will demonstrate new surface exploration technologies related to vehicular transport and test lunar night survival capabilities for sustainable lunar exploration in the region.
● Contribution :- JAXA is likely to provide the H3 launch vehicle and the rover. While ISRO would be responsible for the lander for this mission.
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● LUPEX is a robotic lunar mission by ISRO and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
● The mission aims to send lunar rover and lander to explore the South Pole region of the Moon in 2024.
● Objective :- It will demonstrate new surface exploration technologies related to vehicular transport and test lunar night survival capabilities for sustainable lunar exploration in the region.
● Contribution :- JAXA is likely to provide the H3 launch vehicle and the rover. While ISRO would be responsible for the lander for this mission.
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