Indian Space Policy-2023 Context: The new Space Policy, approved by the Union Cabinet on April 6 but made public on Thursday, has sparked cautious optimism in India’s burgeoning private sector start-up sector. Points to Ponder: The Union Cabinet has approved the Indian government’s new Space […]
New IT Rules For Fact-Checking Is In Favour Of Public Context: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology dismissed political satirist Kunal Kamra’s constitutional challenge to the Information Technology (IT) Amendment Rules, 2023, saying the Rules are in the “public interest” and provide an […]
Singapore Satellites Launched By ISRO Context: The Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C55) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday, carrying two Singapore spacecraft, TeLEOS-2 as primary and Lumelite-4 as co-passenger. Points to Ponder The mission was […]
PSLV-C55 Mission Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which is set to fly the Polar Satellite fly Vehicle C55 (PSLV-C55) mission on April 22, will conduct scientific experiments in orbit by utilising the spent PS4 (PSLV’s fourth and final stage) as an orbital […]
ISRO Plans To Launch TeLEOS-2 Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch Singapore’s TeLEOS-2 satellite on April 22, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Points to Ponder: On April 22, the TeLEOS-2 satellite of Singapore will be launched by the Indian […]
Omicron variants evolve strategies to evade T-cell immunity Context: A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS) found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus encodes multiple viral factors that modulate major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) expression in the host cells. […]
Is The Current Regulatory System Equipped To Deal With AI? Context: The development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have sparked concerns about privacy, monopolization, and job loss. Ajay Shah and Apar Gupta examine worries about the economic and privacy ramifications of AI in […]
Awaiting Liftoff Into The Second Space Age Context: India’s modest entry into the First Space Age, followed by several gains, should be utilized to assist the country in realizing its enormous potential in the Second Space Age. Points to Ponder: The Space Age began in […]
Science For All Context: The Union Cabinet’s approval to set up a gravitational-wave detection facility in Maharashtra, a ₹2,600 crore project, will consist of a detector called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), to be built in the image of the twin LIGO instruments already […]
In controlled digital lending, the issue of public interest Context: An ongoing legal battle in the United States between four major publishers and the Internet Archive (IA), a non-profit organization attempting to build a globally accessible digital library, has raised a fundamental question about the […]