Science and Technology Last 6 Months
- Airline Egitate and aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce have tested the world's first hydrogen-powered aircraft engine.
- India's first rocket facility to make 3D-printed engines launched in Chennai.
- PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 600 MW Kameng Hydropower Station located in Arunachal Pradesh.
- India's first National Center of Excellence for Green Port and Shipping was launched in Mumbai.
- IIT Madras has developed Ocean Web Energy Converter to generate electricity from ocean waves.
- Scientists of IIT Kanpur have prepared an 'artificial heart'.
- Aerospace company Skyroot will launch India's first private rocket.
- Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched the world's most powerful rocket Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Elon Musk of Tesla unveiled the prototype of 'Optimus' robot.
- Supercomputer 'Param Kamrup' was unveiled at IIT Guwahati.
- Airtel became the first telecom company to launch 5G services. China has created the world's first cloned wild arctic wolf Maya'
- IIT Madras became the first Indian institute to join quantum network.
- DRDO successfully test-fired Pinaka Extended Rocket at Pokhran,
- The first hydrogen-powered train was introduced in Germany.
- Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a method to produce sugar from sugarcane waste.
- Supercomputer Param Anant has been installed at IIT Gandhinagar.
- The Drug Controller of India has approved Cervavac, India's first vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India for cervical cancer.
- India's first autonomous navigation facility 'TIHAN' was inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad.
- Recently DRDO conducted the first flight test of 'Autonomous Flying Technology Demonstrator' in Chitradurga, Karnataka.
- Asia's largest and India's first Liquid Mirror Telescope has been installed on a hill in Uttarakhand. Microsoft has announced the closure of Internet Explorer, its oldest browser after 27 years.
- Instagram has launched a new feature called Amber Alert, which will help in locating missing children. Param Porul Supercomputer was installed at NIT Tiruchirappalli.
- US-made Frontier was voted the world's fastest supercomputer. World's longest suspension bridge has opened in the Czech Republic
- Recently the longest glass bridge has been built in Vietnam.
- Ethosh Digital set up its first IIT training and service center in Leh.
- The country's first AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) was launched in Bengaluru.
- C-DAC has installed 'Param Ganga' supercomputer at IIT Roorkee. Recently a biodegradable nano particle has been made by IIT Kanpur.
- Assam became the first state in the country to launch night navigation mobile app in rivers.
- Jio has partnered with SES for satellite based broadband.
- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has commissioned the supercomputer Param Pravega.
- Dubai-based firm The Jet Zeromission has announced the launch of the world's first hydrogen-powered flying boat 'The Jet'.
- Recently a new coronavirus strain IHU has been identified in France.
- Recently IIT-Roorkee has been ranked first amongst the most innovative institutes by CII.
- Recently Germany has launched the world's first self-driving train.
- Recently, WHO has approved a malaria vaccine named RTS, S/AS01 Scientists have discovered the northernmost island of the Earth off the coast of Greenland, which will be named 'Qeqertaq Avannarleq'.
- Recently, the government has given approval for the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine 'Sinofarm' developed by China.
- Recently, the world's first plant based smart air purifier 'Ubreath Life' has been developed by IIT-Ropar.
- Recently, Biotech-PRIDE guidelines have been announced by the Department of Bio-Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Recently, IIT Ropar has developed a first of its kind oxygen rationing device named AMLEX
- Hyderabad-based company Grene Robotics has designed anddeveloped India's first indigenous Drone Defence Dome 'Indralal'.
- India's first indigenous temperature data logger 'Ambitag' has been developed by IIT Ropar.
- Interpol has launched a global database named 'I-Familia' to identify missing persons.
- Recently, ISRO has developed three different types of ventilators and oxygen concentrators. It has been named Prana, Vayu and Swasth
- Recently, India and Britain have jointly developed a sensor that will be able to detect the corona virus present in water.
- China has recently become the first country in the world to ban synthetic cannabinoids.
- Recently, WHO has approved the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine Sinoform developed by China.
- DRDO has approved the Anti-Covid Medicine, 2-DG (2-Deoxy- D-Glucose), developed in Reddy's Laboratories (Hyderabad).