General science
Syllabus: General Science.
Current affairs on this topic 15
- Official rabies death count is under 1% of ICMR's estimate, clouding the 2030 goal 5 October 2026
Government records show 54 rabies deaths in 2024. An ICMR survey estimates 5,726 a year. Which number guides policy?
- India demonstrates a 5.56 km free-space quantum key distribution link in Gandhinagar 4 October 2026
A secret key sent through open air across 5.56 km: how does physics catch an eavesdropper?
- ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund for deep tech pauses new applications as funds run short 30 September 2026
India's flagship fund to pull private money into research has stalled after one round. What went wrong?
- India's first port-based e-methanol plant to come up at Kandla 27 September 2026
Can an Indian port make green fuel for the ships that call at it?
- How Gaganyaan's crew module will deploy its parachutes 22 September 2026
Coming home safely is the hardest part of human spaceflight.
- How the EU plans to keep children under 15 off social media 21 September 2026
Australia banned it for under-16s. Now Europe moves. Should India?
- SEMICON India 2026 opens with a push from design to systems 18 September 2026
From fabs to packaging, India wants the whole chip chain.
- Op-ed: China's cheap open-weight AI models may not stay open for long 16 September 2026
Indian startups build on Qwen and DeepSeek because they are cheap. What happens if the tap is turned down?
- RRI scientists show a well-timed single operation can delay quantum decoherence 15 September 2026
Entangled particles lose their link in a flash. Can one well-timed flip keep it alive longer?
- First Badri calf born through OPU-IVF, a boost for Uttarakhand's hill cattle 13 September 2026
A Badri embryo, a Sahiwal mother: can lab reproduction save a small Himalayan cattle breed faster than nature?
- Mercury may have shrunk by up to 23 km in diameter, about 30% more than thought 11 September 2026
A planet shrinks as it cools. How do cliffs on Mercury's surface reveal by how much, and why does it matter?
- CosmoCube: a satellite to listen for the universe's Dark Ages from the Moon's far side 9 September 2026
The first stars are invisible to telescopes. Can a faint radio hum from hydrogen, heard behind the Moon, reveal them?
- Bhutan first in WHO's South-East Asia Region to eliminate dog-mediated rabies 7 September 2026
Rabies is almost always fatal yet fully preventable. How did Bhutan beat it, while India still records the most deaths?
- ISRO staff bodies question the plan to hand rocket making to industry 6 September 2026
If private firms build India's rockets and satellites, what is left for ISRO to make?
- GSLV-F17 launches EOS-05, India's first imaging satellite for geosynchronous orbit 5 September 2026
A camera 36,000 km up sees less detail but looks every five minutes. Why does India want that?
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