Daniel Hillel

Dr. Daniel Hillel is the winner of the 2012 World Food Prize. He was awarded for conceiving and implementing micro-irrigation in arid and dry land regions. He has pioneered a method of bringing water to crops in arid land regions. ..

Liu Yang

Liu Yang / Jing Haipeng Major Liu Yang is a Chinese pilot and astronaut travelling on the space mission Shenzhou 9. On 16 June 2012, Liu became the first Chinese woman in space. Liu joined the People’s Liberation Army Air ..

SMART Search Engine

Search engine for Multimedia Environment generated content (SMART) is a new project to develop a search engine which will draw its results from sensors. This European-funded project aims to develop and implement a system to allow internet users to search ..

Myristica swamps

India’s Western Ghats are one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. The region is specially rich in endemic fauna and flora. This region is also known for a few spots in India where freshwater swamps are found. The freshwater ..

Zombie Army

In May 2012, the hacktivist group “Anonymous” which had weighed in favour of Anna Hazare’s campaign, was in news because it again launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against Indian websites. (Kindly refer to Module 2 of Mains GS). ..

Wipro m-eXecute

Recently, the Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of a mobility app designed for the manufacturing sector. Wipro m-eXecute is the first ever mobility app for the manufacturing sector, developed in collaboration with SAP and caters to the niche space ..