Mohammed VI-B: Morocco launches its second earth observation satellite

Morocco successfully launched its second earth observation satellite named Mohammed VI-B on board of Arianespace Vega rocket from launch pad at Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana in South America.  It will be placed at same orbit as its twin satellite Mohammed 6-A, the first Moroccan satellite launched in November 2017 also on Vega ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Arianespace • Earth observation satellites • French Guiana • Mohammed VI-B • Morocco • Science and Technology • Space technology • Vega rocket

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, ICC sign MoU for energising startup ecosystem in East and Northeast India

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for energising start-up ecosystem in East and Northeast India. The MoU will bring incubator and industry toghether in more formal way. IIM Innovation Park is currently incubating 40 start-ups with almost half from West Bengal. Key Facts ICC has wide ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Business • Economy • IIM Calcutta Innovation Park • Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) • Northeast • Northeast India • Startups

IIT-Hyderabad researchers develop smartphone-based system to detect adulteration in milk

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad are working to develop smartphone-based sensor to detect adulteration in milk. They have developed detector system which can measure level of acidity in milk using indicator paper. They have also developed algorithms that can be incorporated in smartphone to accurately detect change in acidity. The sensor-chip based ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: IIT Hyderabad • Milk Adulteration • Science and Technology • Smartphone-Based System

ICMR releases Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines to ensure judicious use of antibiotics in hospitals

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines to advise hospitals in setting up Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes (AMSP) to ensure judicious use of antibiotics in healthcare facilities. AMS guidelines aims to provide guidance in setting up structure and processes of AMSP in healthcare institutions, discusses essential elements of antimicrobial stewardship and diagnostic ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: antibiotics • Antimicrobial resistance • Antimicrobial Stewardship Guidelines • ICMR • Public health • Science and Technology

Sulabh International introduces India’s first sewer cleaning machine to end unsafe manual scavenging

Sulabh International has introduced India’s first sewer cleaning machine to reduce sewer deaths and put end to unsafe practice of manual scavenging. The machine was unveiled on occasion of World Toilet Day 2018 (observed on 19 November) by mayors of all three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) in the presence founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Bindeshwar Pathak • Drainage Infrastructure • Manual scavenging • Sulabh International • Sulabh sewer cleaning machine • World Toilet Day