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Science & Technology Prelims 2020 Current Affairs Revision Science & Technology (May - December 2019) Click Here for Prelims 2020 CA Revision Environment, Economy, Social Justice, Polity & Governance, History, Art & Culture www.skholar.com Table of Contents Annular Solar Eclipse ................................................ 20 Space and Space Technology ........................................ 4 Helium Hydride ........................................................... 21 Chandrayaan 2.............................................................. 4 Ploonet ........................................................................ 22 Gaganyaan Project ...................................................... 5 Tardigrade – Water Bear .......................................... 22 NaVIC ............................................................................. 5 Methane on Mars ....................................................... 22 Voyager 2 ...................................................................... 6 New Moons of Saturn ............................................... 23 Tiangong-2 .................................................................... 7 Health and Diseases...................................................... 24 LCROSS Mission .......................................................... 7 Dengue Vaccine ......................................................... 24 Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment Mission .. 8 May Illness .................................................................. 24 Van Allen Probes mission .......................................... 8 Antimicrobial Resistance Report ............................. 24 DSCOVR Mission .......................................................... 9 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome .................................. 25 Artemis mission ........................................................... 9 Nipah Virus Disease .................................................. 25 OSIRIS- Rex Mission .................................................... 9 Diphtheria .................................................................... 26 Important missions of ISRO ..................................... 10 Malaria Detection Test kit ........................................ 27 Terra and Aqua Satellites ......................................... 10 TB elimination ............................................................ 27 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ..................... 11 Antibiotic Colistin ...................................................... 28 ICON Satellite ............................................................. 11 Proton Therapy on cancer ........................................ 28 CARTOSAT 3 satellite ............................................... 12 Ebola Vaccine ............................................................. 29 Lunar Evacuation System Assembly....................... 12 National Animal Disease Control Programme ...... 29 International Astronautical Federation ................... 12 India Iodine Survey .................................................... 30 Defence Space Research Organization .................. 12 Bombay Blood Group ................................................ 30 New Space India Limited .......................................... 13 UMMID and NIDAN .................................................... 31 Falcon Heavy Spacecraft .......................................... 13 Hepatitis B Control .................................................... 31 RISAT-2BR1 ................................................................ 14 Measles Infection ...................................................... 31 Geotail .......................................................................... 14 IVF pregnancy............................................................. 32 Perseid Meteor Shower............................................. 15 Influenza classification ............................................. 32 Thirty Meter Telescope ............................................. 15 African Swine Fever................................................... 32 Milky Way Galaxy ....................................................... 16 Salmonella .................................................................. 33 Jellyfish Galaxies ....................................................... 16 LRRK2 .......................................................................... 33 Gravitational Lensing ................................................ 17 Oligomannate (GV-971) drug ................................... 33 Hygiea .......................................................................... 17 Acute Respiratory Infections ................................... 33 Exoplanet K2-18b ....................................................... 17 ETVAX vaccine ........................................................... 33 Oumuamua .................................................................. 18 Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) .......................... 34 WDJ0914+1914 .......................................................... 18 SAANS campaign....................................................... 34 SnowEx ........................................................................ 18 Study on Mental disorders ....................................... 34 BRUIE ........................................................................... 18 Information Communication Technology .................. 35 Square Kilometre Array ............................................. 19 Microbots .................................................................... 35 Naming of a Planet .................................................... 19 Smart India Hackathon - 2019 ................................. 35 Bhibha & Santamasa ................................................. 19 Quantum Supremacy ................................................. 35 www.skholar.com www.skholar.com Edge Computing ......................................................... 36 Military Exercises....................................................... 52 Data localization ........................................................ 36 Schemes and Initiatives ................................................ 53 TechSagar ................................................................... 37 Project MANAV .......................................................... 53 Starlink system ........................................................... 37 International Centre for Automotive Technology . 53 World Wide Web contract ......................................... 38 National Genomic Grid .............................................. 53 DTrack Malware ......................................................... 38 DHRUV Programme ................................................... 54 IBM GRAF .................................................................... 38 Gemini Device............................................................. 54 StrandHogg bug ......................................................... 39 National Broadband Mission ................................... 55 Libra currency ............................................................. 39 Meghdoot app ............................................................ 55 Short-Wave Radio Transmissions ........................... 40 INAPH Database ........................................................ 55 Energy .............................................................................. 41 SUPRA scheme .......................................................... 56 Superconductivity at Room temperature ............... 41 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize 2019 ..................... 56 Thorium-Based Nuclear Reactors ........................... 41 NHS and NDHB ........................................................... 56 EV Battery Technologies .......................................... 41 Green Crackers........................................................... 57 Hydrothermal Carbonization .................................... 43 UNICEF cryptocurrency fund .................................... 57 Indigenous Fuel Cell .................................................. 43 Nikshay Poshan Yojana ............................................ 57 Microbial Fuel Cells ................................................... 44 Red Atlas Map ............................................................ 57 Winter-Grade Diesel ................................................... 45 Programme 3S ........................................................... 58 Biotechnology ................................................................. 46 Indian Brain Atlas ....................................................... 58 Artificial Bio Organs .................................................. 46 Geochemical Baseline Atlas of India ...................... 58 Artificial Life ............................................................... 46 World Malaria Report 2019 ...................................... 59 Pig Organs ................................................................... 47 Global Innovation Index 2019 .................................. 59 SPIT-SEQ test ............................................................. 47 India Innovation Index 2019 ..................................... 59 IndiGen Project ........................................................... 48 Nobel Prizes 2019 ..................................................... 60 Golden Rice ................................................................. 48 Miscellaneous ...............................................................
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