Study Material on Contemporary Issues for UPSC Exams: (Science & Technology)

Contents

Indian Space Programme

• Launch Vehicles
• Satellites

Nuclear Power Programme

• Stage I - Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor
• Stage II - Fast Breeder Reactor
• Stage III - Thorium Based Reactors

National Intellectual Property Rights Policy’

• Objectives

Technology Vision Document 2035

Nanotechnology Applications

• Medicine
• Electronics
• Fuel Cells
• Solar Cells
• Batteries
• Space
• Fuels
• Better Air Quality
• Cleaner Water
• Chemical Sensors
• Sporting Goods
• Fabric

Nanoparticles

• Its properties

Nanoscale Diode

Caspol: The Spinoff Material from VSSC

• Uses

Silica Aero Gel

Syn3.0 - Tiniest Life Form

Germline Editing

Genome Project-write (HGP-write)

• The goal of HGP-write

Stem Cell Therapy

TargetFinder

GoS for GM Pulses

GN Genome Sequenced

• Significance to India
• Major Growing States

GM Mustard

An Indigenized Gyroton

Made in China: An ‘Artifical Sun’

Shale Gas

New Form of Light Discovered

Google and Facebook Plans ‘Internet for AII”

RFID & GPS For Checking Pilferage

• GOTPass: For More Secure Online Banking

Project Loon!

Open Source

Government Push

End-to-End Encryption

Li-Fi

Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency

Light - Emitting Diode

IndARC

Fly Ash

Geo-synthetic Tube Seawall Project

HVDC and Microgrids

Marine Food Chain

Floating Dam

• Project ‘AWARE’

NEMO to Scan the Air

Eco-friendly Aerogels

Sea Level Rise

Fourth Industrial Revolution

e-Eye System

New Superbug

Ban on Alloxan

Xpert MTB/RIF Text

• Zika Virus

Lassa fever

India’s Rotavirus Vaccine

AlphaGo

• How does AlphaGo work?

Artifical Intelligence Rivals Human Abilities

Micro Air Vehicles

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