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| ♦ World’s Longest undersea cable “Firmina”, built by Google. • This subsea cable connects United States of America (USA) with South American countries. • It was named after the 1st Brazilian poet ‘Maria Firmina dos Reis’. ♦ National Institute Of Immunology (NII) Gets Trademark For India’s First Indigenous Tumor Antigen SPAG9 ♦ Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Sajag commissioned by National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval ♦ The Common Services Centres (CSC) E-Governance India Ltd launched an e-marketplace or portal for agri services, mainly to help small farmers. ♦ “Bal Swaraj” portal launched by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) ♦ “AmbiTag” India’s first IoT(Internet of Things) device which will record the real-time temperature of perishable products. ♦ The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in. ♦ Ministry of AYUSH Launches “Namaste Yoga” App to spread awareness about Yoga to people of the country. ♦ Indian Navy Inducts 3 Indigenously-Built Advanced Light Helicopters named MK III ♦ An exoplanet called “TOI-1231 b with Water Clouds discovered by a team of International Astronomers. ♦ Oldest Hydrographic Survey Ship – INS Sandhayak decommissioned by Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. ♦ China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets new world record, runs at 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds. ♦ SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule carries Squids, Microorganisms to ISS ♦The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has launched an online tracking portal “Bal Swaraj (COVID-Care link)” for child in need of care and protection. ♦ India’s first Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy was conducted at the Bone Marrow Transplant unit at ACTREC, Tata Memorial Center(TMC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. ♦ ISRO Developed 3 Types of Ventilators & Set to Transfer Technology to Industry for Clinical Usage namely PRANA , VaU and SVASTA. ♦ The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the Extended range version of indigenously developed Pinaka rocket |
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| May 2021 | |
| ♦ Mayflower 400 • World’s First Artificial Intelligence Ship to Navigate across The Atlantic ocean. • Built by the marine research organization ProMare in collaboration with IBM |
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| ♦ ‘ID-Art’ Mobile App • Launched by Interpol • to protect Cultural Heritage Properties |
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| ♦ VINCOV-19 • Covid-19 antibody product. • Developed by Hyderabadbased immunological company VINS Bioproducts. | |
| ♦ Roc • World’s Largest Aeroplane codenamed ‘Roc’ • Built by Stratolaunch completes Test Flight • capable of carrying 550, 000-pound (approx 275 ton) payload |
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| ♦ Uranium-214 • Lightest form of Uranium. • Ceated by Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou, China |
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| ♦ MACS 1407 • High-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean. • Developed by Scientists from Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science Research Institute-Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, in collaboration with ICAR. |
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| ♦ The Unicorn • Smallest Blackhole in Milky Way Galaxy. • The black hole is a part of the binary star system named V723 Mon. |
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| ♦ World’s first 2 nanometer chip • Univeiled by International Business Machines(IBM) |
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| ♦ Dhruv MK III Maritime Variant (MR) 2.5t • Advanced Light Helicopter developed by HAL. |
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| ♦Patania II • A deep-sea mining prototype robot. • Used in Deep Sea Mining in Pacific Ocean Floor |
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| ♦ CIBA-Nodavac-R • India’s first vaccine for the viral disease nervous necrosis (VNN) • Developed by Chennai-based Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) |
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| ♦Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) • NASA has signed an agreement with Axiom Space to send the 1st private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by January 2022. • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule will carry the crew to the ISS |
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| ♦ INS Rajput • Indian Navy’s 1st Destroyer decommissioned after 41 years of Service • The destroyer was built by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) under her Russian name ‘Nadezhny’ meaning ‘hope. |
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| ♦ India’s 1st Hall-effect Thruster • Privately Developed by Bellatrix Aerospace , a Bengaluru based Space Transportation company |
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| ♦ Mylab CoviSelf • India’s First Home Covid Test Kit. • Developed by Pune-based company MyLab Discovery Solutions • Approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) • It takes 2 minutes to conduct the test and 15 minutes to get the result |
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| ♦ James Webb Space Telescope • NASA’s Giant Webb Telescope Successfully Completed its Pre-Launch Test |
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| ♦ MMME Mk-II • first prototype of Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II • Launched by BEML Ltd |
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| ♦ Simorgh • Most Powerful Supercomputer of Iran. • The system was designed by the Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT). |
