(SAMPLE MATERIAL) THE GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER

SEPTEMBER 2024

• Human Spaceflight
• National Quantum Mission
• Guidelines for Transportation of Live Human Organs
• Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
• Gene Editing Pesticides
• BioE3
• Kakrapar Atomic Power Station
• Vigyan Dhara Scheme
• Liquid water in the Martian mid-crust
• Solar Paraboloid Technology
• MCQs

AUGUST 2024

• e-MOBILITY ROADMAP FOR INDIA
• THORIUM MOLTEN SALT BASED NUCLEAR STATION
• AI Washing
• Asteroid Apophis
• Kavach
• ADITYA-L1 SPACECRAFT COMPLETED ITS FIRST HALO ORBIT
• Axiom-4 Mission
• Earth Observation Satellite Systems
• Jumping Genes
• MCQs

JULY 2024

• Discovery of dark oxygen
• Pink Bollworm (PBW) Menace And project sanvardhan
• Tirzepatide
• Dyson sphere
• Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV)
• Syphilis:
• Researchers Develop Scalable Wearable Pressure Sensor
• MilliMobile — tiny, self-driving robot powered only by light and radio waves
• Chaperones
• Nipah Monoclonal antibodies trial
• Hurricane beryl
• MCQs

JUNE 2024

• mRNA Vaccine Shows Promise in Fight Against
• Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
• Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)
• Zero Debris Charter
• NISAR Satellite
• Geo Fencing
• World First Satellite enabled smart phone
• Goldene
• MCQs

MAY 2024

• Tactic AI
• Sympathetic Solar Flare
• Network as a Service
• Biohacking
• Raman Spectroscopy
• Liquid Nitrogen
• Magnetar
• Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
• Salmonella
• MATH — A centre of excellence dedicated to AI & ML
• MCQs on Science & Tech

APRIL 2024

• 2nd ROCKET LAUNCH PORT OF ISRO
• INDIA’S FIRST HYDROGEN FUEL CELL FERRY
• ETHANOL 100
• Submarine communications cables
• SICKLE CELL DISEASE
• FIRST-EVER GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
• RHODAMINE B
• CARBON FOOTPRINT OF AI
• BHASHANET PORTAL
• ICECUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
• MCQs

MARCH 2024

• IIT Jodhpur Researchers Create Prototype of Hybrid Vehicle that Moves in Land, Air, and Water
• HIGH- ALTITUDE, PSEUDO- SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
• INSAT-3DS
• GAGANYAAN MISSION
• GENOME INDIA PROJECT
• E INK DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
• MITOCHONDRIAL COXIELLA EFFECTOR F (MCEF)
• GUINEA WORM DISEASE
• MCQs
• MCQs on Protoplasts

FEBRUARY 2024

• Bubble Baby Syndrome
• Aegis Graham Bell Awards
• Finite Element Analysis of Structures
• Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant
• Edwards syndrome
• Island On The Air (IOTA) Programme
• Mpemba Effect
• Huntington’s Disease
• Leif Erikson Lunar Prize
• 10th Anniversary of Heidelberg Laureate Forum
• MCQs

JANUARY 2024

• The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
• ECLSS
• Google’s Gemini
• Betelgeuse
• X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite
• NASA’s Psyche spacecraft
• Ketamine
• Operation Gangotri
• Algal Fuel Cells
• MCQs

DECEMBER 2023

• Bioplastics: Can they be a solution to plastic pollution?
• Unlocking the Secrets of Nature with Physics-Informed Neural Networks
• India’s NavIC will now be supported by ‘Made in India’ chipsets
• COVID mRNA Vaccine Pioneers Honoured with Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Open Als Project Q
• Helicobacter Pylori Disease
• Methane Alert And Response System
• DANGER: Software Tool for Genome Editing
• Fischer-Tropsch Process
• White Lung Syndrome
• DANGER : Software Tool For Genome Editing
• Eumasia Venefica
• e-Cabinet System
• Intelligent knife
• Antimicrobial-Resistant Gonorrhea Outbreak in Kenya
• MCQs on Science & Tech

NOVEMBER 2023

• Printing in Three Dimensions
• Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots Wins the 2023 Chemistry Nobel
• Nuclear Medicine
• Lunar Polar Exploration Mission
• Fischer-Tropsch Process
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• DANGER: Software Tool for Genome Editing
• Vampire Viruses
• MCQs on Animal Features

OCTOBER 2023

• Street Lights: Smart Solutions for Energy-Efficient Lighting in India
• Keystone Species Regulators of the Ecosystem
• Afforestation
• Endangered Ungulate of Western Ghats
• Endangered Water Tigers of the Himalayas Story of the Golden Mahseer
• Conserving the Nilgiri Martens Obscure mammals of the Western Ghats
• SIM-Swap Scam
• Photocopying
• Haemoglobin (Hb)
• Aerogels
• MCQs on Pioneers in Biology
• MCQs on Histology

SEPTEMBER 2023

• Computational analysis shows how dengue virus evolved in India
• Vibhav Anti-Tank Munition
• Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
• Why are venomous snails so fascinating to scientists?
• Foucault's Pendulum The Device That Lets You See The Earth Turn
• Dhruvastra Missile
• Nature’s Marvel: The Marvel of Deceptive Pollination — Aristolochia microstoma
• Polyethylene Terephthalate
• Bringing Field Botany Alive
• MCQs on Animals

AUGUST 2023

• Chandrayaan-3
• Biocomposites — Sustainable & Eco-friendly
• “Robomuse 5.0” — A Mobile Robot for Heavy Payloads
• Researchers Develop New Superconducting Diode
• Resistant Starch Type III — Miracle Starch?
• MCQs on Common Scientific instrument

JULY 2023

• Successful Launch of India’s Moon Mission — Chandrayaan-3
• UCI Scientists develop gene silencing DNA enzyme that can target a single molecule
• Computational analysis shows how dengue virus evolved in India
• IIT Madras Researchers develop effective Data Analytics approach to detect petroleum in underground
• Monster Black Hole Spews Fire at Galaxy
• Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
• India Jumps from 7th to 3rd Global Ranking in Scientific Publications, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
• IIT Madras and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Researchers Study Microbial Interactions taking place in the International Space Station to make Space Travel Safer
• Emerging Threat of Nanoplastics Pollution to terrestrial ecosystems
• Soil to soil -In the true spirit of a circular economy
• MCQs on Science and Tech

JUNE 2023

• Thought-controlled Biosensor Technology operates robots & machines
• IIT Madras researchers develop database on Coronavirus Antibodies
• Fireproof and Durable Oxygen-ion Battery
• Highly Efficient Spintronics-based Neuromorphic Hardware
• Transparent Glass Frogs
• Practical applications of Computational Gastronomy
• BIODIVERSITY OF INDIA MCQ
• WORLD TURLE DAY MAY 23rd MCQ

MAY 2023

• Ultrafast Laser Camera
• Headset gives the Wearer X-ray Vision
• Hyperloop System for Coal/Mineral Transportation
• Self-charging Air Filter Face Mask
• Secure satellite-based Quantum Communication system
• Innovations in Railways
• Rainbow Experiment Illustrating Acids & Bases
• UCI Scientists develop gene silencing DNA enzyme that can target a single molecule
• Lithium — White Gold of Energy Storage
• MCQs on Forestry

APRIL 2023

• Consumption and Nutritional significance of Millets
• Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
• IIT Madras Researchers develop effective Data Analytics approach to detect petroleum in underground
• IIT Madras and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Researchers Study Microbial Interactions taking place in the International Space Station to make Space Travel Safer
• Risk of Passing Multiple Climate Tipping Points Escalates above 1.5°C Global Warming
• MCQs on Millets

MARCH 2023

• C-CAMP A World-class Model
• Promoting a Culture of Innovations in India
• Rewarding Innovations
• Cardiac Imaging by Wearable Ultrasound Device
• Cost Efficient Carbon Capture System

FEBRUARY 2023

• Front of Pack Nutrition Labeling (FOPNL)
• Substance and Shadow of COP 24/7
• A Paper-thin Solar Cell
• Flameproof Lithium-ion Batteries
• Heart Failure Monitoring — Belt with sensors Monitors 24/7
• Skin-integrated Wireless Haptic Interface Device
• MCQs on Human Body

JANUARY 2023

• Space Exploration Artemis-I — Moon to Mars Mission
• Packaging Food
• World’s most durable Hydrogen Fuel Cell
• Battery design breakthrough in electric vehicles
• India’s first indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer
• India’s first 3D-printed human cornea
• Indian Ocean, northern Arabian Sea, and central Bay of Bengal likely to experience rough wave days due to climate change
• Researchers from IIT Kanpur develop artificial muscles that can be used in next-generation medical devices and space robots
• India’s First Steel Slag Road
• TiHAN: First-of-its-kind “Autonomous Navigation Facility”
• India’s largest floating solar plant
• India’s First Night Sky Sanctuary
• Mobile Application ‘IITD Aab Prahari’
• IIT Madras Students unveil its first Electric Racing Car
• Low-cost sensor records the level of rivers
• Self-powered ingestible sensor
• MCQs on Animal Features

DECEMBER 2022

• Assistive Application for Children with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
• Mobile Phone Generations
• 5Gi: The Made-for-India Variant of 5G
• iTad — Interactive Touch active display
• New Materials for Stable LEDs Emitting Bright Light’
• Smartphone’s Camera and Flash Measure Blood Oxygen Levels at Home
• Sensors for Face Masks that help Gauge Fit
• Trace Elements
• MCQs on Rabies

NOVEMBER 2022

• ISRO’s Maiden SSLV Mission
• Do Animals Practice Democracy?
• Magnetotactic bacteria
• Wet Bulb Temperature
• Relative Humidity
• Dew Point Temperature
• Sensible Temperature
• Antimicrobial Coating from Agricultural Waste
• Viroclog
• A Paper Battery with Water Switch
• Ultrasound Sticker for Imaging Organs
• MCQs

OCTOBER 2022

• Monster Black Hole Spews Fire at Galaxy
• Sampurnanand Telescope
• Web 3.0
• Viral Spillover
• Pillars of Creation (PoC)
• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (1931- 2015)
• Mock meat
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs)

Sepember 2022

• Risk of Passing Multiple Climate Tipping Points Escalates above 1.5°C Global Warming
• Dolutegravir-based Antiretroviral Therapies for HIV-1 Effective in Pregnancy
• IIT Kanpur develops solar energy-based Root Zone Heating system and Vermi-Bed method for plants in high altitude areas
• ‘Snapping’ Footwear to Help Prevent Diabetic Foot Complications
• Novel strategy to make fast-charging solid-state batteries
• MCQs

August 2022

• ‘Snapping’ Footwear to Help Prevent Diabetic Foot Complications
• IIT Mandi Team Develops Wireless Powering and Communication Technology for IoT Applications
• Web 3.0 & Metaverse: Is this the future of the Internet?
• Applications of GSAT-24
• Snapping’ Footwear Prevents Diabetic Foot Complications
• MCQs on Srinivasa Ramanujan
• Hybrid Buckling-Restrained Braces (HBRBs) — Improve Earthquake Resistance of Structures
• MCQs on Science and Tech

JULY 2022

• Tropical Cyclone/Typhoon/Hurricane
• Tornado
• Cloudburst
• Thunderstorm
• Hailstorm
• Smart Materials for applications in Soft Robotics
• 3D printed gloves for Rehabilitating Stroke Patients
• Remote Controlled Robotic Crab
• Touchless Touch Sensor
• Astronomy Quiz
• MCQs on Animal Kingdom

JUNE 2022

• Green Energy
• Photovoltaics
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• Supercomputing
• GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster
• MCQs on Corona Vaccines
• MCQs on World Environment Day

May 2022

• IIT Delhi startup develops highly effective antiviral fabric
• IIT Gandhinagar Researchers Develop a Comprehensive Framework to Reduce the Damage to Power Transmission Systems in Coastal Areas under Cyclonic Scenarios
• 3D Printed Gloves for Rehabilitating Stroke Patients 
• IIT Hyderabad Researchers develop Innovative Hybrid FRP Strengthening Solution for Civil Infra like existing bridges and buildings
• Bharti-backed One Web, Isro unit sign agreement for satellite launches
• MCQs on National Technology Day
• MCQs on Plants have economic importance

April 2022

• Anti-inflammatory Activity of Medicinal Plants
• Beneficial Gene Mutations
• Boltzmann Medal
• Autoimmune diseases
• MCQs on Health

March 2022

• IISER Bhopal Researchers Develop Polymers to Remove Micropollutants From Water
• Cost-Effective and Environment-Friendly Water Desalination Technique
• Researchers Develop High Efficiency, Shadow-less, Portable Solar PV Towers for Power Generation
• Param Pravega
• Science MCQs:

February 2022

• Triantha occidentalis
• Nagware
• Crapware
• Ransomware
• Spyware
• Robotic Assisted Surgery
• Nisar Mission
• Science Quiz

January 2022

• Exploring the Universe
• Advances in Materials Science
• Biology & Evolution
• Nanotechnology
• Environment & Earth Sciences
• Technology
• Science Quiz

December 2021

• Can Graphene Valleytronics Pave the Way to Household Quantum Computers?
• Electronic Media Use Associated with Shorter Sleep in Children
• Baby Detector Software
• Unique Technology for Direct Generation of Hydrogen from Agricultural Residue
• Newly Devised Sensor Can Detect Explosives Swiftly
• Modular Device for Extra-terrestrial Experiments
• James Webb Space Telescope
• MCQs on Noble Prize winners

November 2021

• Role of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Decarbonisation
• CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2021
• Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Disposal System
• Square Kilometer Array
• International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
• MCQs on mega science projects

 October 2021

• Superfoods: How ‘Super’ Are They?
• Toxic elements, their sources, hazards and antagonized nutrients
• DRI of dietary elements
• Biologically Important Elements
• Training Programs on Hing Cultivation
• Modified Cotton Fabric — Adsorbs Harmful Air Pollutants
• NeoBolt: Indigenous Motorized Wheelchair Vehicle
• ‘Smart’ Shirt
• Charging Room

September-2021

• Variants
• Advanced Wound Dressing Material
• New device to Reduce Frequency of Charging Electronic Gadgets
• “Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis
• miSHERLOCK
• Cytokine Shower and Storm
• Device to Generate Electricity from Raindrops, Ocean Waves
• Efficient Technique for the Identification of Pollution Deposit Level in the Power Transmission Network

August-2021

• Technologies for Smart Cities
• The Journey of Building Defence Technological Capability
• (UMP) Star with Lowest Carbon Abundance Discovered
• Scientists Come up With Highest Resolution 3D Simulation of Star Formation
• Voyager 1 Detects Plasma 'hum'
• Plasma Waves Detected in the Suns Photosphere
• Aries Develops Indigenous Low Cost Optical Spectrograph

 July 2021

• IIT Delhi Researchers Demonstrate a New Brain-inspired Artificial Neuron for Building Accurate and Efficient Neuromorphic AI Systems
• IIT Gandhinagar researchers develop highly effective, environment-friendly and transparent anti-viral surface coating
• The Genome of a Salt-secreting Mangrove Species Decoded by DBT-ILS
• Multi-Drug Resistance
• Electrically Configured Nanochannels Eliminating Unwanted Energy can Revolutionize On-chip Data Communication and Processing in Future
• AI based model for disease detection in potato crops using photos of leaves
• MTech in Defence Technology programme 

 June 2021

• New Blood-based Biomarker to Distinguish between Bacterial and Viral Infections
• IIT Mandi Researchers Discover the Molecular Mechanism by which Excess Sugar Consumption Causes Fatty Liver Disease
• Novel Technique could help Detect Tropical Cyclones for Bay of Bengal Basin earlier than Satellites
• Critical Near Isothermal Forging Technology
• AmbiTAG

 May 2021

• Antibody Detection Kit - DRDO
• AI-powered Online Account Opening - SBI and Hyper Verge
• Microsoft to Retire Iconic Internet Explorer
• Audio-Visual Guide App Launched by National Gallery of Modern Art
• China-Russia to Begin the Biggest Nuclear Power Project

 April 2021

• Introducing AL and machine Learning
• Nanozymes That Can Block HIV Reactivation
• Supernova Explosion Traced to One of the Hottest Kind of Stars
• Launch of ProrIIsetm Software for Automating IP-Processes

•  March 2021

• ISRO makes breakthrough of free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over 300m
• Multilayer Masks Most Effective at Preventing Aerosol Generation
• New material found can efficiently convert waste heat to electricity to power
• AI-based software tool for automated diagnosis of COVID-19 lung infection
• Modelling HIV fusion

•  February 2021

• New material found can efficiently convert waste heat to electricity to power small home equipment & vehicles
• Modelling HIV fusion
• How Safe is Your Tea in a Paper Cup?
• Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) based Charging Station for Electronic Devices
• AnamNet
• Solar-powered Pest Control System for Smaller Farm Fields

• January 2021

• How Hitchhiking Worms Choose their Vehicles
• Efficient Catalytic System for Biofuel and Lactic Acid Production
• AqCure
• Phytochemicals
• World’s First ‘Lichen Garden’ Developed in Munsiyari, India
• Emergence of SARS CoV 2 in Wastewater

• December 2020

• Hydrogen-Alpha System
• Robotic Laws
• 5G & IoT vs Cyber Security

• November 2020

• X-Ray Making Invisible Visible
• Microwave Hassle Free Heating
• Pacemaker Life Saving Discovery
• Teflon Heat Resistant
• Saccharin Lab Accident to a Sweetener
• Repurposed Inventions
• Excessive Sitting and Cancer Risk in Times of Covid 19 Lockdowns
• CSIR Fights Covid 19
• Preventing Virus Spread Within Households Could be Key to Controlling New Outbreaks of Covid 19
• Penicillin World First Antibiotic

• October 2020

• Bumblebee bat
• New Device — error-correcting cat
• Wearable Sweat Sensor
• Colonoscopy-like Bacteria Grabber
• Air Unique-quality Monitoring (aUM)
• Smartwatch tracks Medication Levels
• Role of GIS in Managing COVID-19
• What Are Clinical Trials?
• (The Gist of Science Reporter) Testing Corona

• September 2020

• National tuberculosis elimination programme india tb report 2020
• International space station iss
• It is rocket science
• Tess nasa planet hunter
• Satarlink mission high speed internet access across the globe
• Neowise coment brightest logn period comet
• Mars 2020 mission perseverance rover
• Unique green glow in martian atmosphere
• First ever image of a multi planet system around a sun like star captured by eso telescope
• New fat burning molecule does not affect satiety
• A step closer towards a more effective treatment for osteoarthritis
• Device for diabetic retinopathy testing

• July- 2020

• Plant Virus-like Particles as Vehicles for Therapeutic Antibodies
• A Common Consumer-friendly Charger
• Astronomers Find Closest Black Hole to Earth
• Doctor Dogs to Detect Coronavirus
• Engineered Enzyme Recycles Plastic Waste
• International Year of Plant Health
• Rare Viral Zoonoses
• Washable Textile Coating
• CSIR Technology showcase
• Affordable and Effective Face Mask — KAWACH
• AI Powered Flexible Throat Sensor to Track COVID-19
• Health Ministry Launches

• June- 2020

• Mary River Turtle
• Electronic Skin — Human-machine Interface
• MCQs on Human Virus
• Chenab Bridge –The Highest Bridge
• New Mini Moon of Earth
• Air Pollution and Public Health: Challenges and Interventions
• CSIR’s Mission to Combat COVID19
• Apple Unveils COVID-19 Information App and Website
• GOKADDAL —World’s First-ever Digital Solutions exchange Cloud

• May- 2020

• AI and ML — Disease Identification and Diagnosis
• Augmented Reality — Improved Experience
• Jewel Caterpillar
• Wearable Health Technology — Smart Check on Health
• Wearable Coils for Medical Testing
• Rocketbook Notepad Orbit
• ICMR’s Efforts to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic
• ICT for Quality Education in India
• PM KISAN Mobile App
• Simplify your Diabetes Care Plan with InPen

• April - 2020

• World’s Fastest Ant
• Smart insulin-delivery Patch
• HUNU — A reusable Coffee Cup
• Henneguya salminicola: The animal that doesn’t Need Oxygen to Respire
• Turning Ocean Waters Acidic Threatening Marine Life

• March - 2020

• Yoto Player a Smart Speaker for Kids
• Go Find Me Track your Loved Ones
• Edible “Security Tags” Protecting Drugs from Duplicacy
• Perfusion Machine to Keep Liver Alive
• Self-moisturising Smart Contact Lenses
• Rope Bridge — Linking Habitat trees
• Turtle Tunnel-A Walk Beneath Rail Tracks
• Green Bridges — Connecting Habitats
• Radio Telemetry
• Camera Traps
• GIS (Geographic Information System)
• Turtle Tracking Devices
• GPS Tagging
• Drones
• PIT Tags for Fish
• Sim Card
• Automated Bio acoustic Monitoring devices
• Remote Sensing

• February - 2020

• VivaLNK’s Tiny Reusable and Wearable Sensor
• Danakil Depression Uniquely Extreme Region
• First Smart Speaker System
• App Insect 3D
• VISTA SEAL: A Fibrin Sealant
• CSIR-NPL Develops Advanced Security Ink
• Cryptography
• MCQ on Poisonous Plants

• January - 2020

• Space Exploration
• First Kuiper Belt Flyby
• First Direct Evidence of White Dwarf Stars
• NASA’s TESS Unveils New Planetary System
• First-ever Plants Sprout on the Moon
• First Nearby Habitable SuperEarth
• Marsquake Detected
• NASA’s Kepler Confirms First Exoplanet
• K2-288Bb — Discovered in a Low Mass Binary System
• “Forbidden Planet” — Neptune Size Exoplanet
• Bedin 1, Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Found
• Universe’s First Molecule Spotted in Space
• New Rain Loving Species of Snake
• World Most Powerful Electric Eel
• 15 Giant Planet Orbiting Dead Dwarf Star
• 14 Black Hole Devouring Neutron
• Hayabusa 2 Performs Second Touchdown on Asteroid
• Worm with Three Sexes Discovered
• New Species of Stiletto Snake
• Lost Continent Discovered under Europe
• Fossils of the World’s Largest Parrot ever Recorded
• New Plastic-eating Bacteria
• Unique Oil-Eating Bacteria at the Bottom of the Ocean
• Goldschmidt Ite — New Mineral in Diamond
• World’s Smallest Fossil Monkey
• World’s First Land-Based Commercial Coral Farm
• Gel-like Fluid to Prevent Wildfires
• First Smartphone App to Detect Ear Infection
• World’s First-ever 3-D Heart
• International Environment Conferences 2019
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