Sievert – UPSC Prelims
Sievert (Sv): Sievert is the unit of radiation absorption in the International System of Units (SI). The sievert takes into account […]
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S&T for Prelims
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Dark Matter – UPSC Prelims
Dark Matter: Dark matter, though never detected, is believed to be present in the entire universe. It is presumed that
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Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) – UPSC
Receptor Binding Domain (RBD): A receptor-binding domain (RBD) is a key part of a virus, located on its ‘spike’ domain
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Public Key Cryptography – UPSC
Public Key Cryptography? Public-key cryptography also called asymmetric cryptography is communication where people exchange messages that can only be read
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Quantum Key Distribution – UPSC
Quantum Key Distribution(QKD): It is primarily a mechanism to undertake secure communication which utilises a cryptographic protocol involving various components of
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – UPSC Prelims
PSLV is third generation launch vehicle indigenously designed and developed by ISRO. It is one of world’s most reliable and
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Natural gas – UPSC Prelims
Facts: The government will invest around 60 billion USD in creating gas infrastructure in the country till 2024 and increasing gas’s share in the energy mix
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Igla-S missile – UPSC Prelims
Developed by Russia It is a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) It has won bid for Indian Army’s Very Short
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Neutrinos – UPSC Prelims
Neutrinos: Neutrinos are electrically neutral, elementary weakly interacting subatomic particles with half-integer spin. They belong to the lepton family. Neutrinos