Ekam UPSC Science and Technology

Fully realising the potential of emerging technologies in military requires altering existing organisations and approaches

Government to meet social media platforms on deepfake issue; safe harbour immunity won't apply if adequate steps not taken. PM Modi cautions deepfakes can lead to crisis, urges media to raise awareness & educate people. Government to hold meeting in 3-4 days, platforms like Meta and Google to be called.

On November 14, the U.K. government announced that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) had recommended a vaccine against chickenpox (varicella) should be added to routine childhood immunisation programme.

India's space programme began 60 years ago with the launch of a Nike Apache rocket from Thumba. Since then, ISRO has achieved many successes, including launching satellites for various applications and for deep-space science missions.