Green Hydrogen and its uses
Green hydrogen is made by using clean electricity from surplus renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, to electrolyse water. Thus, green hydrogen is any…
Satellite Navigation System
A satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geopositioning. A satellite navigation system with global coverage is termed global navigation…
Progress made by India in access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
QUES. Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy is the sine qua non to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Comment on the progress made in India…
Principle of ‘checks and balance’ under constitution of India
QUES . Do you think that the constitution of India does not accept the principle of strict separation of powers rather it is based on the principle…
Digital signature – Authentication, salient built in features and benefits
QUES . What is digital signature? What does its authentication mean? Give various salient built in features of a digital signature. UPSC 2013 GS MAINS PAPER III…
Use of Internet and social media by non-state actors
QUES . Use of Internet and social media by non-state actors for subversive activities is a major concern. How have these been misused in the recent past?…
Cloud hosting of server vis-a-vis in-house machine-based hosting
Ques . Discuss the advantage and security implications of cloud hosting of server vis-a-vis in-house machine-based hosting for government businesses. UPSC 2015 GS MAINS PAPER III HINTS:…
Potential threats of Cyber attack and security framework to prevent it
QUES . Discuss the potential threats of Cyber attack and the security framework to prevent it. UPSC 2017 MAINS GS PAPER III HINTS: Cyber attacks are becoming…
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology
“CRISPR” (pronounced “crisper”) stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, which are the hallmark of a bacterial defense system that forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome…
DNA metabarcoding
Method that identify species from bulk sample DNA or environmental DNA via high-throughput sequencing of a DNA marker is known as DNA metabarcoding. Any gene or DNA…