Railway Science (Science and Technology – Miscellaneous)

PARAM Ganga is the first 'made in India' Petascale supercomputer that was deployed by The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at IIT Roorkee in March 2022, has a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops. (Current affairs).

Smart Event Tracking System (SETS) is a new tool on Google Maps-based planning and analysis tools. It has been deployed to tackle the growing problem of cattle getting run over by trains. Indian Railways has created a real-time train information system (RTIS) with the help of ISRO, making it easier to track trains in real-time.
The kavach system is an automatic train protection (ATP) system developed by Indian Railways through Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO).

Tejas: It is a 4.5 generation, all weather and multi-role fighter aircraft. It is capable of taking up offensive air support, close combat and ground attack roles. It is the smallest & lightest aircraft in its class.
Manufacturer - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Prachand: indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) by HAL.

Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowships {awarded by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)}. The principal objective of the Fellowship is to recognize and promote excellence in engineering, innovation and technology development. The amount is Rs 25,000/- per month in addition to salary being drawn, along with the Research Grant of Rs.15.00 lakh per annum.

1962 (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru). It comes under the Department of Atomic Energy. The aim of the Committee was to formulate India's space programme. Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was dissolved and superseded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 15 August 1969.

The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998.

Pokhran-I - It was code-named Smiling Buddha and officially described as a "peaceful nuclear explosion" with “few military implications”. It was conducted at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Revised in 2010. Aim - To provide opportunities to secondary stage students to build their capacity through computer aided learning process.
ICT Components - Electronic textbooks, instructional software, email, chat, and distance learning programs. RMSA: Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, launched in March 2009.

The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was first set up in the Department of Scientific Research, which had been created a few months earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was created on August 3, 1954, under the direct charge of the Prime Minister.
The AEC was subsequently established within the DAE through a Government Resolution on March 1, 1958. First chairman - Homi Bhabha. Headquarters - Mumbai.

The Indian National Satellite (INSAT): Multipurpose geostationary satellites launched by ISRO to satisfy telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations.
Established - 1983 with the commissioning of INSAT-1B. INSAT-3DR: Launched - 2016. Launch Vehicle - GSLV-F05/INSAT-3DR. Application - Climate & Environment, Disaster Management System.