GenoVault is a centralized genomic repository for researchers using private cloud infrastructure.
GenoVault has enormous importance in healthcare and is of great use in personalized medicine also.
GenoVault provides a genomics repository with easy to use interfaces and Cloud based services.
GenoVault is supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India.
The infrastructure is supported by the BRAF facility under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
Lunar Polar Exploration mission (LUPEX)
It is a robotic lunar mission by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The mission aims to send a lunar rover and lander to explore the south pole region of the Moon in 2024.
JAXA is likely to provide the under-development H3 launch vehicle and the rover while ISRO would be responsible for the lander for this mission.
Shetrunjay Hills Reserve Forest
Shetrunjay Hills Reserve Forest is located in Gujarat.The hills are located on the banks of river Shetrunji and are considered as a sacred hill by Jains.
These hills are similar to other hills where Jain temples have been built in Gwalior, Mount Abu, Bihar and Girnar.
The reserve forest is a patch of hilly, dry and deciduous forest.It is home to Asiatic lions and leopards as well as herbivores such as blue bulls.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization:
8 Member States: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan.
The tri-Service integrated defence staff under the defence ministry is two-day “IndSpaceEx”, with all military and scientific stakeholders.
Aim: to assess the requisite space and counter-space capabilities that are needed by India to ensure we can protect our national security interests in this final frontier of warfare
