SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN FEBRUARY 2024

* IIT BOMBAY Emerged As Champion In Electric Vehicle Category In Formula Bharat 2024.

* For The First A Cancer Patient Declared Cancer Free By Using Indigenous CAR-T Cell Therapy in India.

*  C-DOT And Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur Signed An Agreement For Developing Prototype For 10 Gigabit Capable Symmetric Passive Optical Network (XGS-PON) Optical Line Terminal (OLT) And Optical Network Unit (ONU).

* India's First Tablet With Bharat GPT Launched By EPIC Foundation. 

* Coimbatore Based SODION Energy Has Launched India's First Indigenous Sodium Ion Battery For EVs.

* The Department Of Biotechnology (DBT) Has Announced The Completion Of 10000 Genome Project In India.

* US-India Business Council Has Launched Artificial Intelligence Task Force.

DEVELOPED - 

*  India's First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Facility Developed By IIT Kanpur.

* A Research Group From Raman Research Institute ( RRI) Have Designed a New Image Correction Technique ( Algorithm) Capable Of Taking Better Image During Study Of Cold Atoms Or Atoms At Absolute Zero Temperature. 

* Researchers From IIT Pallakad Have Introduced A Method Where Energy Can Generate Through Urine.

*  Department Of Computer Science, Punjabi University Has Launched PURAN, An Innovative System Designed For Typing Experience Of GURMUKHI Script.

* The Food And Drug Administration ( FDA) In US Has Granted Approval Of The World's First Vaccine For Chikungunya, Known As IXCHIQ. ( Developed By Europe's Valneva) 

*  Hyderabad Based International Crops Research Institute For Semi Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT) Announced The World's FIRST Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol. 

* Scientists At IISC Bengaluru Have Developed A Synthetic Human Antibody That Can Neutralize A Potent Neurotoxin Produced By The Elapidae Family Of Toxin Snakes.

DISEASE - 

* The Oregon State Of United States Reported Its First Human Case Of Bubonic  Plague After a Decade.

AWARDS- 

* India Wins The 9th GovTech Prize For AI Powered Government Services At World Government Summit 2024. 

* Professor Aditi Sen Dey Has Became the First Woman Scientist To Win G D Birla Award.

DISCOVERED - 

* Allied Forces During World War 2 A cave Was Discovered By Few Visitors In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Large Deposit Of Iron Ore Found In Karauli In Rajasthan.

* 4000 BCE Mesolithic Painting Uncovered In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.