Science and Technology Mains Booster Series MK Yadav Sir 2025-26 English Medium CONTENTS 1 SPACE TECHNOLOGY 3-24 1.1 EMERGING TRENDS IN THE INDIAN SPACE SECTOR 1.2 INDIAN SPACE POLICY 2023 1.3 PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN SPACE SECTOR 1.4 SPACE TOURISM 1.5 ISRO'S LATEST SPACE MISSIONS & INNOVATION 1.5.1 GAGANYAAN MISSION 1.5.2 CHANDRAYAAN-3 1.5.3 ADITYA-L1 MISSION 1.5.4 PUSHPAK: ISRO'S REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR (RLV-TD) 1.5.5 PSLV-C58 MISSION 1.5.6 SECOND ROCKET LAUNCH PORT IN TAMIL NADU’S KULASEKARAPATTINAM 1.6 EUROPE’S COPERNICUS PROGRAMME 1.7 NEW GLOBAL RACE TO THE MOON 1.8 OUTER SPACE TREATY 1.9 SPACE DEBRIS 1.10 SATELLITE-BASED INTERNET 1.11 DARK SKY RESERVE 1.12 LIGO (LASER INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORY) 1.13 INDIA-BASED NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY (INO) 1.14 BLACK HOLES 2 BIOTECHNOLOGY & NANO TECHNOLOGY 24-49 2.1 INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY 2.2 BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR IN INDIA AND KEY DRIVERS 2.3 ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 2.4 GENETIC ENGINEERING 2.5 GENOME EDITING 2.6 GENOME SEQUENCING 2.7 GENOME SURVEILLANCE 2.8 CAR-T CELL THERAPY 2.9 STEM CELL THERAPY 2.10 CLONING 2.11 VACCINE DEVELOPMENT 2.12 FOOD FORTIFICATION 2.13 GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS 2.14 AI IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 2.15 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN INDIA: POTENTIAL & CHALLENGES 3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), COMPUTER, ROBOTICS 50-75 3.1 DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3.2 5G & 6G TECHNOLOGY 3.3 GEOFENCING 3.4 3D PRINTING 3.5 AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY 3.6 SUPER COMPUTERS 3.7 DATA CENTRES 3.8 GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY 3.9 CLOUD COMPUTING 3.10 ONLINE GAMING: NEED OF REGULATION 3.11 DEEP FAKE 3.12 BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY 3.13 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES FOR INDIA 3.14 QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY: POTENTIAL & CONSTRAINTS 4.1 ANCIENT INDIAN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS 4.2 INDIA’S CONTRIBUTION IN MODERN ERA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4.3 INDIGENISATION OF TECHNOLOGY 4.3.1 DRONE APPLICATIONS & REGULATIONS IN INDIA 4.3.2 SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES 4.3.3 FLEX FUEL VEHICLES: BENEFITS & CHALLENGES 4.3.4 HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGY 4.4 KEY CHALLENGES WITH DEVELOPING AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INDIA 4.5 GLOBAL IMPACT OF INDIA'S ACHIEVEMENTS 4.6 WAY FORWARD