i. A researcher from Pune’s Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) has successfully produced a stable, high-efficiency, all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal solar cells.
ii. The new material has 10.77% efficiency to convert sunlight to electricity.
iii. According to the scientist, Generally, more electrical energy is required to get low energy emission in LEDs. But less electrical energy was sufficient to produce red light in LEDs made using using the nanocrystal thin film.

High-altitude glacial lab opens in the Himalayas
i. The glaciological research lab inaugurated  by M. Rajeevan, Secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences at Himansh  in the Spiti Valley on October 10, 2016. It was located at an altitude of nearly 13,500 feet.
ii. It was established by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), has automatic weather stations, ground penetrating radars, geodetic GPS systems and other sophisticated facilities to study glaciers and their discharge.