In News Recently, the Prime Minister has emphasised providing clean tap water on priority to every household in Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE-AES) affected areas under Jal Jeevan Mission. About The districts of Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are on the high priority. Jal Jeevan Mission has significantly strengthened the preventive measures […]
In News Recently, Cuba has developed the world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19. About Cuba’s Staterun corporation, BioFarma, mentioned that its indigenously produced Soberana 2 vaccine, when delivered with a booster shot of Soberana Plus, was 91.2% efficacious in phase3 trials. The greater than 90% efficacy puts them in a select league; however, unlike the […]
In News Recently, Researchers from China have claimed to have found an ancient human skull that could belong to an altogether new species of humans. About The researchers have published their findings and said that the cranium (the portion that encloses the brain) could be over 146,000 years old. The skull was found in […]
In News New research from the Population Biology Lab at IISER Pune made an observation that some bacteria evolve multidrug resistance while others do not. Key Findings The antibiotics exert a very strong selection pressure, it would appear that every bacteria in nature can become multidrug resistant, which is not the case. One of […]
In News Recently, the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of LiDAR-based surveys of forest areas in ten forest-rich states. These reports will be used to augment groundwater in forest areas so that animals don’t venture out in search of water. About The project was awarded to WAPCOS, […]
In News The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will install seven new doppler radars in Maharashtra. About : Doppler radars of varying frequencies — S-band, C-band and X-band — are commonly used by the IMD to detect and track the movement of weather systems, cloud bands and gauge rainfall over its coverage area of about […]
In News A recent study states that Bt Cotton adoption in Punjab has resulted in net economic, environmental benefits. About Amid the perpetual debate surrounding Bt cotton’s positive and negative impacts, a recent study titled — ‘Long-term impact of Bt cotton: An empirical evidence from North India’ — has said its adoption in Punjab […]
In News Indian scientists have shown that the geometry of space-time can cause neutrinos to oscillate. Neutrinos Neutrinos are the smallest particles currently known. Since neutrinos are electrically neutral, they are not affected by the electromagnetic forces which act on electrons. Hence, they are also called Ghost Particles. Neutrinos are everywhere, but they interact […]
In News Recently, Blue Origin has concluded the online auction for the first seat on the New Shephard rocket system. Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company founded by Jeff Bezos, who is also the founder of the multinational e-commerce giant Amazon. About the Auction Over 7,600 people […]
In News Recently, the US Senate has approved a bill titled the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). About the Bill Aim: The bill aims to boost US semiconductor production and the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technology. Background It builds off a previous proposal called the Endless Frontier Act, which was lauded […]
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