PAI 1.0 vs PAI 2.0 – What’s New? Feature PAI 1.0 PAI 2.0 Launch Purpose Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI ) 2.0
Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
Monsoon arrived two weeks early in Mumbai, shattering all-time records. As per India Meteorological Department Read More …
Base editing & CRISPR
A nine-month-old boy, Kyle “KJ” Muldoon Jr, has become the first known person to receive Read More …
What is a Bow Echo?
A powerful storm that struck Delhi on 25 May exhibited an unusual crescent-shaped structure on Read More …
Rakhine Corridor
A proposed “Rakhine Corridor” — a humanitarian passage from southeastern Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) into Myanmar’s Read More …
Bharat Forecast System (BFS)
Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Bharat Forecast System (BFS) — Read More …
India’s first ICMR-SCD Stigma Scale for sickle cell disease
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed the first-ever standardized stigma scale in Read More …
Schistura densiclava-A new cave fish species
A team of zoologists has recorded Schistura densiclava as a new species of troglophile loach Read More …
What is Mosura fentoni?
Why is it Important? (Source: The Hindu)
Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI), a multi- dimensional analytical Read More …
Polybutylene Adipate Terephthalate (PBAT)
Kamalpur Nagar Panchayat in Tripura has taken a significant step toward environmental sustainability by introducing Read More …
Philopatry
Research has found that Olive Ridley turtles that hatch at a nesting site are ‘imprinted’ Read More …
Shirui Lily Festival Returns to Manipur
After a two-year pause due to prolonged conflict in the region, the Shirui Lily Festival Read More …
Gleason score
Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, Read More …
Tornadoes
At least 25 people are reported to have died and dozens are injured after tornadoes Read More …
Site-Directed Nuclease (SDN)
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that India has become the first country in Read More …
Scientists create first ‘pangenome’ of Asian rice
In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers — primarily from the Chinese Academy of Sciences — Read More …
Germanium
India is currently navigating a complex situation involving export restrictions imposed by China on germanium, Read More …
Musa indandamanensis
A 4.2-metre infructescence (fruit-bearing part) has been recorded in Musa indandamanensis, a wild banana species Read More …
HAROP & S-400
Israeli HAROP UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) Indian Air Defence Response S-400 Triumf Missile Defence Read More …
Revised SHAKTI policy
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved grant of fresh coal linkages to Thermal Read More …
Ozempic mouth
“Ozempic mouth” is a term gaining attention recently to describe the facial changes some people Read More …
Labeo uru and Labeo chekida
Researchers at the Centre for Peninsular Aquatic Genetic Resources, Kochi, of the National Bureau of Read More …
India’s First in human Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A
India’s first in Human Gene Therapy with lentiviral vector for Severe Hemophilia A in a Read More …
Zero Shadow Day
Bengaluru experienced Zero Shadow Day on 24th April at exactly 12.17 pm. Objects cast a Read More …