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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Cortisol stress hormone
What are polyphenols?
Polyphenols or plant micro-nutrients have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and potential metabolic effects.
Hilsa fish Diplomacy
Bangladesh’s interim government said it would export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa fish (Tenualosa ilisha) to Read More …
Tata Steel commissions ‘India’s largest blast furnace’ in Odisha
Tata Steel Ltd. said it had commissioned ‘India’s largest blast furnace’ at Kalinganagar, Odisha as Read More …
Karma festival
In September 2024, tribal populations in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, and Read More …
Ngamugawi wirngarri-A a new species of fossil coelacanth
Researchers have discovered a new species of fossil coelacanth on Gooniyandi Country in northern Western Read More …
What is Circumnutation?
Circumnutation is a helical organ movement widespread among plants. The word comes from the Latin Read More …
Oligomers & Phthalates
According to a recent research, more than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging or preparation Read More …
Mission Mausam: What is a Cloud Chamber?
Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved ‘Mission Mausam’ with an outlay of Rs.2,000 crore over Read More …
Mpemba effect
A recent research establishes a phenomenon called Mpemba effect to be existing in magnets too. Read More …
What are Van Allen Belts?
The Polaris Dawn crew, launched on 10 September, will travel into an oval-shaped orbit that Read More …
Polaris Dawn mission
Polaris Dawn Mission lifted off on September 10 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sending Read More …
India to host general assembly of International Cooperative Alliance in New Delhi
India will organize for the first time the general assembly of International Cooperative Alliance from Read More …
Myristica swamp forest discovered in Maharashtra
A group of researchers recently discovered a Myristica swamp forest in Kumbral, Maharashtra, which is Read More …
Genome mapping of Chandipura virus
The Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) in Gandhinagar has published the only fully mapped genome Read More …
Quantum gravity
In a step forward to unify the classical theory of gravitation and quantum mechanics researchers, Read More …
Government launches Vishvasya-Blockchain Technology Stack
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the Vishvasya-Blockchain Technology Stack. Read More …
Thanjavur veena
The Thanjavur veena is the first musical instrument in the country to get the Geographical Read More …
Mixed Matrix Membrane
The Ministry of Science and Technology has said that it has developed a new composite Read More …
Payment Passkey Service
Mastercard announced the worldwide launch of its new Payment Passkey Service to make online shopping Read More …
Indian ‘scutigeromorphs’ throws light on ancient India-Australia link
The scientists of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) have found that the Read More …
Why is Cyclone Asna a rare development?
The rare meteorological event-Cyclone Asna that originated in the Arabian sea has moved away from Read More …
Deep depression
Recent flooding in Gujarat has claimed more than 15 lives. On August 26, Gujarat received Read More …
Listeria outbreak in USA
Recently, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that a listeria Read More …
What is Dhaincha?
Recently, the distribution of green manure dhaincha (Thakkai Poondu), has commenced under the newly launched Read More …