Mitochondrial donation is a new IVF-based method that gives people with faulty mitochondrial DNA the Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Mitochondrial donation
Anand Marriage Act
The National Commission for Minorities held a video conference meeting with 18 States/UTs to discuss Read More …
Information ratio
Market regulator SEBI has proposed that all mutual funds mandatorily disclose risk-adjusted return, not just Read More …
Digital Bharat Nidhi
Recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) released draft rules to operationalise the Digital Bharat Nidhi. Read More …
Vaquitas
After a recent survey, researchers estimate they saw only six to eight individual vaquitas in Read More …
BAP1 gene and IGF-1 hormone
A recent study, published in Nature Genetics, has identified over 5,000 genetic variations that contribute Read More …
Aphelion
Earth reaches aphelion every July. This year it did so on 5 July. Key points
People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)
Recently, Thazhakara grama panchayat in Alappuzha (Kerala) released the second volume of the People’s Biodiversity Read More …
Xenophrys apatani: A new species of forest-dwelling horned frog
A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has recorded a new Read More …
Senna spectabilis
Environmental organisations in Wayanad have urged the Forest department to maintain transparency in a project Read More …
What Is A Mule Account?
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das asked banks to step up efforts against Read More …
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
Researchers have carried out an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms underlying the flexibility of crystals Read More …
What is SEBEX 2?
India has introduced SEBEX 2, a high-performance explosive with a TNT equivalence of 2.01. It Read More …
Nova explosion
Astronomers expect to happen an event in September when a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion 3,000 light-years Read More …
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based Electronic Toll Collection
Recently, NHAI organised a day-long international workshop in New Delhi on ‘Global Navigation Satellite System Read More …
Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR)
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) Read More …
Biomass briquettes
The adoption of biomass briquettes as a fuel alternative for the power and electricity generation Read More …
Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite
Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite, jointly developed by China and France, was launched into Read More …
Great Rift Valley
According to a recent report, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is under threat due to Read More …
What is Methanol?
In June 2024, 58 people succumbed to toxic hooch in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. The illicit Read More …
Scientists discover a protein called “Balon”
Scientists have discovered a protein called Balon that allowed a bacterium, Psychrobacter urativorans, to abruptly Read More …
Sympatric speciation
According to a recent paper, Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) and Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris Read More …
Bhartruhari Mahtab named as the pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker Read More …
Krishi Sakhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the 17th instalment of about Rs 20,000 crore under Read More …
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
According to a new study, the insecticide Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) has declined in humans and the Read More …