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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Exposure to microgravity and astronauts
Government to allow up to 35% bio-bitumen mixing
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on August 7, 2024 said the government will allow Read More …
Homo floresiensis
According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the 700,000-year-old fossilized remains, discovered Read More …
What is Bailey bridge?
The deadly landslides that hit Kerala’s Wayanad district on July 30 have led to the Read More …
Ol Doinyo Lengai: Carbonatite magma erupting volcano is sinking into the ground
Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania has been steadily sinking into the ground for the Read More …
What are Kindlins?
A new study has investigated the influence of Kindlins– adapter proteins that exist inside cells Read More …
What are Osmolytes?
Small molecules called osmolytes help proteins maintain their structure and function under stressful conditions, shows Read More …
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
According to a recent report, the Tanzanian government has removed the Ngorongoro division from the Read More …
Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
The Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have excluded long-term government Read More …
Vampire star in M67 cluster
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have made the discovery that a vampire Read More …
Nano-MIND Technology
Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have developed a method Read More …
Announcement of opportunity’ (AO)
The Indian space regulating agency, IN-SPACe, has issued an ‘Announcement of opportunity’ (AO) inviting non-government Read More …
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
The European Union (EU) has suggested that India should introduce its own carbon tax amid Read More …
First Approach to Criticality
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has officially granted permission for the “First Approach to Read More …
Advanced Land Navigation System (ALNS)
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by defence minister accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for Read More …
Indexation in calculating long-term capital gains (LTCG)
In the Union Budget 2024, the finance minister has made an adjustment regarding the treatment Read More …
What is Climate Finance Taxonomy?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, announced that the government Read More …
What are Bharat Small Reactors (BSRs)?
The Union Budget 2024-25 has proposed a partnership between the government and the private sector Read More …
Magnetofossils
Researchers have spotted Magnetofossils in rock varnish layers in Ladakh. What are magentofossils?
Global economic ‘soft landing’
According to a recent report, G20 draft communique sees growing chance of global economic ‘soft Read More …
NOvA experiment’s new study on neutrinos
The NOvA (NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance) experiment in Minnesota in the U.S. is shedding light Read More …
Representative Concentration Pathways
According to a new study, climate change will significantly alter habitats for key tree species Read More …
What is U-WIN portal?
The Government of India will soon launch U-WIN portal to record vaccinations across India. This Read More …
CdTe (Cadmium telluride) technology
A recent study shows CdTe (Cadmium telluride) technology exhibiting some of the least environmental impact Read More …
James Webb telescope reveals weather on cosmic brown dwarfs
A team of astronomers have used James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to map the weather Read More …