Some fragments of DNA are ‘released’ from their containers and are present outside the cell, Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and applications
BPaL drugs
The interim results of a randomised phase-3/4 trial carried out in India to evaluate the Read More …
ULLAS mobile app
The Union Minister of Education launched the logo, slogan-Jan Jan Sakshar and mobile application of Read More …
Xylella fastidiosa
Xylella fastidiosa is a vector-transmitted bacterial plant pathogen associated with serious diseases in a wide Read More …
Fort Dansborg
Fort Dansborg, also known as the Danish Fort, is a 400-year-old historical monument. It is Read More …
Silvopasture
Silvopasture is an ancient and proven practice that harmoniously integrates trees, forage and livestock on Read More …
Virome
A Virome is all the different types of viruses we host in our bodies which Read More …
Batagaika crater
The Batagaika crater is the world’s largest one kilometre-long permafrost crater in situated in Siberia’s Read More …
Ludwigia peruviana
An aquatic weed native to some countries in Central and South America, including Peru, is Read More …
Heat Index
Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Shri Kiren Rijiju informed that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Read More …
Advance Authorisation Scheme
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) implements the Advance Authorisation Scheme under the Foreign Trade Read More …
Small-Modular Reactors
India and the US have fast-tracked talks to set up six nuclear reactors as part Read More …
Entamoeba moshkovskii
A three year surveillance study in Kolkata has found an amoeba pathogen that previously did Read More …
Glyphosate
According to a new study published in Nature, harmful chemicals from pesticides not only pollute Read More …
Rudragiri hillock painting
Rudragiri hillock is located in the village of Orvakallu, Atchampet mandal, in Guntur district of Read More …
Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS)
The government of India has constituted the Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS)-a new internal oversight Read More …
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
The United Kingdom on July 16 formally signed a treaty to join the Comprehensive and Read More …
Maputo Protocol
A group of civil society organisations, Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition; Human rights organisation Read More …
Right to silence
The Supreme Court has ruled that all accused have a right to silence and investigators Read More …
Kaas Plateau Unesco Heritage
A new study of the sediments from a seasonal lake in the Kaas Plateau in Read More …
Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched The Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY)- Read More …
Nature Restoration Act
The European Parliament has accepted a key biodiversity bill that will see the restoration of Read More …
Phosphine on Venus
A team of scientists has detected phosphine at deeper level in Venus’ atmosphere than before Read More …
SAGAR SAMPARK: Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS)
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the indigenous Differential Global Read More …
Massive ‘shelf cloud’(Arcus cloud) formation spotted in Haridwar
A spectacular cloud formation was recorded over Haridwar in Uttarakhand on 10th July 2023.