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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Breakthrough Listen project and Proxima Centauri
Pneumosil-India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine
Serum Institute of India (SII) has unveiled India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine ‘Pneumosil’ on on December Read More …
Nanomicelles can be used to deliver docetaxel drug
A team researchers of have created a nanomicelle that can be used to deliver a Read More …
CENTRE IS PLANNING TO SET UP A DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTION (DFI)
The Union Government is planning to set up a Development Finance Institution (DFI) to mobilise Read More …
SUB-SURFACE POROUS VESSELS (SSPV)
A sub-surface porous vessels (SSPV) based minor irrigation is being developed in the in the Read More …
WHAT IS SHIGELLA INFECTION?
In December 2020, an emergency meetings was convened by Health officials in Kozhikode district after six Read More …
INDIA’S ADVANCED HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL TEST FACILITY
Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel test facility in Hyderabad on Read More …
COASTAL RADAR CHAIN NETWORK
Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka have already been integrated into India’s coastal radar chain network. Read More …
WINTER SOLSTICE AND SUMMER SOLSTICE
December 21 was Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Read More …
POSITIVE PAY SYSTEM FEATURES
On January 1, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will introduce the ‘Positive Pay Read More …
GEMINIDS METEOR SHOWER
The Geminids meteor shower is active from December 4-December 20, with December 13 and 14 Read More …
Tropical Montane Grasslands (TMG) suffered due to exotic trees
According to a new study, tropical montane grasslands (TMG) in the Shola Sky Islands of Read More …
Droughts in India: El Nino and Rossby wave
According to a study led by researchers at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Read More …
HGCO19-India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate
HGCO19-India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from Indian Drug regulators to initiate Read More …
XP100: Indian Oil launches world-class premium grade Petrol
Indian Oil has launched world-class premium grade Petrol (Octane 100) in the country on December Read More …
ARTPARK to develop DataSetu and BhashaSetu
An AI & Robotics Technologies Park (ARTPARK) set up in Bengaluru will promote technology innovations Read More …
Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling
Recently brain fingerprinting was in the news in the context of the alleged rape and Read More …
What is a Virtual Court?
The Virtual Court (traffic) and e-Challan project have been inaugurated in Assam on November 12, Read More …
Parliamentary Committee recommends 7-point action plan to ensure security against biological weapons
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health headed by Samajwadi Party MP Ramgopal Yadav has called Read More …
What are M dwarfs?
Why in the news? A team of Indian scientists have established some empirical relationships enabling Read More …
JNU to establish centre for systems medicine
The Academic Council of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on November 19, 2020 announced the decision Read More …
What is Chapare virus?
The researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have discovered that Read More …
Species’ I-cards for chirp of the crickets
The chirp of the cricket may soon be used to monitor their species diversity. Scientists Read More …
President appoints 28 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Allahabad High Court
President of India in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 Read More …
What is mRNA vaccine?
In November 2020, US firm Moderna announced results of human trials on the vaccine it Read More …