Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Narmada district of Gujarat. Recently the the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has classifying 121 villages around the sanctuary as eco-sensitive zones. It is being reported that BJP Lok Sabha Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Ruthenium 106 Plaque-The first indigenous for treatment of Ocular Tumours
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai has developed ‘Ruthenium 106 Plaque’-the first indigenous for treatment of Ocular Tumours (Eye Cancer therapy). The handling of plaque is very convenient for the Surgeon and it has been acknowledged to be at par Read More …
Dry Run for vaccination
The Central Government on December 28, 2020 launched the dry run for vaccination drive in four states — Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The dry run was launched in the anticipation of the coronavirus immunisation drive. What is Dry Read More …
National Common Mobility Card
On December 28, 2020, the National Common Mobility Card was expanded to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro. This latest inauguration falls under the umbrella of the Prime Minister’s ‘One Nation One Card’ initiative. The National Common Mobility Card Read More …
Breakthrough Listen project and Proxima Centauri
Breakthrough Listen project was started by the legendary physicist Stephen Hawking to look for alien life. Recently, astronomers under this initiative have picked up an “intriguing” radio wave emission from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Read More …
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 28, 2020. The vaccine was launched by Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan Collaboration: The Pneumosil was developed with a collaboration of the health organisation 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 drug named docetaxel, which is commonly used to treat various cancers including breast, colon and lung cancer. What are Nanomicelles and what are it uses? 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 the Rs. 111 lakh crore required for funding of the national infrastructure pipeline. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed to set up DFIs for Read More …
SUB-SURFACE POROUS VESSELS (SSPV)
A sub-surface porous vessels (SSPV) based minor irrigation is being developed in the in the villages of the Thar desert to benefit the farmers with small land holdings. It is an initiative, supported by Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi’s Rural Technology Read More …
WHAT IS SHIGELLA INFECTION?
In December 2020, an emergency meetings was convened by Health officials in Kozhikode district after six cases of shigella infection and nearly two dozen suspected cases were detected within the Kozhikode urban corporation limits. What is shigella infection? Shigellosis, or shigella infection, 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 December 19, 2020. Vaccum driven enclosed free jet: The state-of-the-art facility is pressure vaccum driven enclosed free jet facility with nozzle exit of one-meter diameter. Read More …
COASTAL RADAR CHAIN NETWORK
Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka have already been integrated into India’s coastal radar chain network. Similar plans are in the pipeline with Maldives and Myanmar and discussions are ongoing with Bangladesh and Thailand. Objective: The objective behind this expansion is Read More …
WINTER SOLSTICE AND SUMMER SOLSTICE
December 21 was Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In Delhi, the Sun rose at 7.10 am, and set at 5.29 pm, making the day 10 hours, 19 minutes, and 3 seconds long. In Read More …
POSITIVE PAY SYSTEM FEATURES
On January 1, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will introduce the ‘Positive Pay System’ for cheque transactions above Rs 50,000. Salient Features of Positive Pay System The system involves a process of reconfirming key details of large-value cheques. Read More …
GEMINIDS METEOR SHOWER
The Geminids meteor shower is active from December 4-December 20, with December 13 and 14 considered to be the best nights for viewing these meteor showers. The Geminids are considered one of the best meteor showers every year because the individual meteors Read More …