E-Waste Subject: Environment New e-waste rules threaten jobs, collection network Electronic waste, or electronic goods that are past their shelf life, is largely handled by India’s vast informal sector. The environment ministry brought the E waste (Management) Rules, 2016, that introduced a system of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compelling makers of electronic goods […]
Daily Prelims Notes 31 July 2022 Table Of Contents PREZODE Invasive frog and snake cost world economy $16 billion One step closer to precision cancer therapies Drugs Combinations States fail to give Environment Ministry details on elephant reserves COVID-19 reinfection common with BA.5 variant E-Waste 1. PREZODE Subject: Science and Technology […]
COVID-19 reinfection common with BA.5 variant Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Compared with the earlier Omicron BA.2 subvariant, currently dominant Omicron BA.5 is linked with higher odds of causing a second SARS-COV-2 infection regardless of vaccination status The researchers said 10% of BA.5 cases were reinfections, compared to 5.6% of BA.2 cases, […]
States fail to give Environment Ministry details on elephant reserves Subject :Environment Section : Biodiversity The Elephant Range States across India, have ignored an 18-month-old instruction from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), to furnish information on their Elephant Reserves. The MoEFCC had, on January 12, 2021, written to the […]
Drugs Combinations Subject : Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology The enzyme PRMT5 is broadly overexpressed in many cancer cells. Therefore, targeting the PRMT5 enzyme with drugs in combination with low dosage camptothecin will help in killing cancer cells more effectively. The PRMT5 enzyme, which is found in abundance in cancer cells, directly regulates […]
One step closer to precision cancer therapies Subject : Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Research found a combination of molecules that can be used for developing novel anti-cancer therapeutics Research work over the last decade has helped identify a new target for killing cancer cells, opening the door for potential new therapy. […]
Invasive frog and snake cost world economy $16 billion Subject :Environment Section: Biotechnology According to a study published in Scientific Reports Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020, by causing problems ranging from crop damage to power outages. […]
PREZODE Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Concept: PREZODE (Preventing Zoonotic Disease Emergence) is an international One Health initiative supporting emergence risk reduction strategies for zoonotic infectious diseases, It was launched in January 2021 during the One Planet Summit on Biodiversity organized by the French government. It has more than 160 international partners, including […]
Daily Prelims Notes 30 July 2022 Table Of Contents Assembly sittings Overcoming the Aryan-Dravidian divide Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) Sea weed farming Campaign on ‘Combating Child Trafficking’ Scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene PM CARES for Children scheme One Stop Centre (OSC) Wheat based Nutrition Programme Poshan Tracker Nyaya […]
The Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam has 2.4 tigresses for every tiger, the annual wildlife monitoring results of the trans-boundary wildlife preserve has revealed Subject: Environment Section: Biosphere reserve Details: According to the latest camera trapping assessment stipulated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the 2,837.31 sq. km reserve with a critical […]