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EFFECTS OF CORONA VIRUS ON BRAIN Subject: Science & tech Context: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, a new study suggests. Concept: When it comes to the brain and nerves, the virus appears to have four main sets of […]
INSURANCE PENETRATION & DENSITY Subject: Economics Context: In yet another remarkable move, both the houses of Parliament have passed the Insurance Amendment Bill in the budget session. The Bill amends the Insurance Act 1938, increasing the FDI limit from 49% to 74%. Concept: Insurance Penetration Insurance penetration measures the contribution of insurance premium […]
ELECTORAL BONDS Subject: Polity Context: In a first, JMM discloses electoral bond details: Rs 1 crore from Hindalco Concept: Electoral Bond is a financial instrument for making donations to political parties. The bonds are issued in multiples of Rs. 1,000, Rs. 10,000, Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 1 crore without […]
COVAXIN Subject : Science & tech Context : In a meeting held on March 24, the Subject Expert Committee of the India drug regulator permitted Bharat Biotech to carry out a phase-2 trial of Covaxin wherein a booster dose is to be administered six months after the second dose to further improve vaccine […]
CLASS EFFECT Subject : Science & tech Context :J&J scientists refute ‘class effect’ to blame for clots in those who got its vaccine Concept : Class effect is usually taken to mean similar therapeutic effects and similar adverse effects, both in nature and extent. Criteria for drugs to be grouped together as a […]
STAR DUST Subject : Science & tech Context : In six expeditions led over the last two decades, researchers led by those from CNRS in Paris have made an estimate of the amount of extraterrestrial dust falling on the Earth every year. Concept : Stardust is formed by the material ejected from stars […]
REWACONODON INDICUS Subject : Environment Context : The Tiki Formation in Madhya Pradesh, a treasure trove of vertebrate fossils, has now yielded a new species and two genera of cynodonts, small rat-like animals that lived about 220 million years ago. Concept : The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, used scanning […]
CHOLISTAN DESERT Subject : Geography Context : The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged. Concept : The Cholistan Desert, also locally known as Rohi, is a large desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms part […]
ADITYA-L1 SUPPORT CENTRE (ASC) Subject : Science & tech Context : The Indian programme to study the Sun and the region between the Sun and the Earth from space – Aditya-L1 – is due to be launched next year. Concept : It will carry seven payloads which have been developed by various institutions […]
BLACK SEA Subject : Geography Context : Russia beefs up warship presence in Black Sea as Ukraine tensions simmer. Concept : The Black Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. It is supplied by major […]