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Subject: Science and tech Context: Seven biomedical firms have been selected to produce next-generation tests under US’ Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative. Concept: The aim behind the initiative is to significantly increase the number, type and availability of tests by millions per week. The RADx initiative will help develop new tests that will allow […]
Subject: Arts and Culture Context: Construction of a grand Shri Ram Temple slated to commence on August 5th. This has revived the history of prana pratishtha puja of the Somnath Temple by Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. Concept: Somnath, literally translated as the Lord of Moon (Soma) houses the first of the 12 […]
Subject: Science and Tech Context: The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) has asked the Centre to put its agencies on high alert against Chinese seeds penetrating into Indian fields. It has suggested the government to have in place adequate plans to deal with the ‘seed terrorism’. What has happened? Mysterious seed packets, often labelled […]
Subject: Economy Context: There has been a sharp fall in deposit rates due to aggressive rate cuts by banks in response to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reduction in the benchmark rates. This coupled with a rise in consumer prices have pulled real interest rates into negative territory, disincentivising savings. Concept Builder: Real interest […]
Subject: Science and Tech Context: A time capsule will be placed around 2,000 feet underground at the Ram Temple construction site in Ayodhya. What is a time capsule? It is a container of any size or shape, which accommodates documents, photos and artefacts typical of the current era and is buried underground, for future generations to unearth. The time […]
Subject: Science and Tech What is Gene Editing? Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism’s DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in the genome. Several approaches to genome editing have been developed. A […]
Subject: Science and Tech Context: eVIN has now been adapted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the National Health Mission for use in the coronavirus pandemic. What is eVIN? eVIN is a system a system used to track information on vaccine supply chain and stocks across the country. It provides real-time information on vaccine stocks and […]
Subject: Science and Tech Context: Experts have been seeing multiple cases of “happy hypoxia” or “silent hypoxia” amongst 30-40 per cent of patients. What is happy hypoxia/ silent hypoxia? The silent hypoxia is a condition when the peripheral oxygen saturation remains good, but the partial pressure of oxygen is very low that shows up in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: NASA astronauts safely returned to Earth inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule this afternoon, bringing their historic two-month mission at the International Space Station to an end Concept: This successful technology demonstration has long term ramifications and will likely change the course of space exploration. Behnken and Hurley, tallying 64 days […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: Earth and water have been collected from each sacred river and important pilgrimage centre like birthplace of SantRavidas in Kashi and from Delhi’s Jain Lal Mandir and Gurudwara Sis Gunj for construction temple at Ayodhya. Concept: Ravidas of 15th or 16th century, was a mystic and poet who was one of […]