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Bio computers Subject : Science and technology Section: Awareness in Computers Concept : Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have come up with a plan for a new area of research named “organoid intelligence”, which aims to create “bio-computers”. Bio-computers Researchers are developing 3D cultures of brain tissue in the lab which are […]
Amphibian species are particularly at risk Subject :Environment Section: International Convention Context: Increased environmental pollution and the ongoing destruction of the world’s natural habitats of a wide variety of animal species like rainforests and coral reefs have led to more than 10,000 out of roughly 74,000 known vertebrate species being endangered. According to the International Union […]
Regulator’s guidelines on Rajasthan power lines ‘flout’ Supreme Court orders, threaten the Great Indian Bustard Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: High tension power lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat, from solar plants, often lay in the flight path of the bird causing them to collide, often fatally, into them. More on the […]
Too many deer at Delhi’s Deer Park, some may be moved to leopard territory Subject: Environment Section: Places in news Context: According to a senior forest department official, the department intends to move between 300 and 400 deer to the wildlife sanctuary to promote ecotourism and curb the possibility of inbreeding depression at […]
U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Subject: Environment Section: International Convention Context: Governments meeting at the United Nations (UN) in New York City reached agreement on key substantive issues for a new Treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Negotiators from more than 100 countries […]
Brus become visible, but their fight for identity continues Subject :Geography Section: Indian physical geography Concept : Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider […]
Ayodhya mosque gets all land clearances Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) on Friday gave final sanction for construction of the proposed mosque in Dhannipur, as directed by the Supreme Court in its Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid case judgment. The top court had asked the […]
Charaideo Maidams Subject :History Section :Art and Culture Concept : Assam’s pyramid-like structures known as moidams or maidams have met all the technical requirements of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. Charaideo in eastern Assam has more than 90 moidams, the mound-burial system of the Ahoms who ruled large swathes of the present-day State and […]
IAEA meets with Iranians amid enrichment concerns Subject : International Relations Section: International organisation Concept : The head of the UN nuclear watchdog was meeting with officials in Iran on Saturday, days after it was revealed that the country had enriched particles of uranium to near weapons-grade, raising new alarm over its long-disputed […]
Influenza A H3N2 Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), rising cases of intense cough lasting for over a week coupled with fever, observed in most parts of the country, can be linked to influenza A H3N2, a subtype of a virus that […]