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Alzheimer’s cure Subject :Science and Technology Section: Health/Disease Context: Central University of Rajasthan (CUoR) has evolved an ingenious concept of food sustainability for combating age-related neurodegenerative ailments such as Alzheimer’s. What is the concept evolved by the researchers? The researchers found that the intake of dairy proteins can reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s […]
Survey at Alappuzha wetlands hints at a decline in number of visiting waterbirds Subject: Environment Section: Environment/Species Context: A recent detailed assessment of the survey conducted in the northern parts of Alappuzha, as part of the Asian Waterbird Census 2023 revealed that a shift in migration patterns of waterbirds appears to be taking […]
Ageing world: Elderly population expected to double over the next 3 decades; are our policies mature enough to address it? Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected to double over the next three decades, according to a new report by the United Nations […]
What does the centre wants in Bhopal gas case? Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The Union of India calls the Bhopal gas leak tragedy the world’s largest industrial disaster. About the tragedy: On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant […]
Tonga eruption similar to Mount St. Helens eruption Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The forces generated by the January 2022 Tonga eruption created globally observable atmosphere waves. The atmospheric wave pattern close to the eruption was quite complicated, but thousands of miles away the disturbances were led by an isolated wave front traveling horizontally at more than 650 miles per hour as it spread […]
Reconstructing past deep-water circulations of Indian Ocean Subject: Geography Section: Oceanography Why in news: Studies have indicated that tectonically driven changes in the ocean gateways such as the closure of the Central American Seaway, a body of water that once separated North America from South America, since the late Miocene period, had a […]
Local bodies must find own revenue sources: TN Finance Commission Subject: Polity Section : Local Government and 5th and 6th Schedule Concept: The Sixth State Finance Commission constituted to review the financial position of rural and urban local bodies, has recommended 14 key reforms for the civic bodies to be implemented before June […]
CCI can get around quorum by applying ‘doctrine of necessity’: Experts Subject: Polity Section: Constitution framework Concept: With the Competition Commission of India (CCI) continuing to be headless and quorum-less for the last three months, putting approval of M&A deals on hold and potentially derailing PE/ VC and FDI flows, legal experts have […]
‘Aarogya Maitri’ project to provide medical supplies to developing nations in crisis Subject: International Relations Section: India’s foreign policy Concept: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a new ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project under which India will provide essential medical supplies to any developing country affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crisis. India will also […]
Don’t need to revise 4 per cent inflation target, focus remains on core CPI: RBI Governor Subject: Economics Section: Inflation and Unemployment Context: RBI does not feel there is a need to revise the inflation target 4 per cent RBI recently admitted that core inflation has remained sticky at over 6 per cent […]