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Subject : Art and Culture Context: This will be for the first time in the recent history of Gujarat that there will be no garba during the Navratri, which is its essential element and which the state government has branded as the ‘Longest Dance Festival of the World’. Concept: Garba is a dance form that […]
Subject : Science and tech Context: Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2020 was awarded to three astrophysicists Roger Penrose from the UK, Reinhard Genzel from Germany, and Andrea Ghez from the USA. Concept: Discovery Black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity Black holes were one of the […]
Subject : Science and tech Context: Harvey J Alter and Charles M Riceand Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Concept: What is Hepatitis? Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. When the liver is inflamed or damaged, its function can be […]
Subject : Science and tech Context :The 2020 Nobel Prizes for sciences announced for scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier bagged the Nobel Prize for Chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing”. The discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors will lead to the emergence of novel biological applications by making it easier […]
Table Of Contents WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME RBI MEASURES PROCTORING COVAX ANTI- RADIATION MISSILE SCIENTIFIC SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (SSR) SATHI SCHEME CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS MISSION LABOUR BUREAU RTGS vs NEFT 1. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME Subject: International Organisation Context: 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the UN agency World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat […]
Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that the money transfer facility, RTGS, will be available round the clock, 24 hours a day. The announcement comes after the RBI made the NEFT facility available 24X7 from 2019. Concept: National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is an online system used for transferring small […]
Subject: National Organisation Context: The Labour Bureau would conduct three surveys on migration, domestic workers and professional bodies for evaluating the employment situation in the country especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Concept: Labour Bureau, an attached office under Ministry of Labour and Employment, was set up on 1st October 1946. It is entrusted with the […]
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are a new class of engineered systems that integrate computation and physical processes in a dynamic environment. CPS encompasses technology areas of Cybernetics, Mechatronics, Design and Embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) among others. National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS): To harness the […]
The Department of Science & Technology has launched a unique scheme called “Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI)”. Aim: To address the need for building shared, professionally managed and strong S&T infrastructure in the country which is readily accessible to academia, start-ups, manufacturing, industry and R&D labs etc. Implementation: These Centres are […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Central government may soon announce a national policy on SSR. Concept: Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) is the confluence of scientific knowledge with visionary leadership and social conscience. It is about building synergies among all stakeholders in scientific knowledge community and also about developing linkages between science and society. It will […]