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Subject: Science and tech Context: Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. Concept: Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Coronavirus vaccine Covaxin will use adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to boost immune response and longer lasting immunity. Concept: An adjuvant is a substance that is co-injected with antigen in order to help stimulate and enhance the adaptive immune system into producing antibodies against the antigen. Adjuvants affect the immune response in various […]
Table Of Contents Cestrum aurantiacum and Lantana camara GST council India’s K missile family Global vaccine-assessment network Protect and conserve model Postal ballots NCPCR 1. Cestrum aurantiacum and Lantana camara Subject: Environment Context: Iconic flora native to the Nilgiris, including more than 30 species of Strobilanthes, could be under threat of being displaced with […]
Subject: Polity Context: NCPCR is recently in news Concept: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Election Commission has announced that it will allow those above the age of 65 as well as those under home or institutional quarantine to vote using postal ballots during the Bihar elections. Concept: A restricted set of voters can exercise postal voting. Through this facility, a voter can cast her vote remotely by […]
Subject: Environment Context: A total of 13,450 families from 26 protected areas (PA) across the country were displaced between 1999 and 2020 as a part of the Union government’s ‘protect and conserve model’, a new study has found. Concept: The model involves creation of inviolate areas for the conservation of biodiversity and wildlife in the […]
Subject: IR Context: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has announced a central global network of laboratories Concept: It helps to assess and compare immunological responses generated by the Covid-19 vaccine candidates. To establish this global vaccine-assessment network, CEPI has announced partnerships with five clinical sample testing laboratories that included India’s Translational Health Sciences and […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: A successful trial of the nuclear capable Shaurya missile was conducted by India Concept: Shaurya is a land-based parallel of the submarine launched K-15 missile. These ballistic weapons belong to the K missile family — codenamed after late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam — which are launched from Arihant class of nuclear submarines. […]
Subject: Economy Context: GST Council agrees to extend compensation cess beyond 2022 Concept: GST Council Goods & Services Tax Council is a constitutional body for making recommendations to the Union and State Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax. As per Article 279A (1) of the amended Constitution, the GST Council has to be […]
Subject: Environment Context: Iconic flora native to the Nilgiris, including more than 30 species of Strobilanthes, could be under threat of being displaced with the continuing advance of invasive flora such as Cestrum aurantiacum and Lantana camara Concept: The mass blooming of the Strobilantheskunthiana, known commonly as the neelakurinji, gave the Nilgiris (the blue mountains) its iconic name as the slopes were covered […]