India starts process to adopt National Security Strategy Subject: Science and Tech Section: defence Context: India has kickstarted the process of bringing in a National Security Strategy. More about the news: India has initiated the development of a National Security Strategy, marking a significant step in the country’s military and strategic planning. The […]
How the US steals a march over Europe amid the UK’s showpiece Summit Subject: Science and Tech Section: Awareness in IT More about the news: Over the past decade, Europe has taken the lead in tech regulation, but the United States has made strides in AI regulation with a detailed executive order aiming […]
What is the status of Kavach installations? Subject: Science and tech Sections: Defence Context: The deadly collision between two passenger trains in southern India’s Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh which killed 14 people and injured fifty persons could have been averted if Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) were in place. East Coast Railway officials indicated that the indigenously developed TCAS called ‘Kavach,’ was not installed on the route where the Visakhapatnam Palasa and Visakhapatnam Rayagada trains collided. What is TCAS Kavach? Kavach is a cab signaling train control system with anti collision features. It plays the role of a watchdog over the existing signalling system. It was developed over a period of 10 years, starting in 2012, […]
PCR-based Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Subject: Science and technology Section: Biotechnology In the news- The team of researchers from the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR-NICED) Kolkata, developed a two-step PCR-based assay to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and to identify the clarithromycin-resistant bacteria. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) Helicobacter pylori […]
Five Karnataka villages come under surveillance after Zika virus outbreak Subject : Science and Tech Section: Health Context: The Karnataka Health Department, which is closely monitoring the situation in Chickballapur after a mosquito pool in Thalakayalbetta village of the district was found to be positive for Zika, has sent serum samples of 30 pregnant women from five villages in the containment zone to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), here, for testing. About Zika Virus: It is a mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in the Zika Forest of Uganda in […]
India’s own CAR-T cell therapy: What is it, when will it be available, and at what cost? Subject : Science and Tech Section: Health Context: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) granted market authorisation for NexCAR19, India’s first indigenously developed CAR-T cell therapy, to ImmunoACT, a company incubated by IIT Bombay. What […]
More children in Delhi have cancers than any other Indian city; is air pollution to blame? Subject : Science and Tech Section: Health Context: India’s capital Delhi was the worst-affected among all places that have a cancer registry in the country, according to the latest available data by the National Cancer Registry Programme […]