Deer could be reservoir of old coronavirus variants Subject : Science and technology Section :Health Concept : The alpha and gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer, even after they stopped spreading widely among people, a new study suggests. For the new study, Diel and his colleagues […]
Aero India 2023: LCA Tejas will be the star attraction at the India Pavilion Subject : Science and Technology Section : Defence Concept : A fullscale LCA Tejas aircraft in Final Operational Clearance (FOC) configuration will be at the centre stage of India Pavilion at Aero India 2023, which is being held at […]
Vibration failure led to failure of SSLV – D1 Subject : Science and technology Section: Space Concept : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday issued an official statement explaining in detail the failure of the first development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) in August last year. The space […]
Caesium-137 Subject :Science and Technology Context: A tiny radioactive capsule is lost on a highway in Western Australia. More on the News: It was discovered the truck had lost a rather special piece of cargo somewhere along the way: a tiny capsule containing a highly radioactive substance, used in a radiation gauge on […]
Urgently address gaps in leprosy services and accelerate efforts towards zero leprosy infection and disease: WHO Subject : Science and Technology Section: Health Details: The World Health Organization today called on countries in the South-East Asia Region and globally to urgently address gaps in leprosy services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to […]
Dementia Subject : Science and technology Section :Health Concept : About Dementia It is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – that leads to deterioration in cognitive function (i.e. the ability to process thought) beyond what might be expected from the usual consequences of biological ageing. Although dementia mainly […]