Study flags emergence of drug-resistant typhoid strains Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The effectiveness of antibiotics for typhoid fever is threatened by the emergence of resistant strains, according to a large genome sequencing study of the bacteria Salmonella Typhi published in The Lancet Microbe Concept: Typhoid fever It is a bacterial infection […]
Govt Declares ICICI Bank’s IT Resources as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’ Subject: Science and Technology Section: IT awareness The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), through a notification, declared the IT resources of the private sector lender as critical infrastructure under Section 70 of the IT Act, 2000. The order declares the computer resources […]
WHO report on Covid-19 origins Subject: Science and Technology Section: Context: A panel of experts drafted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare a framework to investigate future outbreaks has published its first report. The panel, set up in October, comprises 26 experts from […]
Russia delivers more efficient nuclear fuel for Kudankulam Subject: Science and Technology Section: Nuclear energy Context: Rosatom State Corporation of Russia has supplied the first batches of more reliable and cost-efficient nuclear fuel over the existing one, the TVS-2M nuclear fuel, for VVER-1000 reactors in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP). After the next […]
Methanol from Lignite Plant Subject: Science and Technology Section: Science Context: NLC requests Coal Ministry to include project under PLI scheme Concept: NLC India is working on a pilot project for production of methanol from lignite. It plans to set up a 1,200 tonne-a-day unit using 2.5 million tonnes of lignite. The company, […]
Testosterone deficiency & the safety of replacement therapy Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biology Context: Analysis of data from more than 3,400 patients with hypogonadism from 17 clinical trials found little evidence that testosterone treatment increases the risk of cardiovascular events such as arrhythmia, heart attack, and stroke, in the short to medium […]
Fast radio burst Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Context: In a paper published in Nature, astronomers have reported a fast radio burst (FRB) whose characteristics are different from almost all other FRBs previously detected, except one. Fast radio burst FRBs are bright flashes of light that appear for a few milliseconds and […]
Indian patent regime vs the U.S. norms Subject: Science and Technology Section: IPR Context: The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a report released last month that India was one of the most challenging major economies as far as IP protection and enforcement is concerned. Concept: It has decided to retain India on […]
Technology Development Board to launch Rs 1000-crore start-up fund Subject : Science and Technology Section: The Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology is set to launch a ₹1,000-crore start-up fund under a public private partnership (PPP) model. The fund will be launched in two phases: […]
Issues to dominate WTO meet Subject : Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO will take place during June 12-15 in Geneva to decide on crucial issues impacting world trade. WTO Ministerial Conference The Ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making forum of the WTO. The last […]