Black Box in flight Subject: Science & Technology Context: Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site as human remains recovered. Concept: It is also called flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder and it stores data about planes. They reveal information which leads to information about the accidents of flight. There are […]

    Quantum entanglement Subject:  Science and Tech  Context: Recognising the importance of quantum technology, the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India had initiated a programme called QuEST at a modest 200- crore-rupee budget to explore the possibilities and engage with the researchers. Concept: Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that […]

    METEORITE Subject:  Science and Tech  Context: Researchers have decoded the nature of a meteorite that fell near Jaipur in 2017. Concept: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach […]

    AVIAN INFLUENZA Subject:  Science and Tech Context: Avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, has been reported from Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh in recent weeks. Concept: Avian influenza, known informally as avian flu or bird flu, is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to […]

    Immunogenicity Subject: Science and technology Context: The term has been news for vaccines for Covid-19 being approved and these being tested for immunogenicity as well. Concept: Immunogenicity is the ability of a foreign substance, such as an antigen, to provoke an immune response in the body of a human or other animal. It results from biomaterial […]

    EPIZOOTICS Subject : Science & tech Context :Samples of dead migratory water birds found at the Pong Dam Lake in Himachal Pradesh have tested positive for avian influenza or bird flu. It has now become the fifth state to report suspected cases of bird flu after Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh . […]

    COVAXIN and COVISHIELD Subject: Science & tech Context: The Central Drugs and Standards Committee (CDSCO) on Sunday formally approved the COVID-19 vaccines by Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII). Concept : This allows the vaccines — Covishield by SII and based on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and Covaxin by Bharat […]

    EFFICACY RATE IN VACCINES Subject :Science& tech Context: Different pharmaceutical companies are now coming out with the success stories of their potential vaccines, and the efficacy rates of these vaccines are reported to be high – 70%, 90%, 95%, and so on. Concept: ‘Vaccine efficacy’ is defined to measure whether the vaccine is […]

    CONJUGATE VACCINES Subject : Science & tech Concept : A conjugate vaccine is a type of vaccine which combines a weak antigen with a strong antigen as a carrier so that the immune system has a stronger response to the weak antigen. Vaccines are used to prevent diseases by invoking an immune response to an antigen, the foreign part of a bacteria or […]