Subject: Science and technology Context: China is preparing to launch an unmanned spacecraft to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades. Concept: The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the mythical Chinese moon goddess, aims to shovel up lunar rocks and soil to help scientists […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Supreme Court recently upheld a verdict given by the Madras High Court urging the State government to allocate funds for the treatment of children with LSD. Concept: The lysosomes are primary digestive units within cells. Their function is to break down complex components into simpler ones. They degrade complex components […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : India became the fourth country in the world to have its independent regional navigation satellite system recognised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as a part of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS). Concept : The IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system developed by India. It […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, designed to monitor oceans, was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Concept : The mission, called the Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS) mission, is designed to measure the height of the ocean, which […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Integrated control strategy in Vaishali district in bihar helped reduce cases from 664 in 2014 to 163 in 2016. Concept : Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a tropical disease characterised by irregular fever, weight loss, anaemia and swelling of the spleen and liver. It is caused by […]
Subject : Science & tech Context: Formulating Effective laws to counter bioterrorism is one of the lessons learned from the pandemic , a parliamentary panel on health noted. Concept : Bioterrorism or Biological Attack: It is the intentional release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs that can sicken or kill people, livestock, or crops. Biological […]
Subject : Science & tech Concept : Remdesivir is designed to obstruct the stage of replication, when the virus creates copies of itself, followed endlessly by the copies creating copies of themselves. Once the virus enters the human cell, it releases its genetic material, which is then copied using the body’s existing mechanism. At every […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: UK joins with Bharti to take control of failed space start-up OneWeb, a low earth orbit satellite operator. Concept: OneWeb’s emergence from distressed businesses use to reorganise themselves, gives a significant boost to the UK’s ambitions to become a major commercial space player and to develop cutting-edge positioning technology that […]