Subject: Science & tech Context: India’s potential participation in COVAX advance market commitment is under way. Concept: COVAX is one of three pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which was launched in April 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission and France in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Spiral galaxy bars may prevent new stars. Concept: A galaxy is a sprawling space system which is composed of stars, dust, interstellar gas, stellar remnants, and dark matter and all held together by gravity. The universe has many galaxies, and each carries millions of stars which are bounded by a […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: While novel coronavirus is undergoing many mutations, one particular mutation called D614G, according to a study, has become the dominant variant Concept: All viruses mutate to adapt to the barriers that humans put up. RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 mutate slowly as they require a host (human cell) in order […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Clocks in the US will “fall back” an hour on Sunday, signalling the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year. In Europe, the same happened on October 25. Concept : Daylight Saving Time (DST) DST is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : A recent study has found that asteroid 16 Psyche, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion — more than the entire economy of Earth. Concept : It is an iron rich asteroid Psyche asteroid has diameter […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Himachal Pradesh Government has identified around 1400 acres in Una district and sent a proposal to the centre seeking grant to set up a bulk drug park. Concept : A bulk drug, also called an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), is the key ingredient of a drug or medicine, […]
Subject: Science & tech Context : The trend of vaccine hesitancy has increased in many countries between 2015 and 2019, showed a study published in journal The Lancet. Concept: WHO defines Vaccine hesitancy as a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccination services. Vaccine hesitancy has been reported in more […]
Subject : Science & technology Context : Study finds that 80 percent of the COVID patients deficient in Vitamin D. Concept : Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which is naturally present in very few foods like fatty fish, and fish liver oils, beef liver, cheese, and egg yolks. It is also produced endogenously when […]