Subject: Science and tech Context: Amid a potential shortage of nasal swabs to collect samples for coronavirus testing, researchers have come up with an alternative: 3D-printed nasal swabs. Concept: 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model The term “3D printing” can refer to a variety of processes […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Himalayan Chandra Telescope celebrates 20th birthday Concept: The 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), Saraswati, Digpa-ratsaRi, Hanle at an altitude of 4500 m (15000 ft) above msl is operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore. It is remotely operated using a dedicated satellite communication link from the Centre for […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: FSSAI considering to make fortification of edible oil with Vitamin A, D mandatory Concept: Food fortification – also known as food enrichment is when nutrients are added to food at higher levels than what the original food provides. This is done to address micronutrient deficiencies across populations, countries and regions. […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Health Care (ADEH) has expressed anguish and disappointment over the recent reply by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers Sadanada Gowda in the Parliament that there is no decision yet from the part of the government to make Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Early indications from the second nationwide sero surveillance conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) show the Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against Sars-CoV-2. Concept: Herd immunity happens when so many people in a community become immune to an infectious disease that it stops the disease […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Using openly accessible satellite data and a cloud computing platform, an international team has developed a powerful tool for a near real-time mapping of flood extent. Concept: Cloud computing is the delivery of different services through the Internet. These resources include tools and applications like data storage, servers, databases, networking, […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: In January, London will begin the world’s first human challenge trial. Participants will be vaccinated with a candidate vaccine and then wilfully exposed to novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) a month or so later. Over 38,000 people from 166 countries have already volunteered to participate in such studies. Concept: Human challenge trials […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: NASA published the outline for its Artemis program, which plans to send the next man and first woman to the lunar surface by the year 2024. The last time NASA sent humans to the Moon was in 1972, during the Apollo lunar mission Concept: With the Artemis program, NASA wishes […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Reproduction number(R) has fallen below 1 for the first time since the pandemic began in India in the first week of March and for the sixth consecutive day number of people recovering from the disease, as reported in government data, exceeded the detection of new infections. Concept: R-value is a measure of the number […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired a laser guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the indigenous Arjun main battle tank. Concept: The missile employs a tandem High-Explosive Anti-Tank [HEAT] warhead to neutralisearmoured vehicles which have reactive armours, which are specially-designed protective armours used in military […]