India lacks diagnostic tests for emerging infectious diseases Sub: Science and tech Sec: Health Context: A recent case of Zika virus infection in Pune has renewed concerns about India’s preparedness for diagnosing emerging infectious diseases. More on news: This is not the first time Zika has been identified in India. Cases have been […]
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launches ‘Bhuvan Panchayat (Ver. 4.0)” portal for rural land record Sub: Science and tech Sec: IT Context: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched two Geoportals namely ‘Bhuvan Panchayat (Ver. 4.0)” portal for rural land record and “National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM Ver. 5.0)” developed by Indian […]
Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers Sub: Science and tech Sec: Health Context: Researchers have decoded the molecular mechanism in which a cell surface receptor belonging to the family of enzymes that bind growth factors, regulate cell differentiation, proliferation, survival, metabolism, and migration, […]
India and U.S. in talks for Stryker infantry vehicles and Javelin missiles Sub: Science and tech Sec: Defence India-U.S. Defence Collaboration: India is in early talks with the U.S. about co-producing Stryker infantry vehicles and Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM). Details: Deals for MQ-9B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and GE-414 jet engines are progressing, […]
‘Multi-omics’ is changing how India spots and treats TB, cancers Sub: Science and tech Sec: Biotech Context: In January 2024, the Department of Biotechnology said it had completed sequencing 10,000 genomes from 99 ethnic groups under its ‘Genome India’ project. More on news: In October 2020, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research […]
WikiLeaks | The enemy of the deep state SUB: Science and tech SEC: Awareness in IT and Computer Context: The slow but sure process of extraditing Julian Assange, co-founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks from the U.K. to the U.S. took a firm step on Friday when the British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, […]
Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with world’s first samples from the far side of the moon SUB: Science and tech SEC: Space sector Context: China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned to Earth on June 25 with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon. More on news: The probe […]
Brains that don’t see in greyscale first over-rely on colors: Project Prakash study SUB: Science and tech SEC: Human health Context: In May, a team of Indian and U.S. researchers reported in the journal Science that this delay in developing color vision is actually important for overall vision development. More on news: Project […]
Meet the new Sino-French satellite, which will detect the most powerful explosions in the universe SUB: Science and tech SEC: Space sector Context: A satellite jointly developed by China and France was launched into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on June 22. About the satellite: It is the […]
Defence Ministry signs 350th contract under iDEX for miniaturized satellite SUB: Science and tech SEC: Defence Context: The 350th contract under the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) which is the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence was signed with Space Pixel Technologies Pvt Ltd for the design and development of a ‘miniaturized […]