How an AI tool can make weather forecasts more accurate and help tackle climate change Subject : Science and Tech Section: Awareness in IT Watsonx.ai: It is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that will help users monitor the Earth from space, measuring environmental changes that have already happened while also making predictions about […]
As JN.1 emerges as variant of interest, time to evaluate preparedness Subject : Science and Tech Section: Health Context: The identification of a sub variant — JN.1 — has sparked fresh interest in the epidemiological world, and has sounded the need for caution. The World Health Organisation, has decided, due to its rapid […]
WHO prequalifies malaria vaccine by Serum Institute Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health Context: The World Health Organization(WHO) added the R21/Matrix M malaria vaccine, developed by Oxford University and manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to its list of prequalified vaccines. In October 2023, the WHO had recommended its use for the prevention […]
India’s AI Mission Subject : Science and Tech Section: awareness in IT Context: In big AI push, Centre to step up compute capacity More about the news: As part of its Artificial Intelligence Mission, India aims to develop its own “sovereign AI” by building computational capacity in the country and offering compute-as-a-service to […]
CDSCO to ban common cold and flu syrups for children below 4 yrs; Pharma cos asked to insert warning Subject : Science and Tech Section::Health In the news: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the country’s apex health regulatory agency, has decided to ban the use of a popular anti-cold cocktail medicine […]
COVID vaccines pillar COVAX to wind down by year-end left with billions unspent Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health Context: COVAX mechanism, a worldwide initiative launched in April 2020 to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is coming to an end from Dec 31, 2023. COVAX mechanism: It was launched to make the […]
India’s defence budgeting and the point of deterrence Subject :Science and Tech Section: Defence Context: To have India’s defence Budget and national security goals examined through the prism of electoral imperatives would be unprofessional. Introduction With India in election mode and sops being showered on the electorate (even more certain before the general […]
Tax ‘HFSS’ foods, view it as a public health imperative Subject :Science and Tech Section: Health India’s Dietary Shift: India, a major producer and consumer of sugar, has seen a sharp rise in high-fat sugar-salt (HFSS) food consumption. The processed food industry consumes 50%-60% of produced sugar, salt, and fat. Sales of snacks […]
Host’s last minute withdrawal leaves historic Science Congress in the lurch Subject :Science and Tech Section: Msc Context: A month after announcing that it would host the 109th edition of the Indian Science Congress, the Jalandhar based Lovely Professional University (LPU) has backed out. What is the India Science Congress? With a history dating back to 1914, the Science […]