Ferroptosis : Recent Study A recent study by researchers has identified ferroptosis, an unusual form of cell death, as a significant contributor to lung damage in COVID-19 patients. Ferroptosis occurs when the outer fat layers of cells collapse, leading to cell death. This differs from the more common type of cell death, where cells break […]
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First-Ever Patient Safety Rights Charter : WHO
First-Ever Patient Safety Rights Charter : WHO World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first-ever Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. Assuring patient safety in health care is a critical component in delivering the right to health. Patient safety can be compromised due to avoidable errors such as unsafe surgical […]
Exercise Cyber Suraksha 2024
Exercise Cyber Suraksha 2024: Head of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan started Cyber Suraksha – 2024 on May 22, 2024.The Indian Armed Forces and other national groups are fully committed to protecting the country’s security in the very important area of cyberspace, as shown by Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024. Defence Cyber Agency […]
1st Human Case Of ‘Bird Flu’ Reported In Australia
1st Human Case Of ‘Bird Flu’ Reported In Australia: A child who came back to Victoria from India in March was the first person in Australia to get the H5N1 bird flu. The child had a serious sickness, but now fully better. Victoria’s chief health officer confirmed that there have been no more cases tied […]
Global Impact Of Land Squeeze
Global Impact Of Land Squeeze: A recent study conducted by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) focusses on the unprecedented ‘land squeeze’, threatening farmers and food production. The report warns of prevalent “land squeeze” due to rising land prices, land grabs, and carbon schemes, threatening farmers and food production. Globally, the […]
International Booker Prize 2024
International Booker Prize 2024: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, has won the International Booker Prize 2024. International Booker Prizeis awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English. This prize began life in 2005 as the Man Booker International Prize. It was […]
Global Tourism Index 2024
Global Tourism Index 2024: India moved up to the 39th spot on the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024, as the number of tourists around the world returned to levels seen before the pandemic. First on the list was the United States. The next five countries in order were Spain, Japan, […]
ATD BEST Awards 2024
ATD BEST Awards 2024: India’s biggest energy company, NTPC Limited, won third place at the ATD BEST Awards 2024, making it the best-performing Indian company in this prestigious foreign event. Ms. Rachana Singh Bhal, CGM (Strategic HR & Talent Management), got the award on May 21, 2024, at a ceremony in New Orleans, USA. The […]
Shaw Prize : Astronomy
Shaw Prize : Astronomy Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, an astronomy professor with Indian roots who now lives in the US, has been given the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024. He is known for being one of the first people to study millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other changing celestial events. In 2002, the […]
Venus : New Study
Venus : New Study A new study suggests that Venus is losing water much faster than previously thought, with researchers identifying a mechanism in the Venusian ionosphere responsible for this accelerated water loss. Venus may have once had oceans, but now only 0.002% of its atmosphere is water vapor. The process of non-thermal hydrogen escape, […]
