Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan: Prime Minister of India launched the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan, a nationwide campaign to build a drug-free youth population as the foundation of Viksit Bharat@2047. Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan: A nationwide mass awareness and behavioural change campaign aimed at […]
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e-Pratyaropan digital platform
e-Pratyaropan digital platform: During the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day event in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel unveiled the e-Pratyaropan Digital Platform. e-Pratyaropan is an integrated, national-level unified digital platform designed to digitize and streamline India’s organ donation and transplantation ecosystem. It serves as a central interface connecting hospitals, transplant […]
What is Leptospirosis?
What is Leptospirosis? Leptospirosis, which began to be reported in Kerala since 1989, has been endemic in the State for the past three decades or more and has now become the communicable disease with the highest mortality profile. Leptospirosis is a flu-like bacterial disease that affects both humans and animals. It is caused by the […]
What is Lepidoptera?
What is Lepidoptera? Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have come out with a detailed Catalogue of Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) of India recently. Lepidoptera is an insect order comprising species of butterflies and moths. This order of insects is second in size only to Coleoptera, the beetles. The name ‘’Lepidoptera’’ is derived […]
PowerBank-50
PowerBank-50: Hyderabad-based space startup TakeMe2Space recently announced that its PowerBank-50 satellite battery pack has now earned the ‘flight heritage’ tag. PowerBank-50 is an indigenously built satellite battery pack developed by Hyderabad-based spacetech startup TakeMe2Space. It is India’s first indigenously developed satellite battery to earn the coveted ‘flight heritage’ status. The recognition comes after the battery […]
National Roll-out Plan for the Vessel Communication and Support System
National Roll-out Plan for the Vessel Communication and Support System: The Union Department of Fisheries approved the national rollout of the Vessel Communication and Support System (VCSS) under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. It envisages installation of indigenously developed transponders on one lakh marine fishing vessels covering mechanized and motorized vessels of all 13 […]
Xtreme Weather Grade Diesel
Xtreme Weather Grade Diesel: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) launched the indigenously developed Xtreme Weather Grade (XWG) Diesel in New Delhi. It is a specialised diesel fuel developed for operations in extremely low temperatures. It is designed to remain usable at temperatures as low as minus 42 degrees Celsius. It is developed jointly […]
Magellanic Bridge
Magellanic Bridge: A team led by Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) team has discovered the first known system of its kind in the Magellanic Bridge (MB) by using eROSITA X-ray telescope. It is a stream of stars and gas created by the close encounter of two nearby galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic […]
Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride
Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) imposed a six-month restriction on imports of a Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (S-PVC) resin which is a key input used for manufacturing of pipes. Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride is a polymer manufactured from vinyl chloride monomer. It is produced through polymerisation of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) in […]
Vitamin A : In News
Vitamin A : In News Higher levels of vitamin A were significantly associated with better lung function in children and adults with asthma. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin primarily stored in the liver. Although vitamin A is often considered a single nutrient, it is actually a group of fat-soluble compounds, including retinol, retinal, and […]
