The Fairbank’s Disease: The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, informed Rajya Sabha about the Cases of Fairbank’s disease and Acromegaly in India. The Fairbank’s disease (Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia) patient usually requires management of pain and orthopedic procedures, for which facilities are available at tertiary care institutions in India. Another rare disorder, Acromegaly […]
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What is Artificial Neural Network (ANN)?
Artificial Neural Network (ANN): The global Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Market report was published. It is an information bank that delivers comprehensive information about the market ranging from the establishment to the predictable growth trend. As per the current report, ANN Market to Set Phenomenal Growth from 2021 to 2028. Artificial Neural Network is […]
Chandrayaan-3 Mission
Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will make its third venture to the Moon through the Chandrayaan-3 mission in August this year. This was stated by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Lok Sabha. Chandrayaan-3 is a planned third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). […]
International Space Station (ISS) Will Cease Operations
International Space Station (ISS): NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will cease operations in 2031, after which it will fall out of orbit and plunge into the waters of the South Pacific Ocean. According to NASA’s budget estimates, the ISS’ re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere will take place in January 2031. […]
Drone Rules, 2021
Drone Rules, 2021: As on 31 December 2021, nine remote pilot training organisations have been set up by entities under Government or private ownership. As per Drone Rules, 2021, any person who intends to obtain the authorisation to establish a Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) shall submit an application to the Director General of […]
India’s First Graphene Innovation Centre
Country’s First Graphene Innovation Centre: The Kerala government announced that the country’s first Graphene Innovation Centre would come up in Thrissur, Kerala. It is a joint venture of Digital University of Kerala, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) and Tata Steel Limited. Earlier in 2020, the researchers from the City University of Hong […]
NeoCov: Important Points
NeoCov: NeoCoV is a bat coronavirus that was first identified in 2011. It was identified in a species of bats known as Neoromicia, which is where the name NeoCoV was derived from. Commonly known as aloe bats, this species is distributed in the Afro-Malagasy region. NeoCoV shares an 85% similarity to MERS-CoV in the genome […]
What Is Gain-Of-Function Research?
What Is Gain-Of-Function Research? The term ‘gain of function research’ has recently cropped up in the debate about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Gain of function’ is a field of research focused on growing generations of microorganisms, under conditions that cause mutations in a virus. These experiments are termed ‘gain of function’ because they […]
Avascular Necrosis (AVN)
Avascular Necrosis (AVN): The health woes of the patients infected with Covid-19 in the second wave still continues as many are being diagnosed with the long post-Covid complications of Avascular Necrosis (AVN), referred to as bone death. To find a clinical explanation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has submitted a proposal to the […]
BA.2: Sub-Variant Of Omicron
A sub-variant Of Omicron: In the last couple of weeks, there has been a noticeable increase in the discovery of BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron from several countries, leading to fresh worries about the possibility of another surge in cases. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency flagged this sub-variant and designated it as a ‘variant […]
