NexCAR19 : Gene Therapy The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted market authorisation for NexCAR19, India’s first indigenously-developed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T cell) Therapy. India is now one of the first developing countries to have its indigenous CAR-T and gene therapy platform. NexCar19 is a type of CAR-T and gene therapy […]
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New eDNA Sequencing Method To Assess Biodiversity
New eDNA Sequencing Method To Assess Biodiversity: Researchers from the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad have developed a new eDNA sequencing method to assess biodiversity. Environmental DNA is DNA shed by all organisms into their surroundings through natural processes during their […]
Tellurium : Study
Tellurium : Study Physicists recently found evidence that tellurium is produced in neutron star mergers. Tellurium is a semi-metallic, lustrous, crystalline, brittle, silver-white element. Atomic Number: 52 It has the properties of both metals and nonmetals. It forms many compounds corresponding to those of sulphurand selenium. When burned in the air, tellurium has a greenish-blue […]
Lucy Mission : Successfully Completed Its First Flyby Of An Asteroid
Lucy Mission : Successfully Completed Its First Flyby Of An Asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully completed its first flyby of an asteroid named Dinkinesh. Lucy Mission is a first-of-its-kind mission of NASA that will explore Jupiter’s elusive Trojan asteroids. Trojan Asteroids occupy a stable Lagrangian point in a planet’s orbit around the Sun. They are […]
Cloud Seeding : Study
Cloud Seeding : Study IITM Pune demonstrated that cloud seeding can produce rainfall. A cloud seeding experiment was carried out in Solapur city, which falls on the leeward side of the Western Ghats. Cloud seeding is a kind of weather modification technology to create artificial rainfall. The goal of this work is to change the […]
INFUSE Mission : NASA
INFUSE Mission : NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a sounding rocket as part of its INFUSE mission. The Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscope Experiment (INFUSE) was launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. It was launched to study the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant. The INFUSE mission is expected […]
Scabies : Infectious Skin Disease
Scabies : Infectious Skin Disease Malawi has seen a resurgence of the infectious skin disease scabies in an outbreak that is being linked to the climate crisis. Scabies is a parasitic infestation caused by a mite known as Sarcoptes scabiei. This causes an itchy rash to form on the skin. Untreated, these microscopic mites can […]
Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) System
Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) System: The Karnataka Forest Department, along with the Wildlife Trust of India, launched the Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) system. Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) system is Cloud Based Information Management System designed to manage interlinked databases of wildlife crime, wildlife criminals, and wildlife mortality. It will help officials analyse the […]
SIM-Swap Scam
SIM-Swap Scam: A Delhi-based advocate recently became the latest victim of the SIM-Swap Scam after she received three missed calls from unknown numbers and lost money from her bank account. All banking applications are linked to phone numbers, which help in generating OTPs (to authenticate transactions) or receiving important bank-related messages. In the SIM swap […]
India’s First Satellite-Based Gigabit Internet Service : Reliance Jio
India’s First Satellite-Based Gigabit Internet Service : Reliance Jio Reliance Jio announced that it had successfully demonstrated India’s first satellite-based gigabit internet service. Satellite Internet works similarly to satellite TV. It begins with an internet service provider sending satellites into space to orbit around the earth. That ISP then relies on a signal routed through […]
