The Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018: The Maharashtra FDA issued notices to actors over Vimal Elaichi endorsements, alleging surrogate advertising of prohibited pan masala in violation of food safety and consumer protection norms. The Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018: A statutory regulatory framework notified by the Food […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Sea Lice
Sea Lice: A German biotech startup developing a feed-based nano-antibody treatment for sea lice has ambitions to use its platform technology to tackle bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases across aquaculture.Sea lice are larvae from certain jellyfish and sea anemones that live in saltwater oceans and seas.Sea lice can be unpredictable because they drift with the […]
Deemed Distribution Licence
Deemed Distribution Licence: The Andhra Pradesh government’s policy framework recommending a Deemed Distribution Licence (DDL) for hyperscale AI data centres—including the Google-Adani AI data centre project in Visakhapatnam—has faced severe legal and civil pushback.A Deemed Distribution Licence (DDL) is a statutory status where an entity is treated as an authorized power distributor to supply electricity […]
AIKosh Platform
AIKosh Platform: A workshop on AIKosh platform was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. AIKosh Platform is a national platform for datasets, AI models and related resources. It aims to enhance access to datasets and models from various sources to boost AI innovation, support AI solution development with shared toolkits, and showcase use […]
RK-251 Drug
RK-251 Drug: The Ministry of Science and Technology informed about a new smart drug named RK-251 that can replace traditional chemotherapy. RK-251 Drug is a smart cancer drug designed to activate primarily in cancer cells and does not harm healthy cells. When RK-251 enters a cancer cell with high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, these […]
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research : In News
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research: In News The Ministry of Earth Sciences organized the 8th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Ocean Polar Science and Technology (OPST) at Goa, hosted by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR). National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research was established as an autonomous […]
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A 32-year-old man from Visakhapatnam, who had recurrent lymph node swelling for nearly six years and was repeatedly treated for suspected tuberculosis, has finally been diagnosed with rare Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease recently. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenopathy, is a rare inflammatory disorder of the lymph nodes. It causes swollen, painful […]
Mushk Budji
Mushk Budji: Kashmir’s indigenous aromatic rice variety, ‘Mushk Budji’, which was granted the GI tag three years ago, is facing the problem of plenty with the government’s crop expansion to “unsuitable” areas hitting prices, farmers said recently. Mushk Budji is a highly aromatic short-grain rice variety native to Kashmir. It is usually grown at an […]
Helicase
Helicase: In a recent study scientists from the U.K. found that proteins Sld3-Sld7 detect “switched-on” MCM2-7 helicase and recruit Cdc45 to start DNA replication. Helicase is a crucial enzyme in molecular biology, playing an essential role in DNA replication, repair, and transcription. It is a motor protein and unwinds the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) into single […]
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli: A recent report by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) on facilities at railway stations has revealed that E. coli bacteria were found in samples of drinking water. Escherichia coli is commonly known as E. coli, is a type of bacteria that can be found in the intestines of humans and animals. It […]
