SINOVAC Covid Vaccine: China: The World Health Organization approved China’s SINOVAC Covid vaccine for Emergency Use Listing, EUL. This makes SINOVAC the 8th vaccine to receive EUL from the WHO. WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) is a prerequisite for COVAX Facility vaccine supply and international procurement. It opens the door for the jab to be […]
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Davinci+ and Veritas Missions To Venus : NASA
Two New Missions To Venus: NASA: The last US probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, NASA has announced two new missions to Venus. These two sister missions both aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead at the surface. These include: 1. Davinci+: The […]
Artificial Sun Experiment : China
Artificial Sun Experiment: CHINA: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as the ‘Artificial Sun’ experiment, has set a new record in the latest experiment, where it achieved a plasma temperature of 216 million Fahrenheit (120 million C) for 101 seconds. It is believed that the temperature at the core of the Sun is […]
First Human Case Of H10N3 Bird Flu
First Human Case Of H10N3 Bird Flu: The First Human case of H10N3 bird flu was reported in the eastern province of Jiangsu in China. A 41-year-old man has become the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu. He was diagnosed with the H10N3 avian influenza virus on May […]
Space Agreement With NASA : New Zealand
Space Agreement With NASA: Newzealand: New Zealand has become the latest country to sign “space agreement with NASA” with the objective of boosting nascent space industry of New Zealand. New Zealand is the eleventh signatory to Artemis Accords. Artemis Accords is a blueprint for space cooperation and supporting NASA’s plan to return humans to […]
Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council : Microsoft
Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council: MICROSOFT: Microsoft has launched the first-ever “Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council”. It was launched with the aim of building a strong communications channel to address cyber threats and to share best practices among participating countries. Cybersecurity Council comprises policy makers and influencers from […]
5G Technology and Radiations
5G technology: Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla has moved the Delhi High Court seeking a scientific study on any adverse effects of radio-frequency radiation emitted by cellular telecommunications using 5G technology on ‘health, life, organ or limb of adult or child, or to flora and fauna’ before its official rollout in the country. 5G is […]
What is AmbiTAG?
AmbiTAG: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) in Punjab has developed “AmbiTAG”- India’s first indigenous temperature data logger for cold chain management. AmbiTag is a first-of-its-kind IoT device that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. That recorded temperature further helps to know […]
The Tianzhou-2 Cargo Spacecraft: China
The Tianzhou-2 Cargo Spacecraft: China: China took another step towards completing the construction of its first space station by the end of next year following the launch and docking of a cargo spacecraft. The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, described by as “the delivery guy for China’s space station”, was launched on a Long March-7 rocket from […]
Tardigrades in Space : International Space Station
International Space Station: Research purposes: On June 3, NASA will send 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids and some 5,000 tardigrades (also called water bears) to the International Space Station for research purposes. The water animals, which will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS, are part of experiments that could help scientists […]
