Liquid oxygen: Invoking the Disaster Management Act, the Centre ordered States that all liquid oxygen, including the existing stock with private plants, should be made available to the government and will be used for medical purposes only. Liquid oxygen abbreviated LOx, LOX, or Lox in the aerospace, submarine, and gas industries—is the liquid form of […]
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Harlequin Ichthyosis
Harlequin Ichthyosis: Odisha reported its first-ever case of a baby born with Harlequin Ichthyosis, a rare genetic skin condition. India’s first recorded case of a baby born with harlequin ichthyosis was in 2016, at a private hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Harlequin Ichthyosis is a rare genetic skin disorder to a newborn infant. It’s a type […]
SpaceX Crew-2 Mission
Crew-2 Mission: Four astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX under the Commercial Crew Program. The mission is called Crew-2 and is the second crew rotation of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and the first with international partners. Out of the four astronauts, […]
Brucellosis Disease : Important Points
Brucellosis: Kerala launched preventive measures after a few cases of brucellosis, a zoonotic infection, have been detected in some dairy animals. Earlier in September 2020 Brucella abortus S19Δ per vaccine” was developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s -Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR-IVRI) for brucellosis prevention in the dairy sector. Zoonotic Diseases: It is […]
Russia Withdrawal from International Space Station Programme
International Space Station programme: Russia’s space agency said it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station program to go it alone. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the first module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering […]
Human Cells In Monkey Embryos
Human Cells In Monkey Embryos: Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the US in research called Chimera Research have for the first time grown human cells in monkey embryos. By integrating human cells into the embryos of macaque monkeys, a chimeric tool has been created. Chimeras are organisms that are made up […]
Talcher Fertilizers Limited : Coal Gasification
Talcher Fertilizers Limited: Union Cabinet has given its approval for the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the formulation of an exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through the coal gasification route by Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL). Considering the strategic energy security and urea self-sufficiency of the country, looking into the country’s vast coal […]
NASA’S Ingenuity Helicopter : First Flight
Ingenuity: NASA announced that Ingenuity had performed its first flight of an aircraft on another planet. Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on Mars was carried by NASA’s rover called Perseverance that was launched in July last year and will help collect samples from the surface from locations where the rover cannot reach. Perseverance landed […]
Aditya-L1 Mission : Important Points
Aditya-L1 Mission: ARIES facility (Aryabhata Research Institute for Observational Sciences) will host the support center for Aditya-L1 mission, which is due to be launched next year (2022). ARIES is an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology and is located in Nainital (Uttarakhand). About Aditya-L1 Mission: It is India’s first scientific expedition to […]
Global Diabetes Compact: WHO
Global Diabetes Compact: The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a Global Diabetes Compact to better fight the disease while marking the centenary of the discovery of insulin. The program was launched at the Global Diabetes Summit co-hosted by the Government of Canada. Global Diabetes Compact: The Global Diabetes Compact has the vision of reducing the […]
