Plasma Therapy: The use of convalescent plasma has been dropped from the recommended treatment guidelines for COVID-19, according to an advisory from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Though a trial by the ICMR on 400 patients last year called the PLACID trial had found no significant benefit from the use of plasma, it […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
What is Doomsday Scrolling?
Doomsday Scrolling: As Covid-19 has struck back to ravage our surroundings, most of us find ourselves continuously scrolling through pandemic-related news and social media feed — almost compulsively. That is what is called “doomscrolling” or “doomsday scrolling”. Doomsday Surfing refers to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that […]
Zeolite Cargo Flights
Zeolite Cargo Flights: National carrier Air India has begun the first of its “zeolite cargo flights” with the government of India has commenced the process of importing zeolite from across the world for use in medical oxygen plants. The government has appointed the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as the charterer for these consignments. […]
India Continues To label Itself As a Country With No Community Transmission
India Continues To label Itself As a Country With No Community Transmission: As per the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), India continues to label itself as a country with no Community Transmission (CT) since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Countries such as the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, France have all […]
Winchcombe Meteorite
Winchcombe meteorite: A piece of the Winchcombe meteorite that touched down in the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire in the UK in February 2021 will be displayed at the National History Museum. Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. But when meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere they […]
Tianwen-1 Spacecraft : Landed On The Surface Of Mars
‘Tianwen-1’ Spacecraft: Landed Safely On The Surface Of Mars: China’s uncrewed ‘Tianwen-1’ spacecraft recently landed safely on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft landed on a large plain located in the northern hemisphere of Mars, known as Utopia Planitia. This makes China the second country in the world to send a rover to explore the […]
COVISHIELD Vaccine : Extension of Gap
COVISHIELD Vaccine: The COVID Working Group chaired by Dr N K Arora has recommended extension of the gap between the first and second doses of COVISHIELD vaccine to 12-16 weeks. The present gap between the two doses of COVISHIELD vaccine is 6-8 weeks. Based on the available real-life evidences, particularly from UK, the COVID-19 Working […]
African Swine Fever
The African Swine Fever: The African Swine Fever has stuck Meghalaya. Earlier, it had struck Mizoram. The African Swine Fever has killed 1,700 pigs in Mizoram in a month. It has now spread to Meghalaya and has killed three hundred pigs here so far. The Philippines Government recently placed the country under a State of […]
National Programme On Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage
National Programme On Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Heavy Industry for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’. The move aims to achieve a manufacturing capacity of 50 GigaWatt Hour of ACC and […]
OSIRIS-REx : NASA
OSIRIS-REx: NASA: On May 11, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu, and start its two-year long journey back to Earth. Bennu is an asteroid located about 200 million miles away from the Earth. Bennu is named after an Egyptian deity. The asteroid was discovered by a […]
