National Centre for Disease Control : Issued Guidelines The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently issued several guidelines to combat illnesses arising out of water contamination. National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The institute was established to […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Biosafety Levels
Biosafety Levels: Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, will soon establish a Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory, the first of its kind in southern India, enabling rapid diagnosis, post-mortem analysis and research on zoonotic diseases. Biosafety levels (BSL), also known as biological safety levels or biohazard levels, define the necessary containment precautions for handling infectious agents in laboratory […]
Sunflower Star Fish
Sunflower Star Fish: Scientists have found the culprit of a mysterious disease which started killing off sunflower starfish in droves — more than 5 billion are estimated to have died since 2013 is a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida. The Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) is among the largest and fastest sea stars in the world. […]
Seabuckthorn and Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat
Seabuckthorn and Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat: Seeds of seabuckthorn and Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat from Ladakh have been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA’s Crew-11 mission as part of the “Emerging Space Nations’ Space for Agriculture & Agriculture for Space” payload. The seeds will return to Earth with NASA’s Crew-10 mission. The experiment aims […]
WHO officially classified Hepatitis D virus as carcinogenic
WHO officially classified Hepatitis D virus as carcinogenic: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have officially classified Hepatitis D virus (HDV) as carcinogenic, placing it in Group 1 — known causes of liver cancer, alongside Hepatitis B and C.Hepatitis D is a blood-borne viral infection that requires […]
India Cine Hub Portal
India Cine Hub Portal: The Central Government urged States to use India Cine Hub Portal to facilitate Global film Production locally. India Cine Hub Portal was launched on June 28, 2024. It is a single-window system streamlining filmmaking permissions, incentives, and resource mapping across India. It was set up by the Ministry of Information & […]
Leap-1 Mission
Leap-1 Mission: A budding space tech startup Dhruva Space from India, is set to launch its first commercial satellite mission called LEAP-1. Leap-1 Mission is Dhruva Space’s first commercial satellite mission, which is carrying payloads for AI and Earth observation. It utilises Dhruva Space’s indigenously developed P-30 satellite platform which was successfully space-qualified during the […]
CLOVES Syndrome
CLOVES Syndrome: Researchers believe that CLOVES Syndrome is caused by mutations in a gene called PIK3CA and less than 200 cases are believed to have been reported worldwide. CLOVES Syndrome, in which the letters stand for: Congenital; Lipomatous; Overgrowth; Vascular malformations; Epidermal nevi and Spinal/skeletal anomalies/Scoliosis, is very rare condition. It is a rare genetic […]
Seabuckthorn
Seabuckthorn: Seeds of seabuckthorn and buckwheat grown in the cold desert of Ladakh are part of the experiments on board the International Space Station flown by NASA’s Crew-11 mission. It is popularly known as the ‘Wonder Plant’, ‘Ladakh Gold’, ‘Golden Bush’, or ‘Gold Mine’ of cold deserts. Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is a plant found […]
AI-designed Proteins
AI-designed Proteins: Harvard scientists have used AI-designed proteins to generate large numbers of immune cells, boosting immunity against diseases like cancer and viral infections. They engineered a synthetic activator for the Notch signalling pathway, which is crucial for transforming immune progenitors into T cells. Notch signalling helps maintain tissue balance and stability in the body. […]
