Antiviral Drug Ensitrelvir: A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reported that the antiviral drug Ensitrelvir significantly reduced symptomatic COVID-19 infections among exposed household contacts. Ensitrelvir is an oral antiviral drug that inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3C-like protease/Mpro), an enzyme essential for viral replication. By blocking this protease, the drug […]
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Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry (I2I) Connect
Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry (I2I) Connect: The Indian Council of Medical Research launched India’s largest biomedical innovation and technology transfer platform, “Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry (I2I) Connect,” in New Delhi.The Medical Innovations Patent Mitra initiative is a structured biomedical innovation and technology transfer platform launched by Indian Council of Medical Research to bridge […]
Pyrite : New Discovery
Pyrite : New Discovery Geologists have discovered a rare, microscopic sunflower-shaped mineral, pyrite, commonly known as fool’s gold, within the lignite coal reserves of Gujarat, India. Pyrite is a naturally occurring iron disulfide mineral. It has the chemical formula FeS2 and is the most common sulfide mineral. It is a brass-yellow mineral with a bright […]
Stroke : World Health Assembly Resolution
Stroke : World Health Assembly Resolution The World Health Assembly (WHA) recently passed the first-ever resolution on strokes, urging member states to recognise the medical condition as a public health priority. Stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted, either due to a blockage or bleeding. This lack […]
Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre : In News
Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre : In News The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) recently identified a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Apple iPhone users whose devices have been lost or stolen, according to an advisory issued by the agency. I4C has been established under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point […]
Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited
Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited: Hutti Gold Mines, the only functional gold mine in the country, earned a whopping ₹633.34 crores more in 2025-26, thanks to the skyrocketing price of gold in the world market. Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited (HGML) is a Government of Karnataka undertaking established in 1947. It has the unique distinction […]
Rumen Fluke
Rumen Fluke: Around 70 cattle have died in Odisha’s Kendrapada district recently, with the chief district veterinary officer attributing most of the deaths to amphistomes, or rumen flukes disease, locally known as ‘Kurmi’. Rumen flukes are parasites of ruminants and occur worldwide. They have a snail intermediate host. The adult parasites live in the rumen […]
Machkund Hydroelectric Project
Machkund Hydroelectric Project: A major fire broke out at the Machkund Hydroelectric Project located on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border recently. It is a 120 MW hydropower project located in the Koraput district of Odisha along the border with Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats near the well-known Duduma […]
Zwan-Wolf Effect
Zwan-Wolf Effect: NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft recently recorded something Mars has never shown before, which is the Zwan-Wolf effect. Zwan-Wolf Effect is a process where charged particles are squeezed along magnetic structures, known as flux tubes. The Zwan-Wolf effect was discovered in 1976 and has so far only been observed in planetary magnetospheres and not their […]
Blue Straggler Star
Blue Straggler Star: Researchers have made the world’s first confirmed discovery of a blue straggler star hosting a brown dwarf companion in an extraordinarily compact binary system. Blue Straggler Stars are hot, blue, massive stars seem to have a different trajectory of evolution from the norm. These are a class of star observed in old, […]
