Bacterial Pathogens Priority List : World Health Organization List The World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024. Bacterial Pathogens Priority List is an important tool in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance. In 2017, WHO developed the first BPPL to guide investment into the R&D of new antibacterials and […]
Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs
Digital Arrest Scams : Warning
Digital Arrest Scams : Warning The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a warning about an increase in ‘digital arrest’ scams, where cybercriminals impersonate government officials to extort money from unsuspecting victims. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), in collaboration with Microsoft, is actively combating this organised online economic crime. Scammers pose as personnel […]
Pig Butchering Scam : Online Investment Fraud
Pig Butchering Scam: Online Investment Fraud An online financial fraud called the Pig Butchering Scam is increasing across the globe, including in India. Pig Butchering Scam is also known as a “sha zhu pan” scam, which is a type of online investment fraud that involves scammers creating fake online personas to lure victims into fraudulent […]
R21/Matrix-M Vaccine
R21/Matrix-M Vaccine: Vaccines manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) recently said it has started exports of ‘R21/Matrix-M’ malaria vaccine to Africa as part of the global fight against the disease. R21/Matrix-M Vaccine is a new vaccine approved for the prevention of malaria in children. It is the second malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health […]
Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Programme
Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Programme: As part of a multi-agency effort to locate a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi that crashed in East Azerbaijan province recently, the European Union activated its Copernicus EMS rapid response mapping service at Iran’s request. Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Programme named after the renowned 15th-century scientist Nicolaus […]
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Of 2024
Global Report On Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Of 2024: Ahead of the World Health Assembly 77th session, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its Global report on neglected tropical diseases (NTD) of 2024. The report provides an account of the progress made in 2023 towards the implementation of the Road map for neglected tropical diseases […]
SPECULOOS-3b : New Dwarf Planet
SPECULOOS-3b : New Dwarf Planet An international team of astronomers recently detected a new, Earth-sized planet named SPECULOOS-3b, just 55 light years away, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star. SPECULOOS-3b is an Earth-size planet orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star, 55 light-years away from Earth. This red dwarf, though similar in size to Jupiter, emits […]
Vishing : Cybercrime
Vishing : Cybercrime The government released a circular warning its employees of a sophisticated cybercrime— vishing. Vishing is short form of voice+phishing, is carried out through a call on a mobile phone or landline. It’s a technique wherein a threat actor calls the victim over the phone and tries to trick him/her into clicking on […]
RoseTTAFold : AI-Based Prediction Tool
RoseTTAFold : AI-Based Prediction Tool AI-based prediction tool RoseTTAFold has provided a major scientific breakthrough in the last four years in the area of computational drug development. RoseTTAFold is developed by researchers at the University of Washington, U.S. It uses generative diffusion-based architectures (one kind of AI model) to predict structural complexes. The tools’ neural […]
Synchrotron : Circular Particle Accelerator
Synchrotron : Circular Particle Accelerator China’s latest scientific milestone, the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), set to be the first fourth-generation synchrotron light source in Asia, will begin operations by the end of this year. A synchrotron is a type of circular particle accelerator, where particles move in a loop. It works by accelerating charged […]
