Additional Dose Of A Covid-19 Vaccine: With the Omicron variant of Covid-19 spreading across the country, the need for a booster shot or an additional jab may feel more urgent than ever. An additional dose, originally called a third dose, is given to people with moderately or severely compromised immune systems to improve their response […]
Tag: 9th Dec 2021
Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge
Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology felicitated the winners of the ‘Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge – Innovate Solutions for #AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ during AzadiKa Digital Mahotsav celebrations. On August 18, 2020, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)launched the “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” as part of their series of proactive, pre-emptive and graded […]
PANEX-21
PANEX-21: A Curtain Raiser Event for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, PANEX-21, for the member nations of BIMSTEC countries, was held in New Delhi on 07 December 2021. The exercise is planned to be conducted from 20-22 December 2021 at Pune and will witness participation from subject matter experts and delegates from India, Bangladesh, […]
MINSK Agreements
MINSK Agreements: The United States has warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set of agreements designed to end a separatist war by Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine. Here is a look at the agreements, which were signed in Minsk in 2014 and 2015. MINSK I: It was written […]
Short Range Surface To Air Missile: Vertical Launch
Short Range Surface To Air Missile: Vertical Launch: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the “vertical launch-short range surface-to-air missile”, successfully. Missile was test fired from integrated test range in Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. Its launch was conducted from a vertical launcher towards an electronic target at a very low altitude. A […]
World Inequality Report 2022
World Inequality Report 2022: France-based World Inequality Lab published its report titled “World Inequality Report 2022”. This report was authored by Lucas Chancel, who is the co-director of World Inequality Lab. It was coordinated by famed French economist Thomas Piketty. Report notes that, top 1 % of the India’s population owns more than one-fifth of […]
World Malaria Report 2021
World Malaria Report 2021: The World Health Organisation (WHO) released its World Malaria Report 2021 In the report, the WHO notes that ‘Global efforts to tackle malaria suffered because of novel coronavirus disease in 2020. Report further warned that, if proper action is not taken, the world will witness the danger of seeing an immediate […]
