Why in News? A team of researchers at IIT Madras has developed a prototype of suture thread made of nanofiber yarns that is bio-absorbable and can deliver a higher load of antibiotics and/or therapeutics at the site itself. About the …
What are cess and surcharge? A cess is a tax that is levied by the government to raise funds for a specific purpose. Collections from the Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education Cess, for instance, are supposed to be …
What is Balance of Payments? Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics systematically summaries the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the World for a specific period. BoP broadly comprises current account, capital account and changes in foreign exchange …
Why in News The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), the Hyderabad-based premier research body of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has released a new set of guidelines, updating norms on recommended dietary allowances (RDA), which is the average …
The Science of Intelligent Achievement Isaiah Hankel What’s in the book for you? We all have set many goals in our personal and professional life but get perplexed athow to fulfill it. The Science of Intelligent Achievement (2018) introduces three …