Why in News: Scientists with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration, who include researchers at the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), have assembled the largest collection of fast …
NEWS While apps like Clubhouse give a push to innovation, privacy and data rights remain out of focus. CONTEXT Clubhouse is a new social networking app which has surpassed 2 million Android downloads across the world last month. The app …
National Park vs Wildlife Sanctuary Both are protected areas which are those areas in which human occupation or at least the exploitation of resources is limited. Let us understand the difference between them: National Park An area, whether within a …
About IIP The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) details the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mineral mining, electricity and manufacturing. It is compiled and published every month by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry …
Why in News? The Union Cabinet approved the allotment of 5Mhz spectrum in the premium 700 MHz band to the railways for captive use in areas of public safety and security services. What is spectrum in scientific terms? It is …
Why in News: Two doses of Covishield vaccine produced more antibodies than Covaxin doses, but there were relatively fewer instances of ‘breakthrough infections’ after the latter, reports a study of healthcare workers (HCW) in India. What are antibodies? Antibody, also …
About TRIPS The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1995, is a …
CONTEXT Experience across the world has shown that the third wave of Covid is evident. Evidence has shown that it took nearly eight weeks in the U.K. 17 weeks in Italy, and 23 weeks in the U.S. to go from …
CONTEXT As per popular perception, Indian courts are not associated first with the delivery of justice, but with long delays and difficulties for ordinary litigants. According to data released by the Supreme Court in the June 2020 newsletter of the …
About CRISPR Cas-9 CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system in bacteria. The bacteria capture snippets of DNA from invading viruses and use them to create DNA segments known as CRISPR arrays. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is …