Why in News? An automated computational tool – Infectious Pathogen Detector (IPD) – developed earlier by researchers at the Mumbai-based ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, to identify the presence of 1,060 different pathogens in any genome sequence sample and perform mutation …
Why in News? The first Arab interplanetary mission- HOPE- successfully reached Mars’ orbit to unravel the secrets of weather on the Red Planet. About the programme The unmanned probe — named “Al-Amal”, Arabic for “Hope” — was launched by the …
About RTI Act, 2005 Under the RTI Act, 2005, Public Authorities are required to make disclosures on various aspects of their structure and functioning. This includes: (i) disclosure on their organisation, functions, and structure, (ii) powers and duties of its …
About the species Brookesia nana is a chameleon found in Madagascar. The group of German and Madagascar scientists found this chameleon in 2012. The adult male measures around 21.6 mm when the tail is included and the female is slightly …
Himalayan catchment A catchment is an area of land where water collects when it rains, often bounded by hills. As the water flows over the landscape it finds its way into streams and down into the soil, eventually feeding …
About the council The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system. The Council’s mandate is to promote “universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all” and “address situations of …
What is it? The COVAX facility seeks to accelerate the development and production of coronavirus vaccines through pooling in resources from the member countries, and then ensure that it is equitably distributed amongst them. COVAX is led by the World …
About NRA Last year, the central government decided to set up a common recruitment body called National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The Agency aims to conduct a single online ‘Common Eligibility Test’ or CET, the scores of which will be used …
NEWS Sri Lanka government has decided to overturn its tripartite agreement with India and Japan to develop Colombo’s East Container Terminal (ECT). As per the agreement signed by the former Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe administration, India and Japan together were to …
Why in the news? The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its maiden meeting and approved the establishment of the world’s largest radio telescope. About SKAO Radio telescopes: A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used …