Why in News: The Russian invasion is making the global chip shortage situation worse. How did the shortage crisis begin? After reaching its peak in 2011, the laptop market growth slowed down with the rise of alternatives such as smartphones …
Context: The recent publication of The Lancet’s global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance highlights the necessity of a robust AMR policy. What does the report say? It estimated that 4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR in 2019 alone. …
Why in News: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced plans to retire and decommission the International Space Station (ISS) by 2031. About ISS The ISS was launched in 1998 as part of joint efforts by the U.S., …
Context Non fungible tokens (NFTs) have, thanks to their ability to assign value to everything from art to music to a simple selfie, taken the world by storm. The sales of NFTs surged $25 billion in 2021 as the crypto …
Context: The recent publication of The Lancet’s global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance highlights the necessity of a robust AMR policy. What does the report say? It estimated that 4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR in 2019 alone. …
Context One of the three persons diagnosed with Lassa fever in the UK died recently. What is Lassa fever and how does it spread? The Lassa fever-causing virus is found in West Africa and was first discovered in 1969 in …
Why in News: The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted its first star. The first picture sent back of the cosmos is far from stunning: 18 blurry white dots on a black background, all showing the same object: HD 84406 …
Why in News: ISRO plans to place, into orbit, an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS – 04) on board the PSLV C-52 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is a four-staged launch vehicle …