What is Lightning? Lightning is the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud. This violent and sudden electrostatic discharge generates a bright flash and …
About Nipah infection It is a viral infection caused by the Nipah virus (NiV). Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are the natural host of Nipah virus. The disease was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak in Malaysia and …
Why in News: The Union Health Ministry has warned States that the delta plus variant, which is currently a variant of Covid-19, has increased transmissibility, stronger binding to receptors of lung cells and potential reduction in monoclonal antibody response. A …
Why in News: The facility for genome sequencing to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 has been started at Sawai Man Singh Government Medical College, making Rajasthan the first State in the country to have such a provision for complete sequencing …
What is it? The central nervous system is made up of two types of tissue: the grey matter and the white matter. The brain’s grey matter is the tissue in the central nervous system that consists of nerve cells, and …
Why in News? As per a study conducted by the Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, today’s rice does not have the same density of essential nutrients as those cultivated 50 years ago. About rice: Rice, domesticated by …
Why in News: The Union Cabinet has approved the Deep Ocean Mission, which among other things involves developing a submersible vehicle that will allow a crew to plunge 6,000 metres into the ocean and hunt the floor for precious metals. …
Why in News? The illegal cultivation of herbicide tolerant (HT) Bt cotton has seen a huge jump this year. What is GM crop A genetically modified organism (GMO) or living modified organism (LMO), is any organism whose genetic material has …