Why in News? Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the social media network’s decision to block the then-US President Donald Trump from its platform. About the board The Oversight Board has been set up as an independent body that will help Facebook …
Why in News? Medical practitioners have reported a condition called silent or happy hypoxia in the ongoing Covid pandemic What is Hypoxia? Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate …
Why in News? A recent study has noted that due to the significant melting of glaciers because of global temperature rise, our planet’s axis of rotation has been moving more than usual since the 1990s. Cause for this shift According …
Why in News? Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods, dating back to about 100-million-years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. About the discovery Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small …
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of health systems to infectious diseases, and caused millions of deaths around the globe since last year. As serious as the current health and economic crisis is, there is a possibility that …
Why in News? China launched an unmanned module called Tianhe containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022. About the space station The module …
Why in News? Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system and has named it ‘the Unicorn.’ About the discovery The researchers said this particular black …
Why in the News? NASA has announced a device named MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) attached to the perseverance rover was able to produce oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere for the first time. How did Perseverance produce …
Why in the News? The government, which plans a law to ban private digital currencies, favours a digital currency backed by the Reserve Bank of India. Uncertainty over the legal status of cryptocurrencies is unnerving Indian investors who, according to …
Why in the News? Recently, four astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX (a privately-funded rocket manufacturer and transport services company) under the Commercial Crew Program. The …