Why in News? A potential COVID-19 vaccine ought to confer at least 50% protection and be able to either prevent infection or disease — but not necessarily both — according to draft guidelines issued by the Central Drugs and Standards …
What’s in the news? Nearly three in four COVID patients have comorbidities and the proportion of those with diabetes and hypertension — the most common of secondary ailments — has fallen since July, an analysis of data on trends in …
What’s in the news? ‘World Bamboo Day’ was celebrated recently (September 18). 25 experts from 11 countries met digitally to discuss the productive uses of bamboo. Uses of Bamboo Bamboo shoots are emerging as high-value and safe edibles and growing …
Why in News? A recent serological survey done by the Delhi government for patients in Delhi revealed that seventy-nine of 257 people who had COVID-19, recovered, and later tested for antibodies against the virus, did not have the antibodies. Findings …
What’s in the news? Studies have found why older people and people with underlying conditions at particular risk have severe Covid-19. Findings of the study While these risk groups produce greater quantities of the immune cell known as ‘T-helper cells’, …
About the mission Demo-2 Demo-2 is a crewed mission to send NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS). It was executed by SpaceX, an American private space company, in association with NASA. The Crew …
Mars 2020 Mission Overview The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key questions …
What is Spear Phishing? Spear phishing is an email or electronic communications scam targeted towards a specific individual, organization or business. It is a targeted attempt to steal sensitive information such as account credentials or financial information from a specific …
Context: Innovations in managing the COVID-19 pandemic can help India revolutionise care delivery and related outcomes. Dharavi’s success strategy: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru are among India’s major metropolitan agglomerations and are also the current foci of the pandemic …
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus causing the corona virus disease (COVID-19). It is the successor of SARS-CoV-1 which appeared in 2002. It was first named in February 2020. It has a spike protein …