What is herd immunity? Herd immunity is the indirect protection from a contagious infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection. This means that even people who aren’t vaccinated, or …
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved India’s indigenously developed COVID vaccine- COVAXIN to go for human/clinical trials. COVAXIN has been developed by Bharat Biotech India (BBIL) in collaboration with National Institute of Virology (NIV). Indian Council of …
What is the Raman effect? Raman effect is a change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical …
What is ITER? ITER (“The Way” in Latin), (originally the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today. ITER is an experimental tokamak fusion reactor facility under construction in Cadarache, France to …
About LIGO LIGO stands for “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory“, the world’s largest gravitational wave observatory. It is the world’s largest gravitational wave observatory. LIGO exploits the physical properties of light and of space itself to detect and understand the …
Why in News? The Union Cabinet recently approved the creation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe). About IN-SPACe IN-SPACe is the new entity of the Department of Space. It will have its own chairperson and board, …
What is convalescent plasma? People who have recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies to the disease in their blood. Doctors call this convalescent plasma. Researchers hope that convalescent plasma can be given to people with severe COVID-19 to boost their ability …
What’s in the news? The World Health Organisation has welcomed the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom that shows dexamethasone can be a lifesaving drug for patients who are critically ill with Covid-19. According to preliminary findings shared …
About The Standard Q COVID-19 Ag detection kit is a rapid chromatographic immunoassay for qualitative detection of specific antigens to SARS-CoV-2. It has been developed by SD Biosensor, a South Korea based company, having its manufacturing unit in Manesar, Gurugram. …