About LCH The light combat helicopter (LCH) was designed and built indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is a two-seater attack helicopter derived from the existing Dhruv helicopter. The LCH can be deployed in various roles, including tracking slow-moving …
What is a Genome? A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. In humans, a copy of the …
Stages of vaccine development Development of vaccines can be simplified into two broad stages: Pre-clinical development is research carried out in lab assays and on animals. It includes: Identification (discovery) of relevant antigens (e.g. screening) Evaluation of vaccine efficacy in …
About the Sun The Sun can be split into two regions: The interior is a sphere with radius R = 7x108m. There are three main parts to the Sun’s interior: The core is at the center. It the hottest region, …
Why in News ? The Ministry of Defence has formulated a draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 (DPEPP 2020). The DPEPP 2020 is envisaged as an overarching guiding document to provide a focused, structured and significant thrust to …
About: eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitizes vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application. Introduced in 2015, the eVIN is being implemented under the …
About: AIM-iCREST has been designed to enable the incubation ecosystem across the country. Under the initiative, the Atal Innovation Mission’s (AIM) incubators are set to be upscaled and provided requisite support to foster the incubation enterprise economy, that will help …
Why in News? An Israeli team, led by a high ranking research and development (R&D) defence official, arrived in Delhi for the multi-pronged mission, code named “Operation Breathing Space”. About Operation Breathing Space It is a India-Israel joint mission to …
About SARS-CoV-2 virus The SARS-CoV-2 is a corona virus which is a large family of viruses with some causing less severe common cold to more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). It …
Why in News? The Ministry of Earth Sciences has recently launched Mobile App “Mausam” dedicated to the general public and designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts in a lucid manner without technical jargons. The mobile app has been …