India as space industry hub The space race is on again, but this time, private players are on the power field to take the next leap for mankind and democratize space usage to build commercial value. This has huge implications for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the space sector in India and is a promising …
B and T cells A small study conducted on 71 individuals who received two doses of Covaxin found that the vaccine generates antibodies and easily detectable memory B cell and T cell responses in many recipients. The cellular immune responses in the form of memory B cells and memory T cells seen in most vaccinated …
Ghare Baire Ghare Baire, the popular museum-exhibition in Kolkata that showcased two centuries of art in Bengal and was housed in a building almost as old, is shutting down after enriching the cultural landscape of the city for nearly two years. THE HINDU Omicron The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday classified the B.1.1.529 variant …
Way to climate justice India’s pledge to reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2070 At COP26 in Glasgow (October 31-November 12, 2021), India successfully challenged the 40-year old frame of global climate policy that pointed a finger at developing countries with the alternate frame of ‘climate justice’, that unsustainable lifestyles and wasteful consumption patterns are to …
NFHS-5 Births in institutional facilities, such as a hospital, improved by nearly eight percentage points but children who were either stunted or displayed signs of wasting only dropped by a maximum of three percentage points, shows a comparison of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5 and 4. India has also officially hit a Total …
Trade policy framework The United States and India committed to integrating their economies across sectors to harness the untapped potential of the bilateral relationship, at the Trade Policy Forum convened. The two sides decided to activate working groups of the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) on agriculture, nonagriculture goods, services, investment, and intellectual property to meet …
About Mullaperiyar dam The Mullaperiyar dam is located on the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar rivers in Kerala’s Idukki district. It is operated and maintained by the Tamil Nadu for meeting the drinking water and irrigation requirements of five of its southern districts. According to a 999-year lease agreement made during the British rule …
Paxlovid Paxlovid is a combination of Pfizer’s investigational antiviral PF-07321332 and a low dose of ritonavir, an antiretroviral medication traditionally used to treat HIV. The treatment disrupts the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the body. THE HINDU HomoSEP A group from Mechanical Engineering Department and Centre for Non-Destructive Testing (CNDE) of IIT Madras has developed a …
Centre and state alliance The Centre will release over ₹95,000 crore in one stroke to States this month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Monday, after meeting with Chief Ministers and State Finance Ministers to discuss the state of the economy and to sustain the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, no amount of …