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Technological Revolution, Covid-19 & Labour Market
This article is based on “The Future of Work in the Post-COVID-19 World” which was published in The Economic & Political Weekly on...
12 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Thirty Meter Telescope Project
Why in News The design of back-end instruments and other aspects of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project being installed at Maunakea in Hawaii...
11 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate
Why in News Recently, American pharma company Pfizer has claimed that its vaccine candidate BNT162b2 is more than 90% effective in preventing...
10 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards
Why in News Recently, the Union Minister of Science and Technology has given Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards to encourage...
06 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Why in News The Centre is planning to approve national standard specifications for Metro Neo, a no-frills, low-cost urban rail transit system...
06 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Future Pandemics and Reduction Measures
Why in News Recently, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem (IPBES) has released a report which warns about...
05 Nov 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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This article is based on “Countering deep fakes, the most serious AI threat” which was published in The Hindu on 20/10/2020. It talks...
29 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Computation Analysis of Indian Genes
Why in News Recently, the results from the computation analysis of the 1029 sequenced genomes from India were published in the scientific journal,...
28 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Superconductivity at Room Temperature
Why in News Recently, researchers have created a material that is superconducting at room temperature, however, it only works at a pressure of 267...
28 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Covid-19
Why in News Recently, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune announced an agreement with Merck, a...
23 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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COVIRAP : A Quick Covid-19 Test
Why in News Recently, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a new low-cost Covid-19 diagnostic method named COVIRAP, developed by...
22 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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The Nobel Prizes regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed...
19 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Atomic Hydrogen Content of Galaxies
Why in News In a significant discovery, the Pune-based Nationwide Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) and Raman Analysis Institute (RRI),...
17 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Why in News The wheat variety called MACS 6478 has doubled the crop yield for farmers in Karanjkhop, a village in Maharashtra. Key...
16 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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The Big Picture: Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Vehicles
Why in News? Aimed at a significant push for hydrogen vehicles in the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified standards...
14 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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C-DAC’s MoUs on Supercomputing
Why in News Recently, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity)...
14 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020
Why in News Recently, Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A Doudna of the USA have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for...
08 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Why in News The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2020 was awarded to three astrophysicists Roger Penrose from the UK, Reinhard Genzel from...
07 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine 2020
Why in News Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or...
06 Oct 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
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Genetic Engineering: Promises & Perils
This article is based on “The dangers of genetic engineering” which was published in The Hindustan Times on 23/09/2020. It talks about...
23 Sep 2020 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries
