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News: A Pangenome Reference Map has been developed utilising the genomes of 47 anonymous individuals, mostly from Africa but also from the Caribbean, the Americas, East Asia, and Europe (19 men and 28 women), according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. Scientists utilise a reference genome or reference map, which is similar …
Read MoreNews: Five significant announcements were made by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, with a focus on green shipping and port digitization. The ‘Panch Karma Sankalp,’ which stands for the five significant announcements made by the ministry, was introduced by Sarbananda Sonowal during the Chintan Shivir. The following five significant announcements …
Read MoreContext Scientists have suggested using Calcium-41 for Radiometric Dating as an alternative to Carbon-14 for determining the age of fossilized bones and rocks. Background Since its invention in 1947, carbon dating has revolutionised many fields of science by allowing scientists to estimate the age of an organic material based on how much carbon-14 it contains. …
Read MoreContext Recently, a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court upheld the amendments made by the legislatures of Tamil Nadu to The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, allowing bull-taming sport like jallikattu. About Jallikattu Jallikattu is a traditional sport that is popular in Tamil Nadu. The sport involves releasing a wild bull into …
Read MoreQ. What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming? Illustrate its impact on atmospheric phenomena. An unusual warming event known as Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) has been observed over Antarctica which is also found to be linked with an ozone hole shrinking over the pole. The term sudden stratospheric warming refers to what is observed in the stratosphere; …
Read MoreCryptocurrencies based on Block chain technology have gained global attention in recent years, after the US agencies cracked on Silk Road, an organization using Bitcoin and dealing with RBI banned the RBI regulated entities (which includes Scheduled Commercial Bank after from dealing with any business entities dealing with Cryptocurrencies. In a recent Supreme Court, this …
Read MoreSince Richard Feynman’s famous quote – “There is a lot of space at the bottom”, nanotechnology has come a long way. Nanotechnology involves manipulation of matter at the scale of 1-100 nanometers (nm). Matter behaves very differently at this scale as compared to the macro scale. This offers great opportunities in fields like agriculture and …
Read MoreQuantum supremacy means that researchers have been able to use a quantum computer to perform a single calculation that no conventional computer, even the biggest supercomputer, can perform in a reasonable amount of time. Google’s quantum computer, named Sycamore, claimed ‘supremacy’ because it reportedly did the task in 200 seconds that would have apparently taken …
Read MoreNews: The start of Phase-V of the Sagar Parikrama initiative was recently declared by the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairy. Through numerous fisheries policies and programmes, including as the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) & Kisan Credit Cards (KCC), Sagar Parikrama seeks to alleviate the issues encountered by fishermen and stakeholders …
Read MoreNews: A citizen-focused portal called Sanchar Saathi was just inaugurated by the Union Minister of Communications. The Sanchar Saathi portal seeks to offer a range of improvements and services in the areas of telecommunications and mobile connectivity. It was created by C-DoT, a division of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), to stop frauds such identity …
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