Bacterial Pathogens Priority List
Posted in Science & Technology Biology Biotechnology

Bacterial Pathogens Priority List

WHO updated Bacterial Pathogens Priority List (BPPL) as critical priority pathogens continue to present major global threat.

UPSC Prelims Facts
Posted in Prelims Facts Corner

UPSC Prelims Facts – 19-20 May 2024

Port of Call, National Endangered Species Day, Nile River, ONDC, Svalbard Treaty

Operation Smiling Buddha
Posted in Defence

Operation Smiling Buddha

50 years since India’s first Nuclear test

Asset Reconstruction Companies
Posted in Economy Economy Institutions

Asset Reconstruction Companies

RBI highlighted concerns over functioning of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)

Earth's Magnetic Field
Posted in Geography Phenomenon Geography

Earth’s Magnetic Field

Earth’s magnetic field underwent a major weakening 591 million years ago

UPSC Prelims Facts
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UPSC Prelims Facts – 18 May 2024

LUPEX, Plunging Region, Insurance Surety Bonds, RoseTTAFold, NPPA

National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
Posted in Polity Institutions Polity

National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)

NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab

Article 300A
Posted in Polity

Article 300A

SC in Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Anr Vs Bimal Kumar Shah & Ors has stated that Article 300A has been characterised both as a constitutional and also a human right.

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Posted in World Affairs

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Secretary General of SAARC paid an official visit to India

xenotransplantation
Posted in Science & Technology Biotechnology

Xenotransplantation

First Human recipient of a Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant has died recently.

UPSC Prelims Facts
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UPSC Prelims Facts – 17 May 2024

Maillard Reaction, Soil Nailing, BHISHM Portable Cubes, Lead, Deda Method

Igla-S VSHORAD
Posted in Science & Technology Defence

Igla-S VSHORAD

The Army is all set to begin receiving another set of Igla-S