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Genetically Modified Insects and India
Context: Article on the Hindu – Trouble with India’s guidelines on genetically modified insects Bioeconomy in India: GE Regulation in…
Prelims Facts Corner – 08 November 2023
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Operation All Clear, International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2023
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2023 recently.
Silkworms | Silk Colour
Researchers in China, proposed a model to explain how different combinations of mutations give rise to the different colours of the cocoons.
Minamata Convention
Fifth meeting of Conference of Parties (COP 5) to Minamata Convention held in Geneva.
Prelims Facts Corner – 07 November 2023
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), Kamakhya Temple, Project Kusha, Vitrimer incorporated with polyrotaxane
Asteroid Dinkinesh | Lucy spacecraft
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on an epic 6-billion-kilometre-long journey to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
CO2 to CO Conversion Technology
National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCoE-CCU) at IIT Bombay has developed a new technology for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO).
World Food India 2023
Ministry of Food Processing Industries organised WFI 2023 to celebrate 2023 as International Year of Millets, and showcase India as ‘food basket of the world’.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)
Centre to extend Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (free ration scheme) for over 80 crore people for next five years.
Prelims Facts Corner – 06 November 2023
Formaldehyde (HCHO), Gundla Brahmeswaram Wildlife Sanctuary