Category: Prelims C A
Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics
First narrow-spectrum antibiotic successfully eliminates Fusobacterium nucleatum, a gum disease pathogen
UPSC Prelims Facts – 05 September 2024
Oceanic Nino Index, Exercise Varuna, Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas, National Test House, Gross Fixed Capital Formation
Central Vigilance Commission
Highest Corruption complaints against Railway Employees, Delhi Local Bodies, and PSBs: CVC Report
Indian Pharma Industry
Union Budget 2024-25 has proposed removing the 10-12% customs duty on three cancer medicines marketed by AstraZeneca.
Zyklon B
September 3 on this day in 1941, Nazis first used Zyklon B to kill prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp
UPSC Prelims Facts – 04 September 2024
Magsaysay Award, IEPFA, Wood Wide Web, E Shram Portal, Brunei Darussalam
Digital Agriculture Mission
Recently, Union Cabinet has approved the Rs 2,817-crore Digital Agriculture Mission.
AgriSURE Fund | Krishi Nivesh Portal
Recently, the Union government launched the AgriSURE Fund and Krishi Nivesh Portal.
Zombie Fungus
Recently, a field researcher found a dead tarantula that was infected by zombie fungus.
IndOBIS (Indian Ocean Biodiversity Ocean Information System)
Recently Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE) organised a national-level workshop on IndOBIS.