Category: Science & Technology
Bone Ossification Test
The latest example of the use of the test came when one of those accused of killing Baba Siddique told a court in Mumbai that he should be tried as a juvenile, claiming he was 17 years old.
Diphtheria
WHO team arrived in Deeg, Rajasthan amidst rising cases of Diphtheria.
Wayanad’s X-Band Radar
Post 2024 floods and landslides, the Ministry of Earth Sciences approved X-Band Radar installation in Wayanad.
Shale Gas
Study indicates shale gas generation potential in eastern South Karanpura coalfield, Jharkhand.
Measles and Rubella
South East Asia Region countries set a new target to eliminate measles and rubella from the region by 2026
Biobanks in Precision Medicine
Gaps in data protection and regulatory oversight threaten to make research based on biobank data
Trachoma
WHO declares that India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem in 2024.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for contribution to understanding protein structure.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for contribution to Machine Learning
Cholera
Cholera has experienced a resurgence, leading to approximately 4,000 deaths in 2023, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024) | MicroRNA
Medicine Nobel 2024 awarded to Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA
VSHORADS (Very Short Range Air Defence System)
India successfully flight tests VSHORADS missile