Good evening dear reader Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS- Paper 2 Why Politicians should be given priority in Vaccination drive? GS – Paper 4 Contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Factly Articles – 18th January, 2021 Why Politicians should be given priority in Vaccination drive? Source: click here Syllabus: GS – 2 – Health-related issues Synopsis: The policy of vaccinating health workers on priority is correct and… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – January 18, 2021
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Over 2.24 lakh vaccinated in 2 days, 447 adverse events: Centre
News: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the data on COVID-19 vaccination. Facts: Key Highlights of the Data: India has vaccinated the highest number of persons on the first day under its COVID-19 vaccination program. This is much higher than many other countries such as the USA, the UK and France. Around… Continue reading Over 2.24 lakh vaccinated in 2 days, 447 adverse events: Centre
INSPIRE Faculty produced heat-tolerant wheat varieties resulting in improved grain yield
News: Researchers of the INSPIRE Faculty under the Department of Science and Technology(DST) are studying to develop a variety of wheat that does not lose its productivity under heat stress. Facts: Wheat and Heat Stress: Wheat is affected severely by Heat stress as it causes a dramatic reduction in yield as well as quality of… Continue reading INSPIRE Faculty produced heat-tolerant wheat varieties resulting in improved grain yield
Scientists got clue to origin of fluctuations in active matter systems like fish schools
News: Scientists have found a clue to the dynamic origin of fluctuations in systems like fish schools, swarms of insects, flocking birds and bacterial colonies. These are called active matter systems. Facts: What are Active Matter Systems? It is composed of large numbers of self-driven components that extract energy from their surroundings to generate mechanical… Continue reading Scientists got clue to origin of fluctuations in active matter systems like fish schools
Smokers, vegetarians are at lesser risk of getting infected by COVID-19: CSIR serosurvey
News: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) has conducted a pan-India Sero-survey tracking nearly 10,000 employees to study the prevalence of Covid-19. The study concluded Smokers and vegetarians were found to have lower seropositivity. So they may be at a lesser risk of getting infected by the coronavirus. Facts: Key Highlights of the Survey: Source:… Continue reading Smokers, vegetarians are at lesser risk of getting infected by COVID-19: CSIR serosurvey
Technology Transfer Agreements signed to bring India’s first indigenous Flow Diverter Stent
News: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has entered into Technology Transfer Agreements with Pune based Biorad Medisys for flow Diverter Stents. The cost of the Chitra Flow Diverter stent is expected to be priced significantly lower than the currently imported ones. Facts: What are Flow Diverter Stents? It is a… Continue reading Technology Transfer Agreements signed to bring India’s first indigenous Flow Diverter Stent
PCRA launches ‘SAKSHAM’ campaign for green and clean energy awareness
News: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) has launched a month-long campaign “SAKSHAM”. Facts: SAKSHAM: It is a people-centric fuel conservation mega campaign that aims to highlight the adverse health and environmental impacts of increasing carbon footprints. The idea is to convince consumers to switch to cleaner fuels and bring in behavioral change to use fossil… Continue reading PCRA launches ‘SAKSHAM’ campaign for green and clean energy awareness
Government organises a ‘DekhoApnaDesh’ Webinar on “Exploring Buddhist Circuit by Train”
News: The Ministry of Tourism has organised an interesting webinar titled “Exploring Buddhist Circuit by Train” as a part of the ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ Webinar series. Facts: Dekho Apna Desh Initiative: It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism launched in January 2020. Objective: To promote domestic tourism in India which is intended… Continue reading Government organises a ‘DekhoApnaDesh’ Webinar on “Exploring Buddhist Circuit by Train”
Winter migratory water birds make a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland
News: Winter migratory waterbirds using the central Asian flyway have started making a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland. Facts: Harike Wetland: It is one of the largest man-made wetlands of northern India which shares its area with the Tarntaran, Ferozpur and Kapurthala districts of Punjab. It came into existence in 1952 after the construction of… Continue reading Winter migratory water birds make a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland
5G technology in India – importance, challenges and solutions
Synopsis: More than 40 telecom operators in the World have already launched 5G technologies. India being the 5th largest economy in the world has not yet launched the 5G technology. Is it high time to launch 5G services in India or India still have time to catch up with the technology? click here to read about what is 5G technology? Present Status of 5G in India: Department of Telecommunication (DoT) in 2017 setup a 5G steering… Continue reading 5G technology in India – importance, challenges and solutions
