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Three horses test positive for Glanders disease, euthanized

Three horses in Uttar Pradesh have been euthanized after a report by Hisar-based National Research Centre on Euquines (NRCE) report confirmed that they tested positive for Glanders disease. Glanders is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei. Glanders is primarily a disease affecting horses, but it also affects donkeys, mules, goats,… Continue reading Three horses test positive for Glanders disease, euthanized

Chandrayaan-2 Explained: What Moon can hold for India

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission, will be launched on July 15, 2019. Its lander and rover would touch down on the moon’s surface on September 6. Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second mission to the moon. It is a totally indigenous mission. Chandrayaan-2 will comprise of an Orbiter,… Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 Explained: What Moon can hold for India

India to have its own space station: ISRO

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has said that India is planning to have its own space station. The modalities for it will be worked out after Gaganyaan Mission- India’s first Human Space Flight Programme which is scheduled to be launched by 2022. A space station is a habitable artificial satellite. It is capable of hosting… Continue reading India to have its own space station: ISRO

Central teams arrive to fight encephalitis surge in Bihar

In the backdrop of a number of death this year in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), the Union government has deployed a multi-speciality team in the State. Bihar has registered a rise in cases of AES in Muzaffarpur and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Gaya district. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) including Japanese Encephalitis (JE)… Continue reading Central teams arrive to fight encephalitis surge in Bihar

Chandrayaan 2 to be launched on July 15 from Sriharikota: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission, will be launched on July 15, 2019 Chandrayaan-2 will comprise of an Orbiter, Lander named ‘Vikram’ and Rover named ‘Pragyan’ for the first time in an Indian space mission. The moon landing is planned for September 6 or 7. The orbiter… Continue reading Chandrayaan 2 to be launched on July 15 from Sriharikota: ISRO

DRDO conducts maiden test of hypersonic technology demonstrator

India has successfully conducted the first test flight of the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle(HSTDV) from a base off the Odisha coast. The only other countries that possess this technology are the US, Russia and China. The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet demonstration vehicle that can cruise up to a speed of mach 6… Continue reading DRDO conducts maiden test of hypersonic technology demonstrator

PIO-led team develops early version vaccine for Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the University of New Mexico are working on a vaccine they hope could prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have tested the vaccine on mice and found the animals were able to develop antibodies that combated tau tangles. Tau is a protein that when it occurs in tangled formations in the brain of Alzheimer patients… Continue reading PIO-led team develops early version vaccine for Alzheimer’s

New agency to develop space warfare weapon systems

The Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the setting up of the Defence Space Research Agency (DSRO). The DSRO will comprise scientists who will work closely with integrated staff officers of the three armed forces – the Indian Air Force, Army, and the Navy. It will work on space warfare weapon systems and technologies. It… Continue reading New agency to develop space warfare weapon systems

Ryots sow seeds of defiance

Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmers’ body in Maharashtra, has organised a “civil disobedience” movement where they sowed unapproved Genetically Modified seeds of cotton and brinjal as mark of protest against the central government’s indecisiveness in approving the next generation of genetically modified (GM) cotton. The repeated outbreak of pink bollworm infestation on cotton crops despite farmers… Continue reading Ryots sow seeds of defiance

First gene-edited babies at early death risk: study

According to a recent study by scientists,the world’s first babies whose genes were altered by the Chinese scientists are more likely to die younger. In 2018,Chinese scientists had gene-edited the twin babies to knock out a gene called CCR5 in hopes that it would render the babies immune to HIV. However,scientists have searched for a… Continue reading First gene-edited babies at early death risk: study

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