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Hormonal Control of Mosquito Bloodlust: New Insights from Michael Strand’s Study

Hormonal Control of Mosquito Bloodlust: New Insights from Michael Strand’s Study

Context: A new study of Entomologist Michael Strand of the University of Georgia has suggested that a pair of mosquito...

Anti-Radiation missile Rudram-1

Anti-Radiation missile Rudram-1

Context: India has successfully test-fired its first indigenous anti-radiation missile, the Rudram-1, developed by the DRDO for the Indian Air...

India’s Aditya-L1 Completes First Halo Orbit Around Sun-Earth L1 Point

India’s Aditya-L1 Completes First Halo Orbit Around Sun-Earth L1 Point

Context: ISRO announced a significant milestone for India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1, as it completed its first halo orbit around...

Permaculture: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Agriculture

Permaculture: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Agriculture

Context: A recent study by researchers from RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau and BOKU University has shown that permaculture can significantly...

Bats as Viral Hosts and Zoonotic Disease Prevention

Bats as Viral Hosts and Zoonotic Disease Prevention

Context: Studies suggest bats are special viral reservoirs with the most virulent zoonotic viruses. The creatures harbour a vast array...

Choroid Plexus Role in Stroke Recovery

Choroid Plexus Role in Stroke Recovery

Context: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed an innovative animal model to explore the role of the choroid...

Petrodollar

Petrodollar

Context: With the The 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia expired commentators predicted the end of the...

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

Context: Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that Antarctic ice shelves contain significantly more meltwater than previously estimated,...

Researchers Developed Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors

Researchers Developed Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors

Context: A team of researchers from a government college has successfully developed a groundbreaking method to produce activated carbon suitable...

Places in News: Bahrain

Places in News: Bahrain

Context: India Initiates Anti-Dumping Probe Into Import Of Glass Fibre From China, Thailand And Bahrain. About Bahrain Location: Small Arab...

Polavaram Project

Polavaram Project

Context: The Central Government has released around ₹14,419 crore for the construction of the Polavaram dam after it was designated...

Constitutional Morality

Constitutional Morality

Context: The CJI DY Chandrachud, at the inauguration of the East Zone-II Regional Conference of the National Judicial Academy in...

Government to Amend MSME Development Act, 2006

Government to Amend MSME Development Act, 2006

Context: Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to amend MSME Development Act, 2006. More on News: The aim...

Currency Swap Arrangement

Currency Swap Arrangement

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to put in place a revised Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement...

Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) Annual Board Meeting in Sri Lanka

Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) Annual Board Meeting in Sri Lanka

Context: Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, is representing India at the three-day CLGF Annual Board meeting in Colombo, Sri...