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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...

Novel Mechanism for targeting bone marrow adipocytes to prevent bone loss

Context: Recently, a research team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has...

Nalanda University

Context: Prime Minister inaugurates Nalanda University Campus in Rajgir, Bihar.   About Nalanda University:  Nalanda Mahavihara, a Buddhist university, was...

Overview of Chilies and Their Impact

Context: Food safety authorities in Denmark have issued a recall for three varieties of spicy instant noodles from South Korea...

UN High Sea Treaty or BBNJ Agreement

Context: Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), emphasized the importance of a fully functional High...