Science and Technology

Lenacapavir Shows Promising Results in Preventing HIV Among Young Women

Lenacapavir Shows Promising Results in Preventing HIV Among Young Women

Context: The recent large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda for lenacapavir, a new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug, shows...

Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme Promoting ‘Atma Nirbharta’ in Defence

Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme Promoting ‘Atma Nirbharta’ in Defence

Context: The TDF scheme is instrumental in advancing ‘Atma Nirbharta’ in the defence sector, encouraging start-ups and MSMEs to develop...

Emerging Threat: Snowblind Banking Malware

Emerging Threat: Snowblind Banking Malware

Emerging Threat: Snowblind Banking Malware   Context: A new banking malware called ‘Snowblind’ is targeting Android users to steal banking...

IEEE Approves IIT Bombay’s Network Standard

IEEE Approves IIT Bombay’s Network Standard

Context: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approves wireless network architecture for affordable broadband access in rural areas developed...

Understanding Epilepsy and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Understanding Epilepsy and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Context: Oran Knowlson, a UK-based teenager, has become the first person globally to receive a brain implant designed to control...

Global IndiaAI Summit 2024

Global IndiaAI Summit 2024

Context: The Global IndiaAI Summit 2024, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in New Delhi, aims to...

Scientists Measure Top Quark Mass with Highest Precision Yet

Scientists Measure Top Quark Mass with Highest Precision Yet

Context: Scientists have achieved the most precise measurement of the heaviest known subatomic particle, the top quark at a major...

UN Proposes Multilateral Fund to Share Benefits of Genetic Resources

UN Proposes Multilateral Fund to Share Benefits of Genetic Resources

Context: In August 2024, international delegates will gather to discuss a milestone proposal relating to a multilateral fund for sharing...

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...

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...

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

Context: A team of scientists from China and Europe has discovered two prominent features of the “eROSITA bubbles” in the...

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Context: Researchers from India, London, and Africa have suggested that the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), used to diagnose gestational...

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...

What is Darknet or Dark web?

What is Darknet or Dark web?

Context: As per the recent reports, the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts important exams like NEET, JEE and CUET,...

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Context: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, have decoded the molecular mechanism of VEGFR1,a...