Government Slashes Prices for Targeted Cancer Drugs
29 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: In the Budget for 2024-25, the union government announced that customs duties on three specific cancer drugs namely, trastuzumab...
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Two Russian Stealth Frigates for the Indian Navy Launched
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) recently launched the first indigenous Advanced P1135.6 Frigate named “Triput” for the Indian Navy. ...
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Ketamine Pill Offers Hope and Risks for Treatment-Resistant Depression
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Researchers have discovered that a new tablet designed to slowly release ketamine can alleviate treatment-resistant depression, providing an alternative...
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White Category Industries
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Industries classified as “white category industries” may be exempt from prior approvals from state pollution control boards under Air...
Current Affairs
Listeria Outbreak in United States & Canada
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Two separate outbreaks of listeria have been reported in the United States and Canada in recent weeks. The US...
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Dark Oxygen
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The study published in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that dark oxygen was discovered 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) below...
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Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN) System
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Recently, the Department of Post released a beta version of the DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number) system, developed in...
Current Affairs
Interplay Between High-Affinity DNA and Carbon Nanotubes
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: In a new study, researchers from Pusan National University employed high-throughput screening methods to explore the relationship between DNA...
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Pollution of Rivers due to Industrial Effluents
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Rivers in the country are primarily polluted due to the discharge of untreated and partially treated sewage from cities...
Current Affairs
India’s Installed Nuclear Power Capacity
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: India’s installed Nuclear Power Capacity to Triple by 2031-32. “The present installed nuclear power capacity is set to increase...
Current Affairs
State’s Right to Levy Tax on Mineral Rights
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Supreme Court, in a decision by a 9-judge constitution bench with an 8:1 majority, ruled that states have...
Science and Technology
GM Mustard
26 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Supreme Court pronounced a split verdict on the validity of the Centre’s 2022 decision granting conditional approval for...
Science and Technology
Apple allow PC Emulator on its App Store
25 July 2024 | The Study IASContext : Apple has approved a PC emulator for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS, enabling users to run classic software and...
Science and Technology
Subatomic Splashes: Restarting Experiments at CERN
25 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Unlike microwaves or computers, the LHC at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN requires a few...
Economy
Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB)
25 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Cashfree Payments, a (Non-Bank) company specialising in banking solutions and payments, received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval...
