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EXPLAINED | WHY IS COVID-19 NOT A PANDEMIC YET?

Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? On February 26, for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak began in China on December 8, the number of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases reported in a single day was more outside mainland China than within the country. All about the Spread of Corona Virus Coronaviruses are […]

SHANGHAI LAB THAT FIRST SEQUENCED CORONAVIRUS GENOME SHUT DOWN

Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? A Shanghai-based lab — Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & School of Public Health — at Fudan University which was the first to sequence the whole genome of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and publicly share the data on January 11 was shut down on January 12 for […]

NCBS METHOD TO DETECT VIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH A RARE SKIN CANCER

Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Prelims Why in news? A team from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, has developed a diagnostic system to detect the presence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma tumours. The researchers have developed a test using the CRISPR-CAS12 technology. This is an important development, both, from the point […]

GOVERNMENT’S TOTAL RECEIPTS AT RUPEES 12.82 LAKH CRORES IN APRIL-JANUARY

Focus: GS-III Indian Economy and Economic Development, Prelims Why in news? The government’s total receipts during the April 2019-January 2020 period of the current fiscal stood at Rupees 12.82 lakh crore, while total expenditure for the same period was Rupees 22.68 lakh crore. Tax revenue stood at Rupees 9,98,037 crore, while non-tax revenue stood at […]

J&K USES 2011 DATA FOR DELIMITATION

Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ( J&K) will be the only place in the country to undergo a delimitation exercise based on the population figures recorded in the 2011 census. Delimitation was last done in J&K in 1995. The latest readjustment of boundaries of constituencies in […]

ALL BENEFITS REACHING RIGHT PERSONS: PM

Focus: GS-II Welfare Schemes, Prelims Why in news? Every penny dispatched from Delhi was reaching its rightful beneficiary said the Prime Minister in Bundelkhand, where he had been to lay the foundation stone for the Bundelkhand Expressway. Details of the announcement Over 50,000 crore had been directly deposited into the bank accounts of around 8.5 […]

NO NSG WAIVER FOR INDIA, SAYS NEW ZEALAND DEPUTY PM

Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? New Zealand wants defined norms for entry of non-NPT states into NSG said New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters during his visit to Delhi in the last week of February 2020. Details of the visit This visit was regarding bilateral trade and multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. […]

U.S. STRIKES A DEAL WITH TALIBAN TO END 18-YEAR-LONG AFGHAN WAR

Focus: GS-II International relations Why in news? The U.S. signed a deal with the Taliban on 29th February 2020 that could pave way for a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months. This represents a step towards ending the 18-year-war in the nation. Taliban leader calls it ‘day of victory’; […]