Why in News- A forthcoming satellite, NISAR will map the most earthquake prone regions in the Himalayas with unprecedented regularity. NISAR is being jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the U.S. NISAR mapping data this can potentially give advance... .Read more
Updated on 15 April, 2023 GS3 Economy Environment Geography Disaster Management Current Affairs Science and Technology
Why in News- At a time when COVID19 cases in the country are seeing a sustained spike, 23 States and Union Territories have testing rates that are even lower than the current national average of 100 tests per million people. The Health Ministry urged all States to swiftly ramp up testing and also increase the share of RTPCR tests, which offer ... .Read more
Updated on 8 April, 2023 GS3 Security Society Disaster Management Current Affairs
Vaccine hesitancy is probably as old as vaccines itself. People have, through the years, distrusted vaccines, for various reasons, even as the results in terms of health outcomes were obvious. Post pandemic, the antivax campaign has been reflected in the poor levels of uptake of COVID vaccinations, even when they were available ... .Read more
Updated on 30 March, 2023 GS3 Security Governance Economy Disaster Management Current Affairs
Why in News- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week confirmed a $3 billion bailout plan for Sri Lanka’s struggling economy. IMF officials are also in negotiations with Pakistan for a $1.1 billion bailout plan as the country faces a severe economic crisis marked by a falling currency and price rise. Wh... .Read more
Updated on 27 March, 2023 GS3 International Relations Disaster Management Current Affairs
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) cycle, drawing together key findings from its six most recent reports. The report gains added legitimacy as its summary for policymakers is approved line by line by governments of the world. The... .Read more
Updated on 24 March, 2023 Security Environment Geography Disaster Management Current Affairs
The lineage XBB.1.5, a sublineage of the XBB, is currently designated as a Variant of Interest (VOI) by the WHO. What are recombinants? Coinfection of multiple lineages of a virus could result in recombinations between genomes which can give rise to chimeric genomes, otherwise called recombinants. There is a rare pos... .Read more
Updated on 22 March, 2023 GS3 Security Disaster Management Current Affairs Science and Technology
