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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi-Prelims-2017
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi “for his discoveries of mechanisms for ...
Prognosis is good for India’s organ transplant programme-GS-3
India’s still nascent organ transplant programme is making progress, and it’s not just things like life-saving traffic green corridors that ...
World’s first three-parent baby boy born in Mexico: All you should know about it
A Jordanian couple became proud parents of the world's first three-parent baby boy, born in Mexico. The feat was achieved ...
Caffeine-based drugs may halt Parkinson’s progress-Prelims-2017
Scientists have developed novel caffeine-based chemical compounds that show promise in preventing the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease attacks ...
Thailand confirms SE Asia’s first Zika-linked birth defects-The Hindu
Authorities in Thailand have confirmed that two cases of babies with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, were caused by the ...
Scrub Typhus-Prelims-2017
There is rise in number of cases of Scrub Typhus in Himachal Pradesh. Scrub typhus - a mite-borne disease, has ...
Americas declared free of measles-Prelims-2017
The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can ...
In a first, PSLV puts 8 satellites in two different orbits-Prelims-2017
In a first, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s PSLV C-35 rocket launched a total of eight satellites, into two different ...
World’s largest radio telescope begins operations-Prelims-2017
The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life on Sunday in ...
ISRO’s PSLV-C35 places SCATSAT-1 into orbit-Prelims-2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather studies into the space. In the ...
Ten things to know about the PSLV’s longest-ever flight
Here are the details of the launch and payloads: — The PSLV-C35 will be launched from the first launch pad ...
What are magnetars?-Prelims-2017
This week, astronomers picked up strange X-ray bursts using NASA’s Swift telescope. These strange bursts were very similar to that ...
GSAT-11 to be launched in early 2017-Prelims-2017
GSAT-11, India’s advanced and heaviest communication spacecraft to date at 5,700 kg, is to be launched early next year on ...
Road clear for Chandrayaan-2-Prelims-2017
The space road to Chandrayaan-2 is now clear. The significance of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F05) mission’s success on ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft all set for asteroid mission-Prelims-2017
Bolted to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will lift off on Thursday ...
