AI Model Developed to Diagnose Motor Neurone Disease
In January 2022, scientists of genetics from the University of Sheffield, England and the Stanford University School of Medicine in the US, have designed a machine learning tool, called RefMap, to identify risk genes for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). RefMap has already...
Satellite Internet: Some Aspects
Satellite internet is the process of accessing the internet with the help of orbiting geostationary satellites. Through this service the connection could be taken anywhere as it provides global coverage. Therefore, it is the ideal internet access in places where...
Indian Scientists Develop a Portable and Non-Invasive Way to Detect Oral Cancer
Scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), have developed a highly accurate and portable, yet, user-friendly and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer. The device is very affordable, and hence, would prove to be very useful in...
5G Network in India
Cellular networks have been witnessing a major transformation since the launch of the first-generation mobile services. The first-generation (1G) mobile services in the early 1980s were capable of transmitting only voice calls. The present generation of mobile...
Programme for Development of Sustainable Semiconductor and Display Ecosystem
In order to boost the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and more India self-reliant in semiconductor manufacturing the government of India has approved a comprehensive programme for the development of sustainable semiconductor and display ecosystem in the country....
Researchers Developed New Method to Produce Silver Nanomaterials
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, have developed a new way to produce silver nanomaterials (AgNMs) which can be used as antimicrobial agents. The process is proved to be safe and easy compared to...
Drone Rules, 2021
In March 2021, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) published the draft of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules 2021. The union government sought the feedback on the draft UAS rules from academia, start-ups, end-users, and other stakeholders. The draft rules...
India State of Forest Report, 2021
On January 13, 2022, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the 17th India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR-2021), prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), which is an organisation under the (MoEFCC) and has been...
Ordinance Curtails Powers of Lok Ayukta in Kerala
On February 5, 2022, the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan gave his assent to the controversial Kerala Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022, to amend the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act of 1999. However, the Lok Ayukta has indirectly expressed its resentment over the...
Parliamentary Standing Committee to Consider Bill on Marriage Age
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was referred by the Lok Sabha Speaker to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, a Rajya Sabha administered committee that was reconstituted for the year in...
Raising the Age of Marriage for Women
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development in the Lok Sabha in December 2021. In view of the vociferous opposition to the bill in the House, it was decided to refer it to a parliamentary...
Global Nutrition Report 2021
The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was envisaged following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013. The first GNR was published in 2014. The GNR 2021, released in November 2021, provides a concise data-focused update on the state of diets and...
Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2021
The Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2021, was published in October, 2021. It is published annually by INSEAD Business School for the World, in partnership with Portulans Institute, and knowledge partner, Accenture. This GTCI 2021 edition is titled, ‘Talent...
UN IGME Child Mortality Report 2020
The Levels & Trends in Child Mortality Report, 2020 was released in September 2020 by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). Based on the estimates of UN IGME data, this annual report brings out full scope of child mortality rates...
UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal 2021
The Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal is brought out annually by UNICEF. The 2021 HAC, published in December 2020, highlights UNICEF’s funding appeal to support its work in providing conflict- and disaster-affected children with access to water,...
UN World Water Development Report 2021
On World Water Day, March 22, 2021, the eighth annual UN World Water Development Report 2021 titled Valuing Water was launched. The report was published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, coordinated by UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The report assesses...
The Living Planet Report, 2020
The 13th edition of the Living Planet Report, 2020 was published in September 2020 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in collaboration with the Institute of Zoology of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Entitled Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss, the report is...
Human Development Report 2020
The 2020 UN Human Development Report (HDR), namely, The Next Frontier—Human Development and the Anthropocene, the 30th anniversary edition, was released on December 15, 2020 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report reflects average achievement in...
Assam Approves Radio Collaring of Elephants
In November 2021, a wild elephant was radio-collared in Sonitpur district of Assam by the Forest Department of Assam in collaboration with the NGO, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India. In the near future, the forest department is planning to collar at least five elephants...
Rajasthan Camel Conservation Act 2015 and its Impact
The Rajasthan Camel (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 2015, was passed by the Rajasthan government in February 2016. The bill was aimed to contain the steady decline in camel population in the state. The population of...