UNSC endorses US-Taliban deal
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23072-unsc-endorses-us-taliban-deal.html
#UNSC #NATO #Taliban #Resolution2513
Coronavirus a global pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and now parts of the United States.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23071-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic.html
#Coronavirus #globalpandemic #WHO #COVID19 #PHEIC
Funds to promote innovation, peace
India is in discussions with the Commonwealth of Nations over the introduction of new targeted funds to promote innovation and peace within the 54 member-countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23070-funds-to-promote-innovation-peace.html
#CFTC #CommonwealthofNations #WorldWars #CHOGM
WEF's COVID action platform
With the coronavirus epidemic hurting economic activities globally, the World Economic Forum on 11 March 2020 launched a new platform with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to convene the global business community for a collective action on the COVID-19 response.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23069-wef-s-covid-action-platform.html
#COVID #WEF #CEOs #KlausSchwab #globally
WEF’s YGL list
Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders (YGL) on 11 March 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23068-wef-s-ygl-list.html
#WEF #YGL #CEOs #SwapanMehra #Byju #NobelPrize
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23072-unsc-endorses-us-taliban-deal.html
#UNSC #NATO #Taliban #Resolution2513
Coronavirus a global pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and now parts of the United States.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23071-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic.html
#Coronavirus #globalpandemic #WHO #COVID19 #PHEIC
Funds to promote innovation, peace
India is in discussions with the Commonwealth of Nations over the introduction of new targeted funds to promote innovation and peace within the 54 member-countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23070-funds-to-promote-innovation-peace.html
#CFTC #CommonwealthofNations #WorldWars #CHOGM
WEF's COVID action platform
With the coronavirus epidemic hurting economic activities globally, the World Economic Forum on 11 March 2020 launched a new platform with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to convene the global business community for a collective action on the COVID-19 response.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23069-wef-s-covid-action-platform.html
#COVID #WEF #CEOs #KlausSchwab #globally
WEF’s YGL list
Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders (YGL) on 11 March 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23068-wef-s-ygl-list.html
#WEF #YGL #CEOs #SwapanMehra #Byju #NobelPrize
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UNSC endorses US-Taliban deal | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan. Resolution 2513, which won the unanimous support of the 15-member council,
Today's Headlines - 26 July 2023
World in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) Day
GS Paper - 3 (Biotechnology)
World IVF Day is observed every year on 25 July to commemorate the birth of the first test tube baby – Louise Brown – who was born on this day in 1978 through the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique. This day celebrates the hope and joy that IVF has brought to millions of couples facing infertility challenges globally.
More about the day
Also known as World Embryologist Day, it serves as a reminder of the groundbreaking advancements in fertility treatments – giving hope to those longing for parenthood.
It raises awareness about infertility issues, encourages open conversations and reduces the stigma around seeking fertility assistance.
In 1978, Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe achieved a milestone by successfully helping a woman give birth to the world’s first test tube baby.
Till date, IVF remains one of the most effective and widely used assisted reproductive technologies.
The name of the first Indian test tube baby is Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga) who was born on 3 October 1978.
Late Dr. Subhash Mukherjee was the first-ever person in India and the second in the world to create a baby through the IVF procedure.
What is IVF?
IVF involves the fertilisation of eggs outside the body, where mature eggs are retrieved from the ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory setting.
The resulting embryos are then carefully monitored for a few days before being transferred back into the uterus, with the aim of achieving a successful pregnancy.
#upsc #news #todayheadline #fertilisation #IVF #world #vitro #biotechnology #louisebrown #globally #technique #embryologist #robertedwards #patrick #steptoe #kanupriyaagarwal #subhashmukherjee
World in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) Day
GS Paper - 3 (Biotechnology)
World IVF Day is observed every year on 25 July to commemorate the birth of the first test tube baby – Louise Brown – who was born on this day in 1978 through the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique. This day celebrates the hope and joy that IVF has brought to millions of couples facing infertility challenges globally.
More about the day
Also known as World Embryologist Day, it serves as a reminder of the groundbreaking advancements in fertility treatments – giving hope to those longing for parenthood.
It raises awareness about infertility issues, encourages open conversations and reduces the stigma around seeking fertility assistance.
In 1978, Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe achieved a milestone by successfully helping a woman give birth to the world’s first test tube baby.
Till date, IVF remains one of the most effective and widely used assisted reproductive technologies.
The name of the first Indian test tube baby is Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga) who was born on 3 October 1978.
Late Dr. Subhash Mukherjee was the first-ever person in India and the second in the world to create a baby through the IVF procedure.
What is IVF?
IVF involves the fertilisation of eggs outside the body, where mature eggs are retrieved from the ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory setting.
The resulting embryos are then carefully monitored for a few days before being transferred back into the uterus, with the aim of achieving a successful pregnancy.
#upsc #news #todayheadline #fertilisation #IVF #world #vitro #biotechnology #louisebrown #globally #technique #embryologist #robertedwards #patrick #steptoe #kanupriyaagarwal #subhashmukherjee
What does the study show?
The new analysis focuses on the environmental dissemination of ARGs. With every 1% rise in PM2.5 pollution, antibiotic resistance increased between 0.5-1.9% depending on the pathogen — a link which has only intensified with time.
The researchers added that this airborne spread may have also caused premature deaths in India and China, among other countries in South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East which are population dense.
An average of 18.2 million years of life was lost in 2018 worldwide, resulting in an annual economic loss of $395 billion (more than Pakistan’s GDP) due to premature deaths.
The paper is unique in its scale and scope: global antibiotic resistance is driven by multiple factors, one being the “effect derived from the environment, which is poorly understood in relation to antibiotic resistance”.
The researchers collected data from 116 countries spanning almost two decades, to observe the link between rising PM2.5 and antibiotic resistance. The researchers also analysed other predictors, including sanitation services, antibiotic use, population, education, climate.
How is air linked to antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes travel through different pathways: food, soil, water, air, and even direct contact with sources such as animals.
The hypothesis is that ARGs, when emitted from, say, hospitals or livestock farming, could latch on to pollutant particles, which were found to contain “diverse antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes, which are transferred between environments and directly inhaled by humans, causing respiratory-tract injury and infection.”
When suspended in the environment or breathed into the lungs, the ARGs could enter the bacteria found in the human body and solidify its resistance to drugs. “PM 2.5 can facilitate the horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic-resistant genes between bacteria,” the research found.
PM2.5 contains a high concentration of antibiotic resistance-determinant genes, and these particles can travel far and wide due to wind speed, water evaporation, and dust transport.
ARGs are also more abundant in urban air particles than in sediment, soil or rivers, the analysis showed.
#upsc #news #headline #airpollution #antibiotic #health #diseases #drugs #bacteria #immune #news #globally #malaria #clinical #enviroment #ciprofloxacin #WHO #escherichiacoli #MDRTB #izoniazid #rifampin #nation #cholera #tuberculosis #antibiotics #china #GDP #hypothesis #sources #infection
The new analysis focuses on the environmental dissemination of ARGs. With every 1% rise in PM2.5 pollution, antibiotic resistance increased between 0.5-1.9% depending on the pathogen — a link which has only intensified with time.
The researchers added that this airborne spread may have also caused premature deaths in India and China, among other countries in South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East which are population dense.
An average of 18.2 million years of life was lost in 2018 worldwide, resulting in an annual economic loss of $395 billion (more than Pakistan’s GDP) due to premature deaths.
The paper is unique in its scale and scope: global antibiotic resistance is driven by multiple factors, one being the “effect derived from the environment, which is poorly understood in relation to antibiotic resistance”.
The researchers collected data from 116 countries spanning almost two decades, to observe the link between rising PM2.5 and antibiotic resistance. The researchers also analysed other predictors, including sanitation services, antibiotic use, population, education, climate.
How is air linked to antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes travel through different pathways: food, soil, water, air, and even direct contact with sources such as animals.
The hypothesis is that ARGs, when emitted from, say, hospitals or livestock farming, could latch on to pollutant particles, which were found to contain “diverse antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes, which are transferred between environments and directly inhaled by humans, causing respiratory-tract injury and infection.”
When suspended in the environment or breathed into the lungs, the ARGs could enter the bacteria found in the human body and solidify its resistance to drugs. “PM 2.5 can facilitate the horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic-resistant genes between bacteria,” the research found.
PM2.5 contains a high concentration of antibiotic resistance-determinant genes, and these particles can travel far and wide due to wind speed, water evaporation, and dust transport.
ARGs are also more abundant in urban air particles than in sediment, soil or rivers, the analysis showed.
#upsc #news #headline #airpollution #antibiotic #health #diseases #drugs #bacteria #immune #news #globally #malaria #clinical #enviroment #ciprofloxacin #WHO #escherichiacoli #MDRTB #izoniazid #rifampin #nation #cholera #tuberculosis #antibiotics #china #GDP #hypothesis #sources #infection
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