कैलाश सत्यार्थी को लाइफटाइम अचीवमेंट अवॉर्ड
नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कैलाश सत्यार्थी को वॉकहार्ट समूह की ओर से आयोजित एक समारोह में वॉकहार्ट लाइफ टाइम अचीवमेंट अवॉर्ड दिया गया। वॉकहार्ट समूह की तरफ से कैलाश सत्यार्थी और उनकी पत्नी सुमेधा कैलाश के सम्मान में राष्ट्रीय सिनेमा संग्रहालय (National Museum of Indian Cinema) में एक समारोह का आयोजन किया गया था,
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#KailashSatyarthi #NobelPeacePrize #India #HabilKhorakiwala #healthcare

ईरान ने 2015 न्यूक डील में तय सीमा को तोड़ा
ईरान 2015 में हुए परमाणु समझौते को तोड़ने की दिशा में आगे बढ़ता दिख रहा है। स्थानीय मीडिया के अनुसार, उसने समझौते में यूरेनियम संवर्धन के तय किए गए कैप को तोड़ दिया और इसका यूरेनियम संवर्धन 4.5 प्रतिशत के पार पहुंच गया। उल्लेखनीय है कि 2015 में संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद के स्थायी सदस्यों (पी5), जर्मनी और यूरोपीय संघ के साथ ईरान की डील हुई थी
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#UNSC #P5 #EuropeanUnion #nuclear #AbbasMusawi #DonaldTrump #US #Iran

पर्यावरण में घुले प्लास्टिक के सूक्ष्म कण खतरनाक
प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण की समस्या पूरे विश्व के लिए एक बड़ी पर्यावरणीय चिंता बनकर उभर रही है। पर्यावरण में घुले प्लास्टिक के सूक्ष्म कण मनुष्य के शरीर के भीतर पहुंचकर उन्हें नुकसान पहुंचा रहे हैं। दुनिया भर में हर साल 400 मिलियन (लगभग 4 करोड़) टन से अधिक प्लास्टिक का उत्पादन होता है। सौंदर्य प्रसाधन, खाद्य पैकेजिंग, बर्तन आदि जैसे उद्योगों के जरिए भी प्लास्टिक हमारे शरीर में पहुंच कर नुकसान पहुंचा रहे हैं।
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#plastic #Micro #environmental #ScientificReport #NatarajanChandrasekharan

Vertical steep dive version of Brahmos
India has successfully test-fired a vertical deep dive version of the indigenous BrahMos supersonic missile. The upgraded version of the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile with an enhanced range of up to 500 km is also ready. It was possible to increase the range of this missile since India was now a part of the elite Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20826-vertical-steep-dive-version-of-brahmos
#India #MTCR #BrahMos #IndianAirForce #ISRO #HCOC #Navy

Nag missile tests successful
Moving closer toward the induction of the Nag anti-tank guided missiles into the Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out three successful test firings of the missiles in the Pokhran firing ranges. The missiles were test-fired during both day and night on 7 July 2019 during the trials.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20825-nag-missile-tests-successful
#NAMIS #missile #IGMDP #DRDO #APJAbdulKalam #NAMICA

First ever atmosphere of a midsize exo-planet
In a first, scientists have identified the detailed chemical “fingerprint” of a planet between the sizes of Earth and Neptune to uncover clues about its nature and origin, using NASA’s Sptitzer and Hubble space telescopes. No planets like this can be found in our own solar system, but they are common around other stars.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20824-first-ever-atmosphere-of-a-midsize-exo-planet
#fingerprint #NASA #Earth #planet #MilkyWay #spectroscopy

India in GII 2019
The 12th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) — an annual ranking of countries in terms of their capacity for innovation and success in it has ranked India as the 52nd most innovative country globally in its 12th edition.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21021-india-in-gii-2019
#India #GII2019 #INSEAD #WIPO #healthcare #GlobalLeaders #Innovation

Steps taken to combat Terror Financing
During the Informal BRICS Meeting, on the margins of G20 Osaka Summit (28-29 June, 2019), India along with other BRICS members underlined their resolve to make the international financial system entirely hostile to terrorist financing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21020-steps-taken-to-combat-terror-financing
#BRICS #TFFC #FICN #MoU #FCORD #NIA #Prevention #terroristattacks

Unlawful Activities Amendment Bill passed
The Lok Sabha on 24 July 2019 passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, popularly known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Introducing the bill in the lower house, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the amendments to the bill will ensure anti-terror laws are not misused.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21019-unlawful-activities-amendment-bill-passed
#Amendment #LokSabha #NIA #UAPA #Prevention #AmitShah #AntiTerrorismBill

India, China in free visa-on-arrival scheme
Sri Lanka on 24 July 2019 included India and China in the free visa-on-arrival scheme to revive the country’s tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21018-india-china-in-free-visa-on-arrival-scheme
#India #China #visa #SriLanka #USA

Defence cooperation with Myanmar
India and Myanmar signed a defence co-operation agreement providing for boosting bilateral military engagement, weeks after the two countries carried out a coordinated operation targeting several militant groups operating in the Northeast.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21093-defence-cooperation-with-myanmar
#cooperation #Myanmar #India #AungHlaing #military

UNAMA report
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 30 July 2019 said more civilians were killed by NATO and Afghan forces than by the Taliban and other militant groups during the first half of 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21092-unama-report
#UNAMA #NATO #Afghanforces #Taliban #US #Islamic

Consumer Protection Bill passed
Lok Sabha on 30 July 2019 passed the Consumer Protection Bill that seeks to establish the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to protect and enforce consumer rights.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21091-consumer-protection-bill-passed-2
#ConsumerProtectionBill #CCPA #CDRCs #LokSabha #RamVilasPaswan #CPB

Anti-microbial peptide (AMP)
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) have designed an anti-microbial peptide (AMP) that, researchers say, can effectively and quickly kill a notorious multidrug-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter baumannii.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21090-anti-microbial-peptide-amp
#AMP #IISc #AMP #WHO #Omega76 #AntiMicrobialPeptide #healthcare

Another warship at Visakhapatnam
The sixth ship of the ‘Class of Eight’ Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark-IV vessels ‘IN LCU L-56’ was commissioned by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21089-another-warship-at-visakhapatnam
#Visakhapatnam #LCU #AtulKumarJain #GRSE #IBS #IndianNavy #IPMS

Joint Panel for FTA
India and the 10-member bloc of South-East Asian nations have decided to review their free trade agreement (FTA) in goods that was signed in 2009.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21446-joint-panel-for-fta
#FTA #JointPanel #ASEAN #RCEP #Indianindustry #PiyushGoyal

Healthcare’s climate footprint
India figures among the top ten countries that account for 75 per cent of global healthcare climate footprint, according to a report released by Health Care Without Harm, an international NGO, in collaboration with Arup.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21445-healthcare-s-climate-footprint
#Healthcare #footprint #GHG #NGO #greenhouse #gas

UN refuses to interfere on Kashmir issue
A day after India and Pakistan had a face-off at the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on 11 September 2019 expressed concern on the potential escalation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue and appealed to both sides to solve it through dialogue.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21444-un-refuses-to-interfere-on-kashmir-issue
#Kashmir #Pakistan #ImranKhan #UNSC #Article370 #UNHRC #NarendraModi

A rare Harvest Moon
This 13 September 2019, a full moon will be visible in the sky, which will be the first time in nearly 20 years that it will coincide with the 13th September 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21443-a-rare-harvest-moon
#Harvest #Moon #NationalGeographic #HarvestMoon #fullmoon

Firm selected to redevelop Parliament
The Central government on 25 October 2019 announced that it has chosen Ahmedabad-based firm HCP Design, Planning and Management for its ambitious project of redeveloping Parliament and Central Vista, and development of a new common central secretariat.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21800-firm-selected-to-redevelop-parliament.html
#Parliament #HCP #DrPSNRao #IIM #Kolkata #NarendraModi

India’s another milestone in South America
India and South American nation Ecuador have inked the Protocol for Completion of the Joint Feasibility Study (JFS) between the two countries, in line with the government’s efforts to expand its trade presence in the region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21799-india-s-another-milestone-in-south-america.html
#SouthAmerica #India #JFS #MPCEIP #JETCO #IIFT

India, France explore 3rd country projects
India and France have taken concrete steps to firm up their strategic partnership in the western Indian Ocean, as part of their respective Indo-Pacific strategies, within two months of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Paris.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21798-india-france-explore-3rd-country-projects.html
#NarendraModi #France #healthcare #WorldBank

Jet engine technology project suspended
A key Indo-US project aimed at sharing technology for building fighter jet engines has been ‘suspended’ after the two sides could not come to an agreement on specifics, with a lack of initiative from the industry.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21797-jet-engine-technology-project-suspended.html
#Jetengine #suspended #DTTI #echnologyproject

Peace park deal
The scheduled closing of an Israeli-Jordan “peace park” is a fitting reflection of the countries’ relations as they mark the 25th anniversary of their landmark peace agreement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21796-peace-park-deal.html
#Peaceparkdeal #parkdeal #Peacepark #IsraeliJordan

India, Saudi Arabia to discuss SPC
India and Saudi Arabia will discuss the details of the planned bilateral Strategic Partnership Council (SPC) during the October 28-29 visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Gulf monarchy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21795-india-saudi-arabia-to-discuss-spc.html
#India #SaudiArabia #SPC #NarendraModi

Watch: Explained : ArtPark launches robotics, AI lab at IISc #ARTPARKlaunched #Innovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzXNTIms14

Watch: Explained : ArtPark launches robotics, AI lab at IISc #ARTPARKlaunched #Innovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzXNTIms14&list=PLCUwtp5IghZlGtWhDAkuXVFs8MLdVey75&index=58
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Today's Headlines - 16 August 2023
Rule to prescribe generic drugs
GS Paper - 3 (Health and Diseases)

After the National Medical Commission notified new guidelines on professional conduct recently, doctors have been protesting one of the stipulations — using generic names of medicines on the prescription instead of a particular brand name. The Indian Medical Association, the largest body of doctors in the country, said in a statement this was akin to “running trains without tracks.”

What do the guidelines say?

The guidelines say that doctors can only write the generic names of the medicine on the prescription.
For example, a doctor will have to prescribe paracetamol for fever, instead of Dolo or Calpol Every RMP should prescribe drugs using generic names written legibly, the guidelines say.
This practice can only be relaxed for medicines with narrow therapeutic index (drugs where a small difference in dosage may lead to adverse outcomes), biosimilars (a different version of biologic products that are manufactured in living systems), and “similar other exceptional cases.”
The guideline says that generic medicines, on average, are 30% to 80% cheaper than the branded versions, and are hence likely to bring down healthcare costs.

What does it mean for you?

The new guidelines do not allow doctors to write a specific brand, which means that you will get whichever medicine with the relevant active ingredient your pharmacist stocks.
If a pharmacy does not have a generic version of a medicine — which drug stores usually do not stock because of very low profit margins — the responsibility to substitute it with a branded medicine will shift to the pharmacist instead of the doctor. This will promote brands that have good profit margins, irrespective of how good they are.
Additionally, doctors say it will also take away their choice of prescribing the medicine they think is the best for a patient.
Taken in the context of the quality of generics varying across companies, this could result in ineffective treatment.

What are the issues with generic medicines?

Doctors, drug manufacturers, and the government all agree that there is much to be done when it comes to the quality of generic medicines in the country.
While the doctors in the IMA statement said that only 0.1% medicines are tested for quality checks, manufacturers said it is not possible for the government to test every batch, but following good manufacturing practices to the T can assure quality by design.
Many have also questioned the tests that a company needs to do to get approval. Until a few years ago, it was not mandatory for companies making generics to carry out bio-equivalence or stability studies.
Bioequivalence studies are done to show that the generic drug elicits the same response as a branded version.
Stability studies are done to see how the quality of the drug varies over a period under specific environmental conditions.
Experts from the pharmaceutical sector admit that there are drugs still in the market that never underwent these studies.
Data from the Union health ministry shows that around 3% of all medicines tested over the last three years — including generics, branded generics, and branded medicines — were found to be not of standard quality.

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Today's Headlines - 23 August 2023
Maternal vaccine to prevent RSV in infants
GS Paper - 3 (Health and Diseases)

The United States became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies.

More about the Vaccine

The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now been greenlighted for use as a single injection from 32 through 36 weeks of pregnancy, to protect infants from birth through six months.
It is the latest in a succession of medicines recently approved against the common microbe, which causes tens of thousands of hospitalizations among infants and the elderly in the United States every year.
Researchers have targeted an RSV vaccine since the 1960s, but the spates of shots that are emerging now were made possible thanks to a scientific breakthrough a decade ago.
RSV is a common cause of illness in children and infants are among those at highest risk for severe disease, which can lead to hospitalization.
This approval provides an option for healthcare providers and pregnant individuals to protect infants from this potentially life-threatening disease.
The approval follows a clinical trial involving some 7,000 pregnant women, which showed Pfizer's vaccine, called Abrysvo, reduced severe disease caused by RSV by 82 percent in babies from 0-3 months, and 69 percent from 0-6 months.
Abrysvo was previously approved by the FDA for adults aged 60 and over, as was another vaccine by drugmaker GSK, called Arexvy.
While RSV most often causes mild, cold-like symptoms in infants and young children, it can also lead to more serious outcomes such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis.

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Today's Headlines - 11 September 2023
National Strategy for Robotics
GS Paper - 3 (Emerging technology)

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has invited public comments as well as inputs from stakeholders on the draft "National Strategy for Robotics" (NSR). The strategy is aimed at "strengthening all pillars in the innovation cycle of robotic technology, while also providing a robust institutional framework for ensuring the effective implementation of these interventions. Presently, in terms of annual industrial installations, India ranks 10th globally as per the World Robotics Report, 2022.

What's in the draft?

The draft NSR proposes a policy framework for the implementation of robotics in various sectors, with the aim of making India a global robotics leader by 2030.
It also builds upon the mandates of the Make in India 2.0 plans, which identify robotics as one of the 27 sub-sectors to further enhance India's integration in the global value chain.
The draft has so far identified manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, and national security as the four core sectors to prioritise robotics automation.
According to the current draft, MeitY will serve as the nodal agency for robotics, with a two-tier institutional framework to facilitate the implementation of the NSR.
The implementation will be directly undertaken under MeitY's 'National Robotics Mission' or the NRM.
The draft also proposes fiscal and non-fiscal interventions by the NRM, for upscaling innovation in robotics.
These interventions will be specifically aimed at developing funding mechanisms for robotics start-ups as well as promoting exports.
Major recommendations of the draft NFR

First and foremost, the NFR has recommended the creation of a robust regulatory framework, led by the Robotics Innovation Unit (RIU), an independent agency that will function under MeitY as a part of India AI.
The NFR also proposes the implementation of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in Robotics.
The CoEs will be categorised under foundational and applied research. The NFR suggests that for application-based research, CoEs should enlist private sector intervention in priority sectors to help with experimental prototyping, as well as small-volume production for the initial phase of commercialisation.
The current draft also lays out clear plans for providing advisory support to start-ups, harnessing the research potential of higher education institutes, and the development of robotics industrial zones.
Why is the NFR needed?

Besides the aim of integrating robotics into the identified sectors, the draft also points out that "there is a general lack of adoption and growth of the robotics ecosystem in India."
The primary challenges are high import dependence, costly hardware components, and insufficient investments in research and development.
Robots consist of numerous complex and minute parts that need precise knowledge and skills for assembling.
The current state adoption of robotics in the country is "too ambitious, keeping in mind the lack of skilled resources, technical expertise impeding the growth of the robotics ecosystem in the country.

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