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vanadia nanowires to reduce cell damage

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GSAT-16, althogh basics already covered in earlier articles.

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Pravati-2 Garlic variety

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Defense: Agni-4 test fired, final decision to purchase Rafale jets

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fish drier using solar-biomass energy

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HIV becoming less aggressive.

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Hayabusa2 explorer

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Glonass K satellite

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DGCA add Addendum 2015 to Pharmacopoeia 2014. This is important for pharmacists' interviews. Not much anywhere else.

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Google to release new slimmer version of Google glasses. Well let it come first.

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Artificial intelligence could eliminate mankind: Hawking

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Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) news repeated but topic already covered.

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New research to inject stem cell in bald head- to promote hairgrowth

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Anti-biotic resistant bacteria found in Kerala's fishes. They're capable of harming human as well. These bacateria would have reached
in ocean water via untreated sewage from coastal-hospitals.

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NASA finds new evidence of water on Mars

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SC lifts ban on Hookah bars

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Pinaka Mark-II rocket test fired. It has range of 60 km, can fire 12 rockets in 44 seconds and cover a blast area of approx. sq. 4 kms
Web index measures Internets contribution to social, economic and political progress of a country. 2014 Ranking: #1, Denmark, and
India sucks the most among BRICS nations.

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Inventor of WWW says affordable access to the Internet should be recognized as a human right

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Stem cells can restore vision and provide alternative to corneal transplantation

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NPPA increase price limits on 52 essential drugs- thereby allowing the companies to sell them at bit higher price.

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According to TRAI data, India is losing war against spammer and tele-marketing callers.
SC rejects Bayer pharma's plea to stop generic version of its Kidney cancer drug Nexavar. This will help NATCO to produce cheaper
generic version.

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mosquito coils contain "Pyrethrin" a carcinogenic pesticide.

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ISRO's space Programs are protected by New India Insurance. Same company could be utilized for insuring nuclear power stations.

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Lancet Journal says life expectancy of Indian woman has increased to 68.5 years

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Carbon nanotubes can be used as smart-shock-absorbers in mobiles and tablets. Research ongoing

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GSLV Mark-III test flight successful. Altogather topic already covered in old article.

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Government clears defense purchase of Samyukta electronic warfare system, P7-platform etc.

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IIIT Idupulapaya students design path-programmable robotos for vaccum-cleaning the house etc. but no fancy name given hence just
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UN official says India can be AIDS-free by 2030.

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Hongkong researchers say 6% of world population addicted to internet.

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NASA's Kepler spacecraft found a "superearth" 180 light years away from our planet.

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CGS Barracuda- this is first Indian petrol vessel export. Mauritius purchased it.

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Arihant Nuke powered submarine- some experts believe its fuel capacity is insufficient for long distance operations.

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India aims to purchase Russian Kamov-226T helicopters but not yet materialized.

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history of horse domestication revealed through horse DNA genome analysis.

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C-DAC's protable device to lift injured cattle and large animals. It doesn't have a fancy name yet, hence not that important.

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Ezhil Programming language

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Global Hawk UAV drone - India interested to buy from USA

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Hyperloop trains-will run faster than bullet trains.

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China arrests 30,000 for online porn and gambling

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India needs to reduce dependence on Chinese bulk-drugs.

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Naval version of LCA

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ISRO's Multi-object tracking radar

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FDA to allow gay men to donate blood.

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top-10 sncience breakthrus in 2014 (although selective)

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NASA maps water-vapor distribution in Mars

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govt admits Japanese encephalitis cases increasing

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Panchi UAV by DRDO

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ACIS helmets with airbags for save batsmen from bouncers

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China JL-2 missile and sea based nuke deterrent

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Government to launch Action plan against Diarrhea, pneumonia

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MoM Incubator

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Robotic sea turtle by Indian origin scientists

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Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be used for Malaria, says a research report.

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Agni-5 Launch postponed.

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Telecom Department orders ISPs to ban 32 websites including pastebin, dailymotion, vimeo etc. using Section 69A of IT act.

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National policy for drug demand reduction

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Sugamya Bharat Campaign

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Mission Indradhanush for full immunization of Children by 2020

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White-FI and Digital locker

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National Health Policy 2015

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USA's NSA found it difficult to crack Zoho email service. Indian Sridhar Vembu is founder of this company.

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Modi wants to declare health as a fundamental right, although no concrete announcement on Constitutional amendment.
We can't make world class aerospace engines due to shortage of titanium. US bullet proof vests are 10-12 times heavier hence unable
to suit Indian men.

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2/3rd of Cancer cases are just bad luck and not because of environment or genetic factors.

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new compound 6-thiodG can stop cancer cells.

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NATMO publishing Braille maps for VH

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net neutrality, VOIP, Airtel

rising number of Caesaren deliveries in Kerala's Government hospitals because doctors get more money in Caesarean than in normal
delivery.

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ASSOCHAM says cybercrime will doubple in 2015.

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NASA working on inflatable aircraft for landing men on mars

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Bombay Blood group

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can Aspirin cure dementia? Australian university trying to find out.

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Modi approves Neutrino project. Basics already covered in old article.

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2011: Fukushima radiation leakage. Finally in 203 their rice passed the radation test hence fit for consumption.

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AIIMS says Asaram Bapu doesn't need surgery or bail.

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Spider telescopes will circle around Antarctica to obserev microwaves in space.

102nd science congress: talks about aeroplane knowledge existed 7000 years ago and then debate war between "Communal" vs
"Secular" columnists in theHindu

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Samsung working on "Internet of Things" e.g person removes his earphones after reaching home then same song will resume on his
home-theater. Ignored because basics of "Internet of Things" already covered in revision notes for GS3.

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ISRO prepares to launch IRNSS-1D. Although basics already covered in old article- IRNSS will have 7 saetellites, this is the 4th one to
be launched after A,B and C.

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BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj asks Hindu couples to produce 4 children.

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Punjab bans the sale of loose cigarettes and tobacco

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Keplar telescope finds 8 new planets. This type of MCQs ceased to appear since last few exams hence ignored.

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Government planning to shift from"sickcare" to "healthcare" - because preventive health will empower everyone.

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NASA building Volcanobot to explore extra-terrestrial volcanos.

ESAT-6 protein from TB bacteria can be used for better treatment. Ignored because research still in infant stage and no fancy names
involved.

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new antibiotics from soil-bacteria

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Nissan and NASA joined hands to manufacture self-driving cars but no fancy brand name given yet

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Modk orders Health ministry to draft accountability mechanism for doctors. Although no notification /rules out yet.

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President Obama wants new laws- requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days, If their site was hacked. Another law- to
prevent companies from selling information of students to advertizement / tele-marketing/spam companies.
China relaxed one child policy. If either husband/wife was the single child of their parents, the couple can have 2nd child but only
after approval from Government. 10 lakh couples applied so far.

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Health ministry working on roadmap to solve malnutrition problem in tribal kids.

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Goa sports minister says he can heal gays and lesbians with medicine.

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Virgin coconut oil is high in lauric acid, helps in obesity.

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There will be 213 million mobile users in India by June 2015

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new Amendment bill to ban sale of loose cigars and increase fine on smoking at public places absent o Rs.1000

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Misuse of technology: Whatsapp is being used for betting on cockfights in Andhra Pradesh

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ISRO's fire-retardant compound CASPOL.

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Insecticide resistant "Super mosquito"

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MenAfriVac: a vaccine against Meningitis

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Government requested SC to take action against online-sex determination ads

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During Obama's visit India-US will sign MoU to jointly fight Ebola

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false alarm at International space station. Russian and American space agencies trying to fix it.

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11 years ago, Britain's Beagle-2 spacecraft went missing in Mars. Now it's found

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WHO wants to eliminate TB by 2050, but India unlikely to meet this target.

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Novartis Glivec Nexavar patent fight. It is becoming "Vodafone" of patent cases- seems the topic will never end

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China starts clinical trials on using stem-cells to cure spinal cord injury

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Google halts production of Google-glass, but will release a new consumer friendly version soon.
Mali declared Ebola free. List of countries "affected" and list of compares "list of countries became free"- becomes important for
prelim list, given the ball-by-ball commentary on ebola every week.

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WHO says 50% of Chinese men are smokers

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Stemrad belt to protect you against Radiation

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DRDO's Agni-V test (on Jan 31st)

Andhra Pradesh CM says his state is facing "demographic" crisis therefore people should produce more kids, else we'll become similar
to Japan

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"Ceres" is a dwarf planet in Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt. NASA's Dawn space craft recently captured its photos
WHO says Indians face high chances of dying in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory
ailments.
NACO=>funds to Union Government => funds to State Government. But some states not releasing AIDS-funding to NGOs on time,
hence Hyderabad-NGOs stopped working.

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Women-child ministry will give Rs.1 crore award to 1-crore award for any innovative village attaining a balanced sex ratio.

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From Genome studies, Research found TB baterium had originated from China
Indian-American builds braille printer with Lego parts. I covered this already last year 2014. but Indianexpress only noticed this news
in January, 2015

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Microsoft's 3D Hololens
Haryana doctors compulsorily required to install a tracking device on their ultrasound machine- which automatically transfers testdatabase to Chief medical officer. This helps curbing nuisance of female foeticide and doctors no longer need to manually fill the
compliance forms under PNDT act.

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After epicfail response in Ebola crisis, now WHO mulling reforms in its operational structure

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After Nigeria, Senegal- now Mali becomes 3rd country in world to be declared Ebola free.

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Ceres is a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter. NASA's Ceres spacecraft reached near it.

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"Penghu-1" prehistoric human found in Taiwan. It is older than the oldest specimen of Homo Sepians

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Scientists using drones for researching on irrigation, applying plant-herbicide, fertilizer etc.

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Scientists found nerve cells governing thirst in humans

Thar rail express- two passenger died in Crimean Congo fever. All major diseases-symptops should be prepared in self-study
irrespective of whether they appear in hindu or not.

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SC orders Google, Yahoo and Microsoft search engines not ot display ads about sex-determination tests.
DRDO's Agni-5 launched from Odisha's wheeler island in a caniester mounted on a truck, it can carry 1.1 tonne nuke warehead for
5000kms. India's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
A Shanghai builder planning Worlds tallest 3D-printed building using a 3D printer.
NACO working on special software to link Aadhar cards of AIDS patients. Next time person goes in a different clinic, it'll automatically
show data about his previous registration and tests.
UK passes law for regulation of '3-parent-baby' treament. if mom has defective DNA for mitochondria, baby will suffer heart-liverbrain damage. Solution- insert healthy DNA code from another female into her egg, fertilize it with father's sperm= 3 parent baby.
Army making its own Mobile Cellular Communications System (MCCS) using BEL handsets and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
technology because its harder to spoof. They also created a separate Army Wide Areas Network (AWAN) to connect HQ with
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WHO fears cancer deaths will rise by 70% in next 20 years. Must focus on HPV-vaccine, Hep-B vaccine and reduce non-ionizing
sunligtht radiation. These measures will help reduce deaths from from non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025
Health ministry submits to SC, our expert panel working to amend Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to give more punishment to
milk adulteration crooks.

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Silicene is world's thinnest silicon material. Researchers used it to create One-atom-thin silicon transistors

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Till now, Scientists believed stem cells can be used to create new eggs and thereby cure infertility. New research says it's not possible.

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Scientists studying Mixed Lineage Leukaemia (MLL) protein to find out leukemia occurs in people.
Litchi seeds contain methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG). Researchers claim its responsible for the summer outbreaks of
mysterious brain disease in among young children in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
Spectrum is a frequencies band of electromagnetic waves or radio waves. Radio waves are used for communication and broadcasting.
Example FM radio- 88 to 108 Mhz, Mobile services on providers 900-1800 MHz and so on. But Two operators cannot use the same
frequency in the same region, else interference. Therefore, Government allocates spectrum among the service providers through
auction

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Feb 10: the national deworming day by health ministry.

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Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Signed contract to supply 14 Dornier-228 aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

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RK Gupta- the DRDO project director for nuke-capable Agni-V missle moved out.

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Rising Swine flu cases. Union framing an action plan. Origin-Symptoms-treatment important for prelims and action plan for mains.
China has only one aircraft carrier ship - Laoning. But given the increased presence of US forces in the region under Obama's AsiaPivot policy, the Chinese Government planning to induct more aircraft carrier vessels.
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) are popular for short and medium range communications. They use minimal spectrum, minimal power and
don't interfere with other communication services. Department of Space working on the main passive components of the Ultra Wide
Band systems i.e. antenna and filter- on Silicon Substrate.

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The inventor of contraceptive pills, Carl Djerassi died recently. So, principle behind the pill becomes important for MCQ.
Defence Minister Parrikar says While we may not be able to produce latest defense equipment like developed countries,
but still we've expertise to build and export hi-tech stuff to other developing countries who're already interested in buying
ISRO's space-expertise after Mangalyan success.

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As such India to spend 2 billion$ till 2020 for family planning. Yet, we are unlikely to achieve fifth Millennium Development
Goals (MDG-5) of reducing maternal mortality to 109 per 1,00,000 live births by 2015. But we'll be able to reduce total
fertility rate (TFR) to 2.1 (right now 2.3.

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The inventor of Laser & Nobel winner, Charles H. Townes died in USA recently. Hence laser principal and application
becomes important for UPSC. Laser applications: surgical instruments, bar code readers, CD players etc.

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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister says hardly any war documentaries made in India. Our war history needs to
be popularised using the digital media.

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As such heavy water is used in nuclear power station but, Gulf countries also use it for for oil exploration. Now Department
of Atomic energy will begin such feasibility in India.

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under Right to education Act, 11 categories of weaker sections eligible to 25% quota and free education in the private schoolsincluding BPL, SC/ST and even HIV infected. For the first time, a private school in Ahmedabad ordered to give free education to an
HIV-infected class-10 boy.

Net neutrality principle requires ISPs not to give advantage to one type of traffic over the other. Violation cases (1) Airtel's
decision to charge extra money on its mobile-internet users IF they use skype to make free calls over internet. Although
later decision taken back. (2) Facebook launches internet.org initiative in India with help of Anil Ambani's Reliance
communication. We are 6th country in the world to be covered under facebook's 'free-internet' scheme. Basic idea is- every
reliance phone subscribe will get free internet access to facebook, wikipedia etc selected sites. Criticism: Neutrality
principle is violated because other similar social networking sites / and knowledge sites will not get visitors. Because junta
given 'free internet' only for a selected group of sites allied with Facebook. So in a way, facebook misusing its dominant
position via this "zero-rating" business strategy.

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Brain: Short-term memory stored in "Pre-Fronta" and long term memory stored at Hippocampus, a horseshoe shaped paired
structure.

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Google to add a "health-related" feature in its search-engine. So, if you type "malaria", it'll show symptoms and treatments.

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Biocapsules are made of a polymer with size less than one militer. These capsules are filled with insulin or antibiotics.
Doctor places them placed on the infection site, and gives micro-shock waves through a handheld machine. These
shockwaves kill Staphylococcus bacteria and facilitate in drug-release from capsule. Injections not needed anymore.
2019: worlds biggest solar telescope will be opened in Hawaii
INSV Mhadei sets record of sailing 1 lakh nautical miles. In 2010 and 2013, Indian navy officers have circumnavigated the

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Government will vaccinate all the health workers dealing with H1N1 cases. And simultenously to reduce workload of medical staff,
Union home ministry declares new guidelines against swine flu.Patients are now classified into three categories. Category A: people
with mild fever, headache etc. but do not require testing for H1A1 And don't need to be hospitalised. Category B : those with high
grade fever and high-risk category. Category C: those with all symptoms of category a and B, and need to be hospitalised.
ultrathin sheets have thickness of just few atoms, and width of just few micrometers. They're made using transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs). They haven numerous applications such as better rechargable batteries, but at present TMDmanufacturing very expensive. Indian-American scientist Gurpreet Singh given 5 lakh dollar "CAREER" award for pursuing
this research.

globe in this boat.

Royal British Navy's HMS Hermes had participated in the Falkland wars and in late-80s it was inducted in Indian navy as INS-Viraat,
the aircraft carrier. Navy planning to decomission it in 2016, because (a) expensive repair work (2) its Sea Harrier aircrafts not much
use in modern-combat.
10th Feb is National Deworming day by health ministry. To protect kids from 1 to 19 age from intestinal worms. Albendazole tablets
will be given to kids. These parasites can live throughout the body but prefer to live on intestinal wall. Kids get them via
contaminated food, water and soil. Main-species: helminth, roundworm, hookworm. They give diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weakness
and anaemia.
Government admits foreign agents committed Cyber-espionage against Indian Government servers but real-culprits yet to be
identified.
CISF personnel are Responsible for the security of Delhi International airport. But Delhi airport not paying for their services since last
seven months, hence their salary is entirely bourne by Government of India.
Raspeberry 2- the new more powerful edition of that Raspberry credit card sized computer. Ignored because basics already done in
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Nanogold particle usages (1) bind it to drug molecule using sulphur. Then drug can be delivered to any part of body (2) if
they're delivered to cancer site and then Infrared light is emittedthey get excited, hot & kill cancerous cells because of
"surface plasmon resonance" property. (3) can improve efficiency of solar cells (4) breaking down organic contaminants for
water-purification.

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Serum Institute of India, Pune will being production of Nasovac- the Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine soon. This is an egg-based,
trivalent, live attenuated vaccine with shelf life of 1 year.

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U.S. helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky says it'll produce S-70B Seahawk naval helicopters in "Make in India" IF Government
orders 120 multirole helicopters from them.

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parade during 26th Jan, now at Aero India show- two women are part of IAF's "Sarang" Helicopter formation team.
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha says Sukhoi is not a replacement for Rafale as their capabilities are different. They complement
each other but do not replace each other.
Kalyani group to from JV with Rafael (Israel) for joint defense production (51-49 partnership)under "Make in India".
Privthi-2 missile test fire. Full strike range 350 kms, nuke capable yes.
Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition. Result: No pigmentation in skin, eyes and hairs. 1 out of 1400 Tanzanians have Albinismmostly due to inbreeding. Idiotic Tanzanian Mobs kills such people and sell their bodyparts for $600-$75,000 for witchcrating. UN
Human rights commissioner has condemned this practice.
70% liquid drugs in India are sold in plastic (PET) bottles. But polyethylene terephthalate (PET) interacts with drug molecules, releases
bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates that can reduce immunity, induce miscarriage, abnormal DNA-birth defects etc. Hence Delhi
doctors demanding ban on using PET bottles in pharma companies.
Diarrhea and pneumonia are the biggest reasons for under-5 child mortality in India. Bihar ranks the top. WHO
recommends only oral rehydration salts (ORS) for diarrhea. Nothing else. But a new study revealed, majority of Indian
health workers and pediatricians give other unnecessary drugs and antibiotics, sometimes even without checking the child
patient. Hardly 4% give correct treatment. Hence so many deaths.
Limpets are small aquatic creatures. There have teeth are so strong, its structure can be copied to make cars, boats and planes of the
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To cure MDR and XDR TB, scientists binding polymers with antibiotic-nanoparticles. Polymer will bind to bacteria in body and
nanoparticile will release the drug. This "personalized" targeted drug delivery will help faster recovery from TB.
ATP molecule acts as a storehouse of energy and fuels the physiological activities. Similar molecule IP7 also responsible for energy,
DNA-repair, blood-cloting and other processes in the cell. IP7 made up of sugar and 7-phospate groups. Scientists believe its DNArepair mechanism can be used to cure cancer.

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Russian Irkut Corp's Su-30 MKIs are manufactured in HAL's Nasik plant. Yak-130 combat trainer.
Aero India 2015: held at Bengaluru. Focus: Make in India- for aerospace, defence, civil aviation and airport infrastructure in
line with the governments mantra.
Dakota-3- this aircraft played crucial role in Bangladesh liberation war. IAF donated Dakota-3, Twin Otter plan and Aloutte-3
helicopter to Bangladeshi Airforce.
Government aims to create a 'tri-services chief' known as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Most countries have this official with overall
perspective of 3 services and direct liaison with the President. At present we've CISC (Chief of Integrated Defence Staff)- 3 star post
headed by Air Marshal P.P. Reddy. The three Services chiefs are four-star.
Pakistan Army launched Operation Zarbe-azab against Taliban in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). They aim to
finish it before end of 2015, Then begin reconstruction and rehabilitation of people.
IMA warns that Tamiflu is not an Over-the-counter (OTC) precautionary drug for Swine flu. Unless you have tested positive, you must
not take it.
New research says People who are insecure in their relationships are more actively engaged on Facebook And other social
networking sites. This tendency is called feedback seeking behavior.

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Malnutrition levels are high among Children's of migrant workers, says a new study.

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Low density lipoprotein (L.D.L) Cholesterol creates fat-deposits in blood vessels. Later on if coronary artery gets blocked- you get
heart attack. If vessel supplying blood to brain gets affected then you get stroke. Now scientists binding cholesterol lowering Statin
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Achuthanandan and Vaiko to launch joint campaign against the proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at
Theni, alleging it'll harm both people and environment. Dharna 'specialist' Medha Patkar also invited. Union Government
defends (1) no weapons or radioactive material in this lab (2) deliberately set underground-to prevent instruments from
cosmic radiation. (3) tunnels won't harm dam or ecology.

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Mars one projects aims to setup permanent human settlement at Mars. Kerala's Dr. Lekha Menon Margassery selected
through contest, she'll be shipped in 2024.
Automotive emergency braking (AEB)- Use a short distance low-power radar operation at 76-77 Ghz frequency, to automatically
brakes on the car during emergency. Same way blindspot detection apps work in 24-81 Ghz frequency. Automobile companies are
requesting the Department of Telecom delicense This frequency bandwidth so that such safety measures can be implemented in
more number of cars and mid and low-cost segment.
Thailand bans surrogacy by foreign couples after a couple refuses to take away their 'baby' born with Down's syndrome and overall
moral degeneration of women's body into 'rental-wombs'. Perhaps India should consider.

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Apple Inc. planning to build electric cars, even poaching experts from noted automobile companies, says a leaked report.

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International Epilepsy Day celebrated on February 9. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that is treated with medication. It's
not a contagious disease, it does not spread by touch.
Rajasthan State Government aims to launch health insurance scheme for people covered under food Security act. Critics argue This is
a ploy to handover public health care system to private clinics (because Government will simply pay money to beneficiary irrespective
of whether he gets treated at a public hospital or a private hospital.) need of the hour is hosting the public health Infrastructure. And
since Modi's factory labour reforms where previously inspired from Rajasthan State government, critiques fear same model will be
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internet penetration (1) first world saturated (2) China many restriction, so all tech-giants looked at India. Internet business
to cover 600 million indians and 7% of India's GDP in 2020. so, to get junta hooked up with net, 3 initiatives (1) FacebookAnil Ambani tieup for Internet.org to give free access to limited sites in their mobile phones + solar-powered internet
drones in future (2) Google to beam internet using helium balloons + working on google fiber to give 100 times faster net
than broadband (3) microsoft to get unused television spectrum from doordarshan to launch "white-fi" internet.

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India Russia jointly want to build 400 fifth generation aircrafts (FGFA) but research phase agreement yet to be sorted out
between HAL and its Russian counterpart. Hopefully matter will resolve after this year's Russia visit of Pranab and Modi.
INS Sindhugosh's periscope damaged during an exercise, because of a fishing vessel near mumbai coast.
In 1347, Black plague killed 1/3rd of European population. Till now scientists believed Black rats carried plague bacteria, Yersinia
pestis. But new research says due climate change even other mammals such as great gerbils and marmots also harbored this bacteria.
NASA astronauts complete spacewalks to setup a "parking spot" for Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft at International Space Station
(ISS).
An Israeli company "Sesame Enable" is Designing handsfree smartphone that works by tracking the head movements of users. This
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IISc Bangalore researchers produce a superior water filter using Polymer Reverse osmosis (RO) Nanomembranes (using PVDF and
PMMA material). RO membranes now require less pressure to produce pure water. Plus, silver, titanium dioxide and carbon
nanotubes are embedded on membrane to kill E. coli bacteria. (1) Silver kills bacteria by damaging its cell protein integrity (2)
Titanium Dioxide works best in presence of UV light (3) Carbon nanotubes kill the bacteria through direct physical contact.
AIIMS and allied bodies released a book Voice of Conscience From the Medical Profession. It details the unethical
practices- private hospitals deliberately give targets to its employee-doctors to prescribe surgeries to patient even if it's
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WHO requests nations to switch over to smart syringes" to stop the menace of Hepatitis and AIDS. Smart syringes don't
work after single use. This prevents spread of diseases through needle-sharing.

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Smokers die 10 years sooner says a report.

Chemical ministry to celebrate 2015 as "Year of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, with focus on "make in India" so we become selfreliant on bulk drug production, instead of importing from China. Government also setup "Katoch" Committee to bulk drug issues. It
gave report, but yet to be implemented.
Govt. to celebrate Internet Safety Week from 10th to 17th February 2015. CERT, google an Mygov will focus on internet safety,
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Alaska becomes 3rd US state to legalize marijuana

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) clears (1) buying Pilatus basic trainer aircraft from Switzerland (2) building Mine
Countermeasure Vessels (MCMV) @Goa Shipyard (3) HTT-40 trainer aircraft from HAL.
IIT-Jodhpur analyzed big data about Indian cuisine, and revealed that Western recipes work on "positive pairing" i.e.
combining similar tasting ingredients while Indian recipes rely on negative food pairings where dissimilarly flavoured
ingredients are combined in a recipe.

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Consumer affairs ministry requires even cosmetic products to put red / green dot label to notify whether they're vegetarian or nonveg. One pharma giant Reckitt Benckiser goes to court saying this goes against drug and cosmetic act provisions.

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mass during pregnancy. India needs to come out with national guidelines for healthy weight gain during pregnancy.

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Peshawar police arrests over 450 parents for not allowing polio workers to vaccinate their children.
Gilead Science blockbuster Hepatitis-C drug "Sovaldi" sells for $1,000 a pill. Hence unaffordable by many in the developing countries.
Finally NATCO Natco Pharma signed deal with Gilead to sell generic copies of this drug to 91 developing nations and pay 7% royalty to
Gilead
Under national numbering plan 2003, the Department of telecom has reserved 111 to 115 numbers as spares. But Vodafone using
111. TRAI orders vodafone to stop this.
New data from Census 2011: childbirth declining every year and as a result child sex ratio also declining because (1) people stop
having more babies as soon as they got a son and (2) sex-selective abortion.

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ISRO postpones launching of IRNSS-1D navigation satellite due to technical snag.

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Mission Indradhanush: for vaccination against 7 preventable disease by 2020. This diseases are diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus,
polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B. plus our universal immunization program to include 3 more vaccines against rotavirus,
rubella and polio
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) planning to build its own space outpost similar to International Space Station
(ISS). ROSCOSMOS will stop its modules to ISS after 2024. At present Russia is the only country that can ferry humans to
ISS using its Soyuz rockets.
French company Gemalto makes 2 billion SIM CARDS a year. Ex-NSA-operative Edward Snowden claims US-UK spy agencies have
hacked that sim maker company to moniter call-texts-emails made from mobiles.

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Researchers working on a chikungunya vaccine that is based on a measles vaccine virus. Final product yet to be launched.
Cloud Self-Organised Learning Environment (SOLE) facility in India and US. In SOLE method, children are put into selforganized groups and self study with help of computers, with minimal rules.
America is worried by satellite-jamming capabilities and anti-satellite missiles being developed by China. Americans will
raise this matter during 1st India-US space security dialogue and perhaps try for a global code/treaty on use of outer space
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2.8-million-year old jawbone of a Homo habilis (Handy Man) found in Ethiopia. Researchers Believe over the years,
H.Habilis species split further into H. erectus and Homo-sapiens (modern Man)

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Sun Pharmaceutical's Dilip Shanghvi becomes richest Indian ($21.5 billion). Forbes wealthiest people in world: Dilip rank 37, Mukesh
Ambani ranks 43rd. Azim Premji 48th.

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Fulgurites are glassy products formed in rocks and sediments. They are made up of volcanic ash melted by lightning.
Researcher working on Oral swab technique to detect TB. Although no "final product" or funky abbreviation yet launched. Hence
ignored.
~13.8 billion years ago, universe originated after a big bang. But New theory says there was no there was no Big Bang and the
universe existed all along, without beginning or end.

American engineers wired mini-computers into cockroach's nervous system, to control its movements. Such live insect-bots
can (1) go into small places, detect environment 2) escape predators and move through debris better than human design
mechanical robots. Although controlling biological organisms through artificial means, raises 'ethical' concerns.
Health Ministry to celebrate International Womens Day as Safe Motherhood Day: free check-ups from 8th to 10th March 2015. 4060 years women will get breast cancer test, 30-60 years women will get cervical cancer tests. Pregnant women will get Mother and
Child Protection (MCP) cards. Family planning services and nutritional advice free of cost to all.
ISRO to carry out a test flight of Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) by mid-2015. It uses solid boosters to launch spacecraft and later
detaches and falls into sea where it can be recovered for future use. This will help reducing cost of space missions.Topic Ignored till
something concrete happens.
Space-X falcon 9 rocket launches world's first 2 all electric satellites into orbit for private companies Euteslsat and ABS. Conventional
satellites use chemical propulsion system, while these two were all electric, hence need much less energy, thereby reducing cost of
operation. But downside is, they take much longer time to reach orbid.

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Country with largest open defecation (1) India of course (2) Indonesia (3) Pakistan. UNICEF says over 40 million Pakistani
don't have access to toilet, therefore stunted growth & low Human development.
After Facebook acquired Oculus Virtual reality for $2 billion, Google deploys a team to build Android Operating system for Virtual
reality applications, and it will be distributed free of cost. Google hopes this move will help to capture the market just like it did in
android powered smartphones.
Frances Parliament working on a bill, that'll allow Terminally ill patients to opt for heavy sedatives to undergo "deep sleep" until they
die. Critics say this amounts to euthanasia in disguise.
Modi launches "3-dose ROTAVAC" vaccine. This is India's first indigenously developed and manufactured rotavirus vaccine for
children under 5, with help of US. Rotavirus kills ~80k kids every year in India. We'll even supply this Vaccine to other low income
countries for $1 a dose, It will also promote "make in India".

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During high temperature high relative humidity scenario, human body tries to control temperature by evaporating moisture as per
commands from hypothalamus. But since outside air already has high relative humidity, it cannot hold any more moisture, hence
sweat doesn't evaporate quickly, therefore it appears as if we are sweating more profusely during high humid climate.

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Mutation is a permanent change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism. MIT researchers say the H1N1
Swine flu virus has undergone mutation in India, thus it has become easier to spread, more deadly, difficult to cure.

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Bhavani- Women safety portable device designed by Dr. Pavan Kohli and launched by Nirbhaya's parents. Feature: 2 foot
collapsible batton, non-lethal stun gun, 10-foot range pepper spray, panic-button with GPS locator that'll SMS to 5
relatives and police.
Home Ministry has given in-principle approval for recruitment of women officers in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
So from next round of CAPF exam, UPSC will notify vacancies accordingly. ITBP guards ~3500 km India-China border at
high altitudes along the Himalayan ranges.

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One Rank One pension to be implemented from 1/4/2015.

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Amendment Draft Bill proposes to allow ayurvedacharyas, homoeopaths and
nurses to conduct abortions. Indian Medical Association (IMA) is against this move, saying it'll put womens' lives in danger.

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Pharma Jan Samadhan: an online portal where public can file complaint about (1) overpriced medicines (2) shortage of medicines (3)
sale of medicine without approval of NPPA. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will begin action with 48 hours. Overall,
matter falls under chemical-fertilizer ministry.
Largest defence importers of 2014. number 1 is S.Arabia. Then India, China, UAE, Taiwan etc. in the previous year, India was 1st
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