Covid-19 & the Concept of Latent Function Relevance: Sociology: Sociological Thinkers: Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance,
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Current Affairs
WHO calls for more efforts to prevent TB as COVID-19 rises
Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper II: Health & Governance CONTEXT With nations around the world confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, the World
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Difference between vaccines, antibodies
Relevance: Prelims: Science CONTEXT Vaccines are chemicals that help the body develop antibodies while antibodies are developed by the body’s immune
Continue readingThe Nicotine hypothesis
Relevance: Prelims: Health Why in news? • Researchers in France have put forward a hypothesis that the presence of nicotine
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Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The Iranian Parliament authorised the replacement of the national currency, the rial with
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Relevance: Prelims: Science and technology Why in news? • Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Continue readingPost COVID-19 & the need of universal basic income
Post COVID-19 & the need of universal basic income Relevance: G.S paper II: Governance: Government policies and interventions for development in
Continue readingIndia moves big labour law changes to limit coronavirus impact
Relevance: Prelims/Mains: Indian Economy & Sociology : Social reforms. Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration. Why in news? The latest move by
Continue readingLlama and Covid-19
Relevance: prelims: Health Why in news? • Researchers have developed a treatment that links two nanobodies isolated from a ‘Llama’
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Saras Collection
Relevance: Prelims: Economy Why in news? • Union Rural Development Minister launched the Saras collection on Government e Marketplace (GeM)
Continue readingStyrene Gas leak in Vizag
Relevance: Prelims/mains: Science and technology & Environment Why in news? After the catastrophic Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984), now toxic gas
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Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The External Affairs Ministry of India issued a “strong protest” over an order
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Zanskar River
Zanskar River Relevance: Prelims: Geography why in news? • Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), an autonomous institute under the
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Life of migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic Relevance: Sociology: Population Dynamics: (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution. (b) Components of
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Operation “Samudra Setu” Relevance: Polity: Governance CONTEXT The Indian Navy on Tuesday launched “Operation Samudra Setu” to repatriate stuck Indian
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