Page-3 of GKToday Archives: July, 2014

RTS,S: World's first vaccine against Malaria to hit markets soon

July 30, 2014

The world’s first malaria vaccine— RTS,S created by pharma company GSK, is expected to hit the markets by 2015. GSK has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S. Application of RTS,S: ..

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Special 301 Report: Section 3(D) of the Indian Patent Act opposed by the US

July 30, 2014

The US has taken exception to India’s level of protection provided to Intellectual Property as it brought the “Special 301 Report” for the year 2014 which classifies India as a “Priority watch list country”. The reports mentions US concerns based ..

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Man-made water vapour next climate threat

July 30, 2014

Scientists have warned that increasing levels of water vapour in the upper troposphere – a key intensifier of global warming – owing to greenhouse gases will amplify climate change impacts over the next decades. Scientists at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of ..

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Key points in proposed Judicial Appointment Commission Bill

July 30, 2014

The controversy over the efficacy of the collegium system for appointing Supreme Court judges has gained momentum with many leaders and even eminent jurists including well-known names such as Markandey Katju have been candid on the failure of the current collegium ..

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World has only 3,200 tigers left: WWF report

July 30, 2014

In a sharp contrast to the 100,000 tigers that once lived in the wild a century ago, the number now has reduced to just 3,200. This was revealed by a latest report released by the World Wide Fund (WWF). WWF ..

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GK & Current Affairs: July 25, 26, 2014

July 30, 2014

1. Which among the following three countries of Africa have recently decided to create a regional force to combat Militant Islamist group Boko Haram? [A]Chad, Niger and Cameroon [B]Chad, Kenya and Niger [C]Kenya, Cameroon and Niger [D]Niger, Chad and Cameroon ..