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Asymmetric Organocatalysis

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been won by two organic chemists who developed asymmetric organocatalysis more than two decades ago by David MacMillan of Princeton University,...

October 7, 2021

Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission

NASA, the US Space Agency has announced that they will launch an asteroid-killing Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on 24th November, 2021. NASA is ready for the...

October 7, 2021

Mosquirix

The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested the world’s initial protozoal infection vaccine and suggested its use on youngsters in Africa. Highlights The recommendation of this vaccinum was...

October 7, 2021

Nujiang Pit Viper and Glacier Pit Viper

Two new species of vipers of the genus Gloydius have been described by scientists from Heishui in Sichuan and Zayu in Tibet. About Pit Vipers Pit vipers of...

October 7, 2021

Deep Brain Stimulation

Doctors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) successfully treated a severely depressed patient by identifying and harnessing brain circuits associated with depressed brain patterns. Doctors have...

October 7, 2021

Hypogean Freshwater Eel

A new species of blind swamp eel of the genus Rakthamichthys was discovered in a well in Mumbai by naturalist Tejas Thackeray, son of Uddhav Thackeray, the chief...

October 7, 2021

Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill

Singapore passed a law aimed at strengthening the government’s ability to detect, prevent or interrupt any foreign interference in national politics, either through the use of local representatives...

October 7, 2021

Mental Health Awareness Campaign Week

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will oversee “Mental Health Awareness Campaign Week” starting October 5, 2021. Key Highlights The climax of the campaign will be...

October 7, 2021

130th Edition of Durand Cup to be held in Kolkata

World’s third oldest and Asia’s oldest football tournament called Durand Cup, is all set to be held in Kolkata from September 5 to October 21, 2021. Highlights Durand...

August 12, 2021

BioHub facility

BioHub facility is a global facility that will enable timely sharing of pathogen data between laboratories for improving the inquiry and preparedness against the disease outbreaks. The world’s...

May 31, 2021

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