Pandemic Current Affairs, GK & News
The Annual Status of Education Report
The overall enrolment figures increased from 97.2% in 2018 to 98.4% in 2022,Despite school closures during the pandemic. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022, released by the NGO Pratham, records the impact of school closures in 2020 and 2021, as well as the return to school of children in 2022. Enrollment figures Overall ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Annual Status of Education Report • ASER • Education • Literacy • Pandemic • Report • School • Students
Covid-19 Variant XBB.1.5 Emerges as a New Threat
The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant called XBB.1.5 has experts worried about the potential for a significant upsurge in cases globally. The first case of this new strain was found in India, and it has already caused concern due to its ability to evade immune systems and its high level of contagion. Here are ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Coronavirus • COVID-19 • Epidemiology • Global health • Infectious disease • Pandemic • Public health • Virology • Virus mutation • XBB.1.5 variant
What are “viral spillover risks”?
A new research found that climate change could increase the risk of “viral spillover” in several parts of the world. This could cause pandemics in the future. Key facts A new research article titled “Viral spillover risk increases with climate change in High Arctic lake sediments” was released recently. Viral spillover occurs when viruses overcome ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Arctic • Climate change • global pandemic • Pandemic • Pandemics
India’s First Indigenous Monkeypox Test Kit
The Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone recently launched the first indigenously manufactured RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox. With the help of this kit, infection can be detected quickly. This kit was developed by Transasia-Erba Biomedicals and was launched by Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser of the Center. Infection will be easily detected If we talk ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Monkeypox • Monkeypox situation in India • Monkeypox Test Kit • Monkeypox Variants • Monkeypox virus (MPV) • Pandemic • PHEIC • Task Force on Monkeypox • Transasia-Erba Biomedicals • World Health Organisation (WHO)
Monkey Pox: Why WHO declared it a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)?
Over 16000 cases of monkeypox have been identified across 75 countries since May 2022. On July 23, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Majority of the cases are being reported in WHO European Region. In India, 4 cases have been reported till date. Currently, most ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Monkeypox • Monkeypox virus (MPV) • Pandemic • PHEIC • PHEIC vs Pandemic • Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) • World Health Organisation (WHO)
Civil Registration System (CRS) data for 2020
Recently, the Central government published the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 based on birth and death reports. What is Civil Registration System (CRS)? The Civil Registration System (CRS) is a universal, continuous, compulsory and permanent recording of birth, death and stillbirth. Currently, Registration of births and deaths are done under which act? Births and ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CRS • Pandemic • RBD • Registrar General