4th Asian Para Games 2022-23

4th Asian Para Games 2022-23

The Asian Para Games, also known as Para Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years after every Asian Games, featuring PWD athletes across Asia. Both events followed the strategy of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the same city. However, the exclusion of the Asian Para Games from the Asian Games host … Read more

What is CAR-T Cell Therapy?

What is CAR-T Cell Therapy?

Lately, a company called Immuno Adoptive Cell Therapy, incubated at IIT Bombay has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for the first humanised CD-19 targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell (CAR-T Cell) Therapy named NexCAR19 (Actalycabtagene autoleucel). It is a result of a decade-long collaborative effort between IIT Bombay and Tata … Read more

Asian Games 2022-23

Asian Games 2022-23

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years, featuring athletes from across Asia. It is the second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. This event is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which has its HQs in Kuwait City. The Motto of Asian Games: Ever onward … Read more

Nobel Prize 2023

Nobel Prize 2023

Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes are awarded yearly in memory of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the following six fields- ALSO READ- Raspberry Pi 5 Who awards Nobel Prizes? There are four awarding institutions for these prizes- What is in the Prize? Nobel Prize winners are presented with a Nobel … Read more

Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi, also known as RPi or Raspi is a series of low-cost, credit-card-shaped computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation (2008) in association with Broadcom. The first generation of Raspberry Pi was released in 2012. Raspberry Pi 5 is the latest version of this series, coming at the end of … Read more

Disease X

Disease X

In February 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the term ‘Disease X’ on its list of priority diseases. It’s a placeholder name used to represent a possible, unknown pathogen that could trigger an epidemic in the future. Health experts are claiming that future pandemics can be more lethal than COVID-19 and could claim over … Read more

18th G20 Summit New Delhi

18th G20 Summit New Delhi

The 18th G20 summit took place in New Delhi, on September 9th and 10th, 2023, marking India’s inaugural hosting of the G20 leaders’ summit. Theme- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The world is one family). ALSO READ- What is India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)? G20 is now G21- Earlier, the group was G20 because it was a group … Read more

World’s First Portable Hospital: Aarogya Maitri Cube

World's First Portable Hospital: Aarogya Maitri Cube

India has unveiled a groundbreaking innovation in disaster relief- the world’s first portable disaster hospital. This remarkable facility, known as the Aarogya Maitri Cube, is a crucial component of PM Modi’s ambitious “Project BHISHM”(Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri), introduced in February 2022. Officially inaugurated during the MedTech Expo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. ALSO … Read more

65th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023

65th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given annually in memory of former Philippines president Ramon Magsaysay on August 31st, his birthday anniversary. It was established in 1957 and the first award was given in 1958. It is presented by ‘The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’. The award is internationally called as the Nobel Prize of Asia. Categories … Read more

What Is Invisible QR Code and How Can It Benefit Us?

What Is Invisible QR Code and How Can It Benefit Us?

You must have seen often that some anti-social elements manipulate QR codes installed in hotels or restaurants. So, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(CSAIL) have developed an invisible QR code/tag(BrightMarker). ALSO READ- D2M Technology: Watch Live TV and OTT on Mobile Without Internet BrightMarkers are invisible to the naked eye, which makes … Read more