Recieved a donor for Rushikesh Dudhat sir.. Hence removed the previous post. Thank you.
🔺Update : need one more donor
Hello everyone,
A kind request for plasma donor for Rushikesh Dudhat Sir,(UPSC FACULTY)
He has tested positive for COVID19,.
Current situation is critical and needs plasma donor of COVID 19 recovered case.
If anyone of you can help in this regard can contact on the given number below.
Patient Name - Rushikesh Dudhat
Admitted in NKS HOSPITAL, 219/220, GULABI BAGH, DELHI 110007
Under treatment of Doctor U. N. SHAHI
Need 2 donor Plasma of 'O+ve' group.
Contact details-
Ashlesh (coordinator) - 9403033933
🔺Update : need one more donor
Hello everyone,
A kind request for plasma donor for Rushikesh Dudhat Sir,(UPSC FACULTY)
He has tested positive for COVID19,.
Current situation is critical and needs plasma donor of COVID 19 recovered case.
If anyone of you can help in this regard can contact on the given number below.
Patient Name - Rushikesh Dudhat
Admitted in NKS HOSPITAL, 219/220, GULABI BAGH, DELHI 110007
Under treatment of Doctor U. N. SHAHI
Need 2 donor Plasma of 'O+ve' group.
Contact details-
Ashlesh (coordinator) - 9403033933
Anaemia
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines anaemia as a condition in which the number of red blood cells or their oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient to meet physiological needs.
Causes: Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anaemia, although other conditions, such as folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A deficiencies, chronic inflammation, parasitic infections, and inherited disorders can all cause anaemia.
Symptoms: In its severe form, it is associated with fatigue, weakness, dizziness and drowsiness. Pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerable.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines anaemia as a condition in which the number of red blood cells or their oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient to meet physiological needs.
Causes: Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anaemia, although other conditions, such as folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A deficiencies, chronic inflammation, parasitic infections, and inherited disorders can all cause anaemia.
Symptoms: In its severe form, it is associated with fatigue, weakness, dizziness and drowsiness. Pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerable.
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Redshift
It is the displacement of spectral lines towards longer wavelengths (the red end of the spectrum) in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects.
It reveals how an object is moving in space and enables astronomers to discover otherwise-invisible planets and the movements of galaxies, and to uncover the beginnings of our universe.
Significance:
Astronomers use redshifts to measure how the universe is expanding, and thus to determine the distance to our universe’s most distant (and therefore oldest) objects.
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It is the displacement of spectral lines towards longer wavelengths (the red end of the spectrum) in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects.
It reveals how an object is moving in space and enables astronomers to discover otherwise-invisible planets and the movements of galaxies, and to uncover the beginnings of our universe.
Significance:
Astronomers use redshifts to measure how the universe is expanding, and thus to determine the distance to our universe’s most distant (and therefore oldest) objects.
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Krishi Megh
It is a data recovery center launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
It has been set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the government and World Bank.
It has been set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad
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It is a data recovery center launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
It has been set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the government and World Bank.
It has been set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad
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Hippopotamus(Hippopotamus amphibius)
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
CITES: Appendix Ill
Hippopotamus, also called hippo or water horse, is an amphibious African ungulate mammal.
It is considered to be the second largest land animal (after the elephant).
Hippos are well adapted to aquatic life. The ears, eyes, and nostrils are located high on the head so that the rest of the body may remain submerged.
Hippopotamuses were extinct in northern Africa by 1800 and south of Natal and the Transvaal by 1900. They are still fairly common in East Africa, but populations continue to decrease continent wide.
Often killed for their meat under the guise of protection, and they are also hunted for hippo fat and their ivory canine teeth
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IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
CITES: Appendix Ill
Hippopotamus, also called hippo or water horse, is an amphibious African ungulate mammal.
It is considered to be the second largest land animal (after the elephant).
Hippos are well adapted to aquatic life. The ears, eyes, and nostrils are located high on the head so that the rest of the body may remain submerged.
Hippopotamuses were extinct in northern Africa by 1800 and south of Natal and the Transvaal by 1900. They are still fairly common in East Africa, but populations continue to decrease continent wide.
Often killed for their meat under the guise of protection, and they are also hunted for hippo fat and their ivory canine teeth
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Perseverance(July of 2020)
A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).
Perseverance is fueled by electrical power by using heat of plutonium’s radioactive decay.
Perseverance will carry a instrument, MOXIE or Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment: which for the first time will manufacture molecular oxygen on Mars using carbon dioxide from the carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere (ISRU means In Situ Resource Utilization: or the use of local resources to meet human needs or requirements of the spacecraft).
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A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).
Perseverance is fueled by electrical power by using heat of plutonium’s radioactive decay.
Perseverance will carry a instrument, MOXIE or Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment: which for the first time will manufacture molecular oxygen on Mars using carbon dioxide from the carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere (ISRU means In Situ Resource Utilization: or the use of local resources to meet human needs or requirements of the spacecraft).
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Tabletop Airport
It is an airport located and built on top of a plateau or hilly surface, with one or both ends of the runway overlooking a drop.
The airports in the country which would count as “tabletops”, are namely Lengpui (Mizoram), Shimla and Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Pakyong (Sikkim), Mangaluru (Karnataka), Kozhikode and Kannur (both Kerala)
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It is an airport located and built on top of a plateau or hilly surface, with one or both ends of the runway overlooking a drop.
The airports in the country which would count as “tabletops”, are namely Lengpui (Mizoram), Shimla and Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Pakyong (Sikkim), Mangaluru (Karnataka), Kozhikode and Kannur (both Kerala)
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Benjamin Guy Horniman
In 1913, he became the editor of The Bombay Chronicle, a daily founded by Pherozeshah Mehta.
√It is the oldest functioning newspaper in all of Asia.
√It was started in 1822 and is still running after nearly 200 years, today as the Mumbai Samachar.
He also served as vice president of the Home Rule League under Annie Besant.
He was deported to England by the British for his decision to print an unofficial, smuggled report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
In 1926, he exploited a loophole in his deportation order and returned to India to continue his work.
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In 1913, he became the editor of The Bombay Chronicle, a daily founded by Pherozeshah Mehta.
√It is the oldest functioning newspaper in all of Asia.
√It was started in 1822 and is still running after nearly 200 years, today as the Mumbai Samachar.
He also served as vice president of the Home Rule League under Annie Besant.
He was deported to England by the British for his decision to print an unofficial, smuggled report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
In 1926, he exploited a loophole in his deportation order and returned to India to continue his work.
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Gujjars
Gujjars were an ethnic agricultural and pastoral community of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
In India, Gujjars are mainly concentrated in the north, across the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Overall, they form 10% of India’s population.
In Pakistan, they comprise as much as 20% of the population.
Gujjars can also be Muslim, Sikh, Christian and presumably Buddhist.
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Gujjars were an ethnic agricultural and pastoral community of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
In India, Gujjars are mainly concentrated in the north, across the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Overall, they form 10% of India’s population.
In Pakistan, they comprise as much as 20% of the population.
Gujjars can also be Muslim, Sikh, Christian and presumably Buddhist.
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#Ricardian_ideas- a landowner should have a claim only to the "average rent"that prevailed at a given time. When the land yielded more than this average rent, the landowner had a surplus that the state needed to tax. If tax was not levied, cultivators were likely to turn into rentiers, and their surplus income was unlikely to be productively invested in the improvement of the land.
•The #Great_Trigonometrical_Survey was a project which aimed to measure the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. Under the project the height of Mount Everest was calculated.
#Vaishwik_Bharatiya _Vaigyanik (#VAIBHAV) Summit is a collaborative initiative by S&T and Academic Organisations of India to enable deliberations on thought process, practices and R&D culture with a problem solving approach for well defined objectives.
#Rudra_M-I is an anti-radiation missile can locate and target any radiation-emitting source like enemy radars, communication sites and other Radio Frequency (RF) emitting targets.
#SAROD_Ports (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes - Ports) - for all disputes in ports and shipping sector
Japan has mooted the #Supply_Chain_Resilience_Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the other two partners.
#RAMAN-->3-D printed rocket engine
#Milne ice shelf is in Ellesmere Island, Canada
#Cholistan_desert:in Pakistan.
#La_Soufriere_volcano-from Carribean island
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•The #Great_Trigonometrical_Survey was a project which aimed to measure the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. Under the project the height of Mount Everest was calculated.
#Vaishwik_Bharatiya _Vaigyanik (#VAIBHAV) Summit is a collaborative initiative by S&T and Academic Organisations of India to enable deliberations on thought process, practices and R&D culture with a problem solving approach for well defined objectives.
#Rudra_M-I is an anti-radiation missile can locate and target any radiation-emitting source like enemy radars, communication sites and other Radio Frequency (RF) emitting targets.
#SAROD_Ports (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes - Ports) - for all disputes in ports and shipping sector
Japan has mooted the #Supply_Chain_Resilience_Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the other two partners.
#RAMAN-->3-D printed rocket engine
#Milne ice shelf is in Ellesmere Island, Canada
#Cholistan_desert:in Pakistan.
#La_Soufriere_volcano-from Carribean island
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Air Unique-quality Monitoring (AUM) System
It is an indigenous photonic system for real-time remote monitoring of air quality parameters.
It can identify, classify, and quantify various pollutants simultaneously with very high precision, sensitivity and accuracy.
It has been developed with the support from Department of Science and Technology’s Clean Air Research Initiative.
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It is an indigenous photonic system for real-time remote monitoring of air quality parameters.
It can identify, classify, and quantify various pollutants simultaneously with very high precision, sensitivity and accuracy.
It has been developed with the support from Department of Science and Technology’s Clean Air Research Initiative.
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#SRIJAN Portal
It is a one stop shop online portal that provides access to the vendors to take up items for indigenization.
It functions under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence
#SARTHAK-Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel
#Arab nations that recognize Israel-Egypt(1979), Jordan (1994), UAE(2020)
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It is a one stop shop online portal that provides access to the vendors to take up items for indigenization.
It functions under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence
#SARTHAK-Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel
#Arab nations that recognize Israel-Egypt(1979), Jordan (1994), UAE(2020)
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Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
iDEX aims to create an ecosystem which fosters innovation and encourages technology development in Defence by engaging R&D institutes, academia, industries, startups and individual innovators.
iDEX is being implemented by Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), a Section 8 company formed for this purpose, with Rs 50 crore support each from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), both of which are Defence Public Sector Units.
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iDEX aims to create an ecosystem which fosters innovation and encourages technology development in Defence by engaging R&D institutes, academia, industries, startups and individual innovators.
iDEX is being implemented by Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), a Section 8 company formed for this purpose, with Rs 50 crore support each from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), both of which are Defence Public Sector Units.
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#Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations (ICCR)
Established in 1951, ICCR is a society registered in the year 1957 under Society Registration Act 1860.
ICCR was founded by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad when he was the Minister of Education.
functioning as an autonomous body under the administrative control of MEA.
#ALEKH’ is a quarterly e-newsletter which emphasize the commitment of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to improve the health and wellbeing of the tribal communities.
#Dak_Adalat-Department of Posts, grievances redressal of customers
#Suvidha-biodegradable sanitary napkin
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Established in 1951, ICCR is a society registered in the year 1957 under Society Registration Act 1860.
ICCR was founded by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad when he was the Minister of Education.
functioning as an autonomous body under the administrative control of MEA.
#ALEKH’ is a quarterly e-newsletter which emphasize the commitment of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to improve the health and wellbeing of the tribal communities.
#Dak_Adalat-Department of Posts, grievances redressal of customers
#Suvidha-biodegradable sanitary napkin
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Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC):
It is an intergovernmental body established jointly by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1963, within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme.
The Secretariat of the CAC is hosted at FAO headquarters in Rome.
It was established to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
It meets in regular session once a year alternating between Geneva and Rome.
Members:189 Members (188 Countries +EU).
Food Standards:
The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards that have been adopted by the CAC.
Codex Standards cover all the main foods, whether processed, semi-processed or raw.
Codex provisions concern the hygienic and nutritional quality of food, including microbiological norms, food additives, pesticide and veterinary drug residues, contaminants, labelling and presentation, and methods of sampling and risk analysis.
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It is an intergovernmental body established jointly by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1963, within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme.
The Secretariat of the CAC is hosted at FAO headquarters in Rome.
It was established to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
It meets in regular session once a year alternating between Geneva and Rome.
Members:189 Members (188 Countries +EU).
Food Standards:
The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards that have been adopted by the CAC.
Codex Standards cover all the main foods, whether processed, semi-processed or raw.
Codex provisions concern the hygienic and nutritional quality of food, including microbiological norms, food additives, pesticide and veterinary drug residues, contaminants, labelling and presentation, and methods of sampling and risk analysis.
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We will provide compilation of the article posted by Pratap sir. Stay Tuned.
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985:
The Act is designed to fulfill India’s treaty obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Under the Act, the cultivation, production, manufacture, possession, sale, purchase, transportation, warehousing, consumption, inter-State movement, transshipment and import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is prohibited, except for medical or scientific purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions of any license, permit or authorization given by the Government.
The Central Government is empowered to regulate the cultivation, production, manufacture, import, export, sale, consumption, use etc of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
State Governments are empowered to permit and regulate possession and inter-State movement of opium, poppy straw, the manufacture of medicinal opium and the cultivation of cannabis excluding hashish.
The Central Government is empowered to declare any substance, based on an assessment of its likely use in the manufacture of narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances as a controlled substance.
Both the Central Government and State Governments are empowered to appoint officers for the purposes of the Act.
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The Act is designed to fulfill India’s treaty obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Under the Act, the cultivation, production, manufacture, possession, sale, purchase, transportation, warehousing, consumption, inter-State movement, transshipment and import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is prohibited, except for medical or scientific purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions of any license, permit or authorization given by the Government.
The Central Government is empowered to regulate the cultivation, production, manufacture, import, export, sale, consumption, use etc of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
State Governments are empowered to permit and regulate possession and inter-State movement of opium, poppy straw, the manufacture of medicinal opium and the cultivation of cannabis excluding hashish.
The Central Government is empowered to declare any substance, based on an assessment of its likely use in the manufacture of narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances as a controlled substance.
Both the Central Government and State Governments are empowered to appoint officers for the purposes of the Act.
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#Cell_Culture
Cell culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside their natural environment in especially designed conditions and precise conditions of temperature, humidity, nutrition, and freedom for contamination.
Cultured cells are excellent hosts for the propagation of many types of viruses. The ability of cell culture systems to produce large quantities of attenuated viral particles has served as the basis for the production of both human and veterinary vaccines.
#Vero_Cell
Vero cells are lineages of cells used in cell cultures. The Vero lineage was isolated from kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey.
Vero cells are used for many purposes, including,
Screening for the toxin of Escherichia coli, first named "Vero toxin".
As host cells for growing viruses.
The Vero cell lineage is continuous and aneuploid.
A continuous cell lineage can be replicated through many cycles of division and not become senescent (i.e. not deteriorates with age).
Aneuploidy is the characteristic of having an abnormal number of chromosomes.
#Live_attenuated_Vaccines
Live vaccines use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the germ that causes a disease.
Because these vaccines are so similar to the natural infection that they help prevent, they create a strong and long-lasting immune response.
Just one or two doses of most live vaccines can give one a lifetime of protection against a germ and the disease it causes.
The limitation of this approach is that these vaccines usually cannot be given to people with weakened immune systems.
Live vaccines are used against: Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR combined vaccine), Rotavirus, Smallpox among others.
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Cell culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside their natural environment in especially designed conditions and precise conditions of temperature, humidity, nutrition, and freedom for contamination.
Cultured cells are excellent hosts for the propagation of many types of viruses. The ability of cell culture systems to produce large quantities of attenuated viral particles has served as the basis for the production of both human and veterinary vaccines.
#Vero_Cell
Vero cells are lineages of cells used in cell cultures. The Vero lineage was isolated from kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey.
Vero cells are used for many purposes, including,
Screening for the toxin of Escherichia coli, first named "Vero toxin".
As host cells for growing viruses.
The Vero cell lineage is continuous and aneuploid.
A continuous cell lineage can be replicated through many cycles of division and not become senescent (i.e. not deteriorates with age).
Aneuploidy is the characteristic of having an abnormal number of chromosomes.
#Live_attenuated_Vaccines
Live vaccines use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the germ that causes a disease.
Because these vaccines are so similar to the natural infection that they help prevent, they create a strong and long-lasting immune response.
Just one or two doses of most live vaccines can give one a lifetime of protection against a germ and the disease it causes.
The limitation of this approach is that these vaccines usually cannot be given to people with weakened immune systems.
Live vaccines are used against: Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR combined vaccine), Rotavirus, Smallpox among others.
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