POTENTIAL OXFORD VACCINE FAILS TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS
Why in news? A high-profile potential vaccine for COVID-19 being tested by researchers at Oxford University failed to protect vaccinated monkeys from being infected by the nCoV-2 virus. On a positive side, the test animals appeared to be protected from pneumonia. Details The vaccine candidate: ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – is a weakened form a common cold […]
19th May Current Affairs
Contents Potential Oxford vaccine fails to prevent coronavirus 1st case of COVID inflammatory syndrome in TN J&K notifies amended domicile certificate rules Call for WHO probe into virus origin India building illegal def posts in Aksai: China USAID to fund 200 ventilators for India Super Cyclone Amphan POTENTIAL OXFORD VACCINE FAILS TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS Focus: […]
73RD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY VIDEOCONFERENCE
Focus: GS-III International Relations, Prelims Why in news? The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare participated in the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) through Video Conference on 18th May 2020. World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It is headquartered […]
SHEKATKAR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Why in news? The Government has accepted and implemented three important recommendations of Committee of Experts (CoE) under the Chairmanship of Lt General D B Shekatkar (Retd) relating to border Infrastructure. These were related to speeding up road construction, leading to socio economic development in the border areas. Details of what was accepted: On the […]
“ONE CLASS, ONE CHANNEL”
Why in news? Several initiatives to boost education sector were announced on 17th May including “One nation, One digital platform” and “One class, One channel”. Highlights of announcements The education sector has taken this opportunity to plan several interventions, particularly in the area of adopting innovative curriculum and pedagogies, concentrating energies on the gap areas, […]
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
Why in news? The Ministry of Culture’s Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces hosts a webinar on ‘Revitalising Museums and Cultural Spaces’ on the International Museum Day, on 18th May 2020. The objective of the videoconference is to identify the possible policy actions that will help alleviate the short- and long-term effects of the crisis on […]
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Contents International Museum Day 73rd World Health Assembly Videoconference “One class, One channel” Shekatkar Committee recommendations INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY Focus: GS-I Art and Culture, Prelims Why in news? The Ministry of Culture’s Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces hosts a webinar on ‘Revitalising Museums and Cultural Spaces’ on the International Museum Day, on 18th May […]