India to Host 2024 World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly

World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly

The telecommunication industry is filled with excitement as India will host the World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA) from 15-24 October 2024. Union Minister of Communication and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw gave the information at the India Mobile Congress 2023. This will take place after the Global Standardisation Symposium (GSS) on 14 October 2024 … Read more

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

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

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