Current Affairs - Science

Researchers from IIT Madras and Mandi have achieved a significant milestone by metabolically engineering plant cells to boost the production of the anti-cancer drug camptothecin (CPT).

The PRITHVI (PRITHvi VIgyan) scheme is a comprehensive initiative by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, with a substantial budget of Rs. 4,797 crore, marking a new era in the study and understanding of Earth sciences in India.

Researchers from Visva-Bharati University's botany department discovered a new bacteria strain and named it 'Pantoea Tagorei' in honour of Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate.

Ayushman cards issued under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) offer free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh per annum per family at impanelled hospitals nationwide, as celebrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, developed by Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, has been added to the World Health Organization's list of prequalified vaccines, marking a significant development in the global fight against malaria. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine became the second malaria vaccine to achieve WHO prequalification; the first one was the RTS, S/AS01 vaccine.