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Jago AI Assistant: Ministry of Tribal Affairs Initiative

Jago AI Assistant: Ministry of Tribal Affairs Initiative

Why in news?The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched Jago at a national conclave in Mysuru. It is an artificial intelligence assistant for information ...

Salmonella Infections: Typhoid, Diseases & Public Health

Salmonella Infections: Typhoid, Diseases & Public Health

Why in news?A recent Indian public-health discussion called for wider attention to Salmonella infections. The bacteria can cause typhoid, short intest...

SAMBAR Study: South Asian Gut Microbiome & Urbanisation

SAMBAR Study: South Asian Gut Microbiome & Urbanisation

Why in news?Researchers published a large comparative study of gut bacteria among communities in India and Sri Lanka. The study included 575 healthy a...

Alzheimer's Disease: ADxFluor Platform, TZ-48 Molecule & Uses

Alzheimer's Disease: ADxFluor Platform, TZ-48 Molecule & Uses

Why in news?Scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research developed a new amyloid-detection platform. It combines a fluor...

Adi Vaani Adds an iOS App and Five More Tribal Languages

Adi Vaani Adds an iOS App and Five More Tribal Languages

Why in news?The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the upgraded Adi Vaani platform in Mysuru on 24 August. The launch added an iOS application, five ...

ICMR Study Finds Lead Worsens Amyloid-Beta Nerve Damage

ICMR Study Finds Lead Worsens Amyloid-Beta Nerve Damage

Why in news?Researchers at the Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Institute of Nutrition studied lead in a human neuroblastoma-derived ce...

Study Maps Four Antibody Targets on the CCHF Virus Protein

Study Maps Four Antibody Targets on the CCHF Virus Protein

Why in news?A peer-reviewed study published on 21 August 2026 mapped four antibody-binding sites on a key viral protein. The work concerns Crimean-Con...

NSDC and AWS Launch a Nationwide Cloud and AI Skilling Push

NSDC and AWS Launch a Nationwide Cloud and AI Skilling Push

Why in news?The National Skill Development Corporation and Cultus Education announced a nationwide digital-skilling initiative on 23 August 2026. Amaz...

Opposite Collagen Twists Keep a Narwhal Tusk Growing Straight

Opposite Collagen Twists Keep a Narwhal Tusk Growing Straight

Why in news?A study published in Nature Communications on 18 August 2026 explained the narwhal tusk’s unusual structure. Researchers found opposite ...

Horizontal Strabismus Affects 1.81 Per Cent of People Globally

Horizontal Strabismus Affects 1.81 Per Cent of People Globally

Why in news?A new systematic review estimated that horizontal strabismus affects 1.81 per cent of the current global population. That proportion repre...

DR Congo Receives 70,000 Ervebo Doses for Ebola Response

DR Congo Receives 70,000 Ervebo Doses for Ebola Response

Why in news?The Democratic Republic of the Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine. The World Health Organization and Africa Centr...

RK-251: Guwahati Teams Develop a Selective Cancer Candidate

RK-251: Guwahati Teams Develop a Selective Cancer Candidate

Why in news? India’s Ministry of Science and Technology highlighted RK-251, a new experimental cancer drug candidate. Researchers from two Guwahati ...

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