Global Burden of Cancer: WHO – On World Cancer Day (4th February), the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), released the latest estimates of the Global Burden of Cancer in 2022. In 2022,...
India-Russia Sign Protocol on Nuclear Reactors Agreement – India and Russia have strengthened their long-standing nuclear cooperation with the signing of a protocol amending the 2008 intergovernmental agreement. The agreement focuses on the construction...
BUDGET 2024 UNVEILS INR 1 LAKH CRORE CORPUS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR R&D INCENTIVES – In a groundbreaking move to foster research and development (R&D) within the private sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during the Interim Budget 2024 announcement,...
THE FIRST HUMAN PATIENT HAS RECEIVED AN IMPLANT FROM BRAIN-CHIP STARTUP NEURALINK RECENTLY – Initial results show promising neuron spike detection. Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and...
FREE MOVEMENT REGIME (FMR) AGREEMENT WITH MYANMAR – India’s recent plans to review the Free Movement Regime (FMR) agreement with Myanmar and fence the India-Myanmar border have initiated discussions, especially in the northeastern states. The decision aims to...
