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DAILY DOSE 6th SEPT – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Review Petition: NEET UG 2024 Examination
- A group of medical students recently filed a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss their writ petition, which sought to cancel the NEET UG 2024 examination.
- Review Petition:
- When a judgment is passed by a court, the doctrine of functus officio applies to it.
- This Latin doctrine means that if the judgment in a case has been pronounced or an order has been made following due process of law, in such circumstances, the case cannot be reopened.
- The right to file a review petition is an exception to this doctrine.
- The word “review” means to examine again.
2) Bandipur Tiger Reserve: Rescued a Tusker
- An alert elephant patrolling team recently rescued a tusker that was stuck in a rail barricade in the Maddur range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
- Bandipur Tiger Reserve is situated in two contiguous districts (Mysore and Chamarajanagar) of Karnataka and located in the tri-junction area of the States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
- Geographically, it is an “ecological confluence” of the Western and Eastern Ghats.
- It was once a hunting ground for the rulers of the neighbouring kingdom of Mysore.
3) Drug Repurposing:
- Researchers who have been working in the field of drug repurposing have found the repurpose potential of an antidepressant drug for cancer management.
- Drug Repurposing is the technique of using an existing drug or drug candidate for a new treatment or medical condition for which it was not indicated before.
- It is also called drug repositioning or drug reprofiling, which is the identification of new therapeutic uses for existing or investigational drugs.
- It was initially developed to treat a different medical condition.
- It has been described as a serendipitous process that happens unexpectedly.
4) AgriSURE Fund:
- The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development launched the AgriSURE Scheme in New Delhi.
- AgriSURE Fund for Start-ups & Rural Enterprises (AgriSURE) is an innovative fund which is a pioneering step toward revolutionizing the agricultural landscape in India.
- It mainly focuses on technology-driven, high-risk, high-impact ventures.
- It is designed to fuel growth and foster innovation in the agricultural and rural start-up ecosystem.
- A Blended capital fund of ₹750 crore with SEBI Registered Category II, Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), contributions from the Government of India is ₹250 crore, NABARD is ₹250 crore and ₹250 crore is being mobilized from banks, insurance companies and private investors.
5) Preservation Of Indigenous Cattle Breeds:
- The National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) is working on a number of initiatives for preservation and sustainable development of the livestock sector.
- NIAB is using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data and genotyping technology to establish molecular signatures for registered cattle breeds.
- Molecular signatures help in accurately identifying and maintaining the purity of indigenous cattle breeds and conserving unique genetic traits.
- NIAB is focussing on developing new-generation vaccines against diseases like brucellosis to improve animal health and reduce economic losses.
- Efforts are aligned with the ‘BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, and Employment)’ policy to enhance biomanufacturing.
6) Solar Magnetic Field Research:
- Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have found a new way to study the Sun’s magnetic field by studying the magnetic field at different layers of the solar atmosphere. The astronomers have done this using data from IIA’s Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope.
- The study focused on an active sunspot region characterised by complex features, including multiple umbrae (dark central regions) and a penumbra (outer lighter region).
- Observations were conducted using the Hydrogen-alpha line and the Calcium II line.
- These lines help infer the magnetic field’s stratification at various heights in the solar atmosphere.
- The findings are significant in advancing our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, setting the stage for future studies to explore solar magnetic phenomena in greater detail.
7) Zyklon B:
- On 3rd September 1941, Nazis first used Zyklon B to kill Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
- Auschwitz was a Nazi Germany concentration camp in which almost one million Jews were systematically murdered.
- Jews were starved, worked to death and killed in the complex of gas chambers using toxic gasses like Zyklon B.
- Zyklon B is the commercial name of hydrogen cyanide (HCN).
- It was developed as a pesticide and rodenticide in the early 1920s in Germany.
8) Sumit Antil’s Gold at Paris 2024 Paralympics:
- Sumit Antil etched his name in the annals of Indian sports history at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
- The 26-year-old para-athlete not only claimed the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F64 class but also became the first Indian male para-athlete.
9) Phrynarachne Decipiens:
- Zoologists in Assam have added a species of spider Phrynarachne decipiens whose web mimics a bird’s excrement to India’s list of arachnids.
- Phrynarachne decipiens is better known as the bird dung or bird-dropping crab spider.
- It was known to be distributed in Malaysia and Indonesia’s Java and Sumatra.
- It has been recorded for the first time in the country from Assam’s Sonapur in the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district and the Chirang Reserve Forest in the Kokrajhar district.
10) Anuya Prasad Wins Gold at World Deaf Shooting Championship:
- At the second World Deaf Shooting Championship in Hannover, Germany, teenage shooter Anuya Prasad from Jaipur secured the gold medal in the women’s air pistol event.
- The 17-year-old, a first-year Visual Arts student at Rajasthan University, clinched victory.
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