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Context: The Election Commission announced the schedule for elections to four graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies in the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh legislative councils. These are constituencies in which only teachers and graduates respectively are eligible to vote. Analysis Composition of State Legislative Council Unlike the members of the legislative assembly,…
Nutraceuticals and Hydroponics (TH) Context: Simply Fresh- a hydroponic farm factory has found that the medicinal produce grown hydroponically has three times more alkaloid content than field-grown plants. The list of medicinal plants grown by for nutraceutical extracts includes high curcumin content turmeric, ashwagandha, ginger, safed, musli, shatavari, bacopa, Centella…
Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) with Gene Therapy (TH) Context: A gene therapy costing ₹16 crore is the only shot at life for nearly 200 children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1, a rare genetic disease. The current treatment options range from medicines, which increase these proteins, to…
UPSC PRELIMS+MAINS Index A) Science and Technology, Defence, Space Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) with Gene Therapy (TH) Nutraceuticals and Hydroponics (TH) B) Polity, Bills, Acts and Judgments What are Graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies? (TH) C) Schemes, Policies, Initiatives, Awards and Social Issues National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM)…