Difference between plant and animal cells
Cells are the smallest unit of life and the building blocks for all organisms. All life on Earth is made from cells. Without cells, there can be…
Money Supply: Definition, Types and Effects
What is Money Supply? Money supply mean the total volume of monetary media of exchange available to the community for use in connections with the economic activity…
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in India
What is a Pneumococcal vaccine? Pneumococcal vaccines are vaccines against the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. Their use can prevent some cases of pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis. There are…
Germline gene therapy
Gene Therapy may be defined as a technique in which a patient (sufferer) is given healthy genes to replace the defective ones inherited from the parents, or…
Applications of Drones
Drone is a robotic flying device that can be controlled remotely or operate autonomously through software-controlled flight plans embedded in its systems. Initially associated primarily with military…
Carbon nanotube : Properties and Applications
A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Carbon…
Siachen Glacier
֍ The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. ֍ At 76 km long, it is the longest glacier in…
Ocean Mean Temperature (OMT) and Monsoon Forecasting
India, being an agricultural country, has a demand for accurate long-range forecast of the monsoon rainfall. Besides attempting to understand the physics of the monsoon problem it…
Major and Minor Minerals
India produces as many as 95 minerals, which includes fuel, metallic, non-metallic, atomic and minor minerals. Mining sector is an important segment of the Indian economy. In…
UPSC MAINS 2018 HISTORY OPTIONAL PAPER 1
SECTION ‘A’ 1 . Identify the föllowing places marked on the map supplied to you and write a short note of about 30 words on each of…