Zika Virus Disease-upsc-vishnu ias

Zika Virus Disease

Zika Virus Disease About: Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys. It was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Transmission:  ZVD is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes (AM), mainly Aedes aegypti. This is the

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has criticised Government of India over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the Babri Masjid verdict of the Supreme Court. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations with a membership of

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Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries

Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries   The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State Cabinet had on June 29 approved the industrial ordinance, whose details

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Spyware Pegasus

Spyware Pegasus The recent digital security breach by a spyware called Pegasus compromisedbphones of multiple activists, journalists and lawyers in India. The spyware was ablento track multiple user applications like messages, emails, audio calls, browsernhistory, contacts including end-to-end encrypted data. The whole incident brought forward the issue of digital security and the ways to achieve

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