iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRS

iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRS

Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897

●The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is a law which was first enacted to tackle bubonic plague in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in former British India.

●An Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases.

●The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance 2020', amended the act, adding provisions to punish those attacking doctors or health workers.

●The ordinance allows for up to seven years of jail for attacking doctors or health workers (including ASHA workers). 

●The offense will be cognizable and non-bailable among other things.

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Red Giant

●A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass in a late phase of stellar evolution. 

●When hydrogen fuel at the centre of a star is exhausted, nuclear reactions will start move outwards into its atmosphere and burn the hydrogen that's in a shell surrounding the core. 

●As a result, the outside of the star starts to expand and cool, turning much redder.

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BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG)

●BAWG has recommended networking of telescopes in member countries and creating a regional data network.

●The BAWG, which provides a platform for BRICS member countries to collaborate in the field of astronomy, recommended that each country should present the scientific results of the work being carried out in their country.

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Genome Sequencing

●Genome sequencing, is the process of determining the entirety, or nearly the entirety, of the DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time. 

●Genomic information has been instrumental in identifying inherited disorders, characterizing the mutations that drive cancer progression, and tracking disease outbreaks.

●The sequence tells scientists the kind of genetic information that is carried in a particular DNA segment. 

●For example, scientists can use sequence information to determine which stretches of DNA contain genes and which stretches carry regulatory instructions, turning genes on or off.