04 Apr 2024 PIB
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1. India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer 2. Exercise Gagan Shakti-24 3. Army Medical Corps 4. Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime
1. India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer
Syllabus: GS-3, Science and technology
Prelims: Gene therapy for cancer
Mains: What is gene therapy?
Context:
President launched India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer at IIT Bombay.
Details:
- Developed by the IIT Bombay and the Tata Memorial Centre, this gene-based therapy will help cure different types of cancer.
- This NexCAR19 CAR T-cell therapy is the country’s first ‘Made in India’ CAR T-cell therapy, which will significantly bring down the cost of cancer treatment.
- This treatment has been rolled out at approximately one-tenth of the price it is available outside India (where it costs approximately Rs 4 crores).
- CAR T-cell therapy is considered one of the phenomenal advances in medical sciences. It has been available in advanced nations for some time, however, it is extremely expensive.
- Now, this NexCAR 19 CAR T-cell therapy provides hope to many cancer patients in India and elsewhere.
Also read: Gene Editing
Syllabus: GS-3, Defence and security
Prelims: Gagan Shakti-24
Context:
As part of the ongoing exercise Gagan Shakti-24, Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft operated from the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) in the northern sector in Kashmir valley.
Exercise Gagan Shakti-24:
- It is a ten-day exercise during which the IAF will test its capabilities and preparedness for high-intensity operations.
- As part of the exercise, the IAF will mobilize all its bases and assets across the country.
- The Indian Army will provide logistics support for the mega exercise, facilitating a comprehensive pan-India movement of approximately 10,000 IAF personnel and ammunition in order to validate the Operational Rail Mobilisation Plan (ORMP) aspects of the IAF.
- The exercise is being conducted at various locations across the country, including the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer.
- It was last held in 2018, during which the IAF completed over 11,000 sorties during the two-phase air manoeuvres.
Syllabus: GS-3, Security & Defence
Prelims: Army Medical Corps
Context:
Army Medical Corps celebrated its 260th Raising Day.
About the Army Medical Corps:
- Raised in 1764, the Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the Indian Army, which primarily provides medical services to all Army personnel, serving and veterans, along with their families.
- Its motto is ‘Sarve Santu Niramaya’ meaning ‘let all be free from disease’.
- The Army Medical Corps came into existence as a homogeneous corps of officers and men on the pattern of the Royal Army Medical Corps on 3 Apr 1943 by the amalgamation of the Indian Medical Service, the Indian Medical Department and the Indian Hospital & Nursing Corps.
4. Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime
Syllabus: GS-3, Defence & Security
Prelims: Missile Agni-Prime
Context:
New Generation Ballistic Missile Agni-Prime successfully flight-tested by Strategic Forces Command & DRDO off the Odisha coast.
Details:
- Agni Prime or Agni-P is a two-stage canisterized solid propellant ballistic missile with redundant dual navigation and guiding systems.
- It is a canisterized surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a 1,000–2,000 km range capability.
- The Agni-P is an upgraded version of the Agni class that was developed as part of the IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme).
Read more about the Agni Prime Missile in the linked article.
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