Correct Answer: B. IISc- Bengaluru

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Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have unveiled a groundbreaking approach for cancer treatment with the potential for early detection and the targeted elimination of lung and cervical cancer cells.
India is projected to witness approximately 29.8 million cancer cases by 2025, particularly in North and northeast regions.

Correct Answer: A. IIT Kanpur

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Recently, A novel cybercrime investigation tool, the TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures)-based cybercrime investigation framework has been developed by IIT Kanpur’s c3ihub with support from the Department of Science and Technology.
This framework offers a comprehensive solution, enabling law enforcement agencies to effectively combat cybercrimes and significantly reduce cybercrime activities in the country.

Correct Answer: B. Aditya-L1

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch Aditya-L1 on September 2 to study the sun.
The Aditya-L1 mission is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun. It will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point (L1) of the Sun-Earth system.

Correct Answer: A. NASA

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will come back through Earth’s atmosphere after a year-long journey to Bennu, a potentially hazardous asteroid with a 1 in 2700 chance of smashing cataclysmically into Earth.
The goal of the mission is to see whether life on Earth came from outer space. OSIRIS-REx is now returning from its mission with a 2-ounce sample of Bennu’s surface that could contain extraterrestrial precursors to life on our planet.

Correct Answer: B. Nipah

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The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has granted the state permission to conduct Truenat tests in certain hospitals, to support Kerala’s efforts to combat the Nipah virus outbreak.
Truenat tests use portable, smart chip-based, battery-operated RT-PCR kits. Only hospitals equipped with level 2 biosafety facilities, which have strict protocols to prevent sample contamination, will be allowed to use Truenat test facilities.