Expert panel to review Meril’s price exemption bid for stent

• NPPA verified the company’s submissions and decided that the matter be sent to an expert body for re-examination
• The company says its stents are made of biodegradable material, and are an alternative to the traditional metal stents

Chandrayaan-2 enters moon’s orbit

• Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered the moon’s orbit, early morning on Tuesday
• The next Lunar bound orbit maneuver would be carried out on Wednesday between 1230-13:30 pm

New planet discovered in orbit of young Milky Way star

• The new planet, b Pictoris c, completes its orbit roughly every 1,200 days
• It is also relatively nearby, just over 63 light years, and surrounded by a disk of stellar dust

'I’m Chandrayaan-2'

• ISRO tweeted that the journey of the spacecraft which was launched from Sriharikota on July 22 has been amazing so far
• Chandrayaan-2 is aiming to set a major milestone in India’s space missions by attempting a soft landing on the lunar surface

NASA chief announces Alabama facility as moon spacecraft headquarters

• The new lunar mission - an endeavour likely to cost $20 billion to $30 billion dollars over five years
• Vice President Mike Pence in March announced an accelerated timeline for NASA to put astronauts back the lunar surface by 2024

Chandrayaan-2's journey to moon, after leaving earth's orbit, to start Wednesday

• ISRO will carry out the manoeuvre called Trans Lunar Insertion (TLI) between 03:00 and 04:00 hrs (IST)
• The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is expected to reach the moon's orbit on August 20, according to the ISRO

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop low-cost blood test device

• This detection method is designed to harness the flow of blood from an input source pad to a reaction pad for diagnosis
• The kit runs at an extremely low running cost

Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon's orbit on 20 August: Isro

• 'Chandrayaan-2' is expected to land on the lunar surface on 7 September, Isro chairman Dr K. Sivan said
• The Isro chairman said Chandrayaan-2 is all set to leave the earth's orbit after two days

Vikram Sarabhai's 100th birthday: Google honours ISRO founder with a Doodle

• The establishment of the Indian Space Research Organization was one of the greatest achievements of Vikram Sarabhai
• To pay homage to the father of India's space programme, ISRO has also announced an award in his name on his 100th birthday

TB causes lung damage, even after successful treatment: Lancet study

• The study says over one-third of patients who are successfully cured of TB developed permanent lung damage which results in cavities and bronchiectasis
• The research suggested that these infections left a legacy of daily cough, further chest infections and poor quality of life

Import, manufacture and sale of all medical devices may need CDSCO certification

• Government’s think tank Niti Aayog has prepared a roadmap on medical devices, suggesting that all medical devices clear specific safety and quality standards
• As of now, only 23 devices are regulated

Opinion | Finding amicable pairs: Sparse, but friendly

Amicable pairs of numbers are bound by a rule—which is that the sum of each number’s respective factors should be the other number in the pair

100 cities, 100 events: ISRO to celebrate Vikram Sarabhai’s birth centenary

• The year-long celebrations will begin on 12 August, with a curtain raiser event in Ahmedabad
• Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian space programme, was instrumental in the setting up of the Indian Space Research Organization on 15 August 1969

Government may bring dialysis fluid, hearing aids and intraocular lens

• Medicines and devices listed in NLEM must be sold at the price fixed by the NPPA
• A newly-constituted committee on the NLEM has identified these products for price control

Chandrayaan-2 successfully completes its last earth-bound maneuver

• The maneuver was undertaken at around 3:04 pm as planned, when ISRO scientists fired the mission module using the on-board propulsion system
• The mission has now successfully completed all its five earth-bound maneuvers and would prepare for the trans-lunar injection on August 14

Cancer burden to increase in India, EAG states to be worst hit: Study

• India’s cancer burden will continue to increase as a result of the continuing epidemiological transition: Study
• The types of cancers in India are also undergoing a transition, it added

Isro releases Earth photos taken by Chandrayaan-2

• The pictures were captured by the L 14 camera on board Chandrayaan-2
• India’s second mission to the Moon took off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on 22 July

How India plans to save its critical resources for future

• The draft policy intends to minimize this inherent cost of economic growth on the natural environment
• According to data, India’s resource extraction of 1580 tonnes/acre is much higher than the world average of 450 tonnes/acre

Sudden outbreak of dengue in Bengaluru

• According to the Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Services, this week the city has recorded over 3,393 cases
• As the monsoon progresses, cases of dengue tend to increase

IIT-D researchers develop software for predicting, optimising glass compositions

• Researchers at IIT Delhi have developed a first of its kind machine learning software — Python for Glass Genomics (PyGGi) — for predicting and optimising glass compositions
• PyGGi will allow researchers and companies to easily predict glasses with superior properties like scratch resistance and crack resistance at the tap of a button