3rd February Current Affairs

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3rd February Current Affairs legacyias.com/3rd-february-current-affairs/ February 3, 2020

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Bats harbor many Viruses Cheer for science as key departments get a raise More Men than Women in STEM NASA decommissions Spitzer space telescope after 16 years of operation Private players allowed to set up data parks Govt. to launch campaign to eliminate TB by 2025 Rail, flight services to transport farm produce Nilgiris: Pesticide levels in Potato, Carrot Kasturi Manjal (wild turmeric) Shaheen falcon spotted in Thiruvananthapuram Why cheetah got extinct in India Prolonged monsoon revives waterholes in Bandipur

BATS HARBOR MANY VIRUSES Focus: Prelims, GS-3

Why in news? Bats are being considered as a vector for Novel Coronavirus

Details: Bats serves as natural hosts for numerous viruses including Ebola virus, Nipah virus, coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and the 2019 novel coronavirus that has infected nearly 10,000 people and killed over 350 others. Still they don’t get infected because bats can avoid excessive virus-induced inflammation, which often causes severe diseases in animals and people infected with viruses

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