1
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What is this ?
A
It is a neglected tropical disease also called as Kala-Azar (visceral leishmaniasis)
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How does it spread ?
A
Parasite called leishmania, which is transmitted through the bite of Sand flies
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Context ?
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Recently, a team of researchers from National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune have found new biomolecules to fight drug resistance in this disease
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How many types of leishmaniasis exist ?
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1) Visceral – Affects multiple organs and is the most serious form of the disease
2) Cutaneous – Causes skin sores and is the most common form
3) Mucocutaneous – Causes skin and mucosal lesions
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What are the other names of Kala azar ?
A
Black fever, Dumdum fever
17) June 2020
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Decks in class (136)
# Cards
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1) Banana Covid : A novel fungal strain5
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1) Missile park "AgneePrastha"4
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1) Amaltas or Indian laburnum4
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1) National AI portal9
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1) Herbal roads project4
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2) Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute5
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2) THAAD defence system3
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2) 5G club D103
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2) G76
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3) PM SVANidhi6
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3) Upward Definition of MSME3
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3) Social Stock Exchanges4
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3) Cyclone NISARGA2
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3) Antifa6
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4) Depsang plains3
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4) Changpa tribes and their division4
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4) Clade I or A3i coronavirus5
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4) Electronics Incentive schemes6
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5) SWADES initiative7
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5) Arsenicum album 303
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5) Kohala hydrpower project4
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5) Visiting Forces Agreement2
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5) Buddhist Rock Carvings of Gilgit Baltistan5
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7) TULIP7
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7) Ambarnaya river Oil spill3
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7) malabar Naval exercise3
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7) Global vaccine summit4
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8) Nagar van scheme6
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8) #iCommit initiative3
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8) Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings initiative5
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8) Jaya Jaitly task force3
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8) 6th mass extinction4
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8) Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF)4
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9) Environmental Performance Index (EPI)6
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9) Inter Parliamentary Alliance on China4
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9) Magneto caloric material8
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9) World Oceans Day5
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9) NAIMISHA 20207
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9) Aditya7
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9) Coal India Arm Western Coalfields4
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10) Haldwani Bio-Diversity Park5
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10) Shapes of economic recovery6
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10) Green colour band for BS VI 4W vehicles3
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10) India's 1st online waste exchange platform4
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11) QS World University rankings 20204
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11) Turant Customs4
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11) Asiatic Lion census5
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11) Coral Triangle Day4
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11) Brown Rock Chat3
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11) ANANYA4
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12) Aguada Fenix4
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12) Nature Index 20204
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12) Operation Desert Chase2
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12) Challenger Deep4
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12) Vamshadhara River water dispute3
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12) Daulat Beg Oldie4
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13) Indian Guar6
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13) Border Adjustment Tax4
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13) Lonar lake colour change6
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13) NIRF ranking 20203
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13) IFLOWS- Mumbai4
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13) World Day against Child labour6
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15) World Food Prize 20206
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15) FSSAI Food safety Index 2019-205
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15) PK Mohanty committee2
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15) Lunar Polar Exploration Mission5
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15) Ukai Dam5
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16) Raja Parba festival5
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16) Sharavathi Monkey park4
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16) Naval liaisons at RMIFC and EMASOH7
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16) Amoebiasis or Amoebic dysentry4
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16) AarogyaPath3
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17) SIPRI report on Nuclear stockpiles5
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17) Indian Gas Exchange6
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17) Global Partnership on AI4
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17) Pangolin5
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17) Talamaddale art4
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18) Bose Einstein Condensates5
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18) India's Assistance for Pashupatinath temple4
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18) World Day to combat Desertification and Drought4
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18) IAEA (Intl Atomic Energy Agency)3
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18) Hilsa Fish5
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18) Indian Mobile Payments Market report 20203
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19) World Investment Report7
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19) Dexamethasone3
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19) Axone4
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19) NASA's Gateway Lunar Orbit outspot5
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19) Olms6
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20) Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana10
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20) Kodumanal excavation6
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20) Civil Services Board6
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20) Arctic Sea3
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20) NEERA4
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22) EAG5
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22) Golden Langurs5
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22) Socotra Island4
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22) SATYABHAMA portal5
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22) National Institute of Public Finance and Policy6
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22) COVID-19 ARESP6
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23) Rule of Law Index6
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23) Chaolung Sukapha5
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23) Intl Yoga Day 20205
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23) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana6
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24) UN Arms Trade Treaty6
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24) Senkaku Islands4
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24) Mount Merapi5
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24) Decarbonizing Transport in India8
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24) Foldscope6
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25) 100yrs of Malabar Rebellion5
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25) IPC section 3093
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25) Syama Prasad Mukherjee3
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25) Beidou Naviagtion Satellite system5
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25) Compressed Bio Gas3
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26) IN-SPACe5
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26) Fishing cats8
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26) Global Education Monitoring Report 20205
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26) Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund6
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26) Justice G Rohini commission2
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26) Athirapally Waterfalls4
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27) Skills Build Reignite5
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27) Coccolithophores5
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27) Leishmaniasis5
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27) Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU)3
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27) Behaviour Change campaign4
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27) World Drug Report 20202
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29) Anthropause3
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29) Advanced Torpedo Decoy system : Maareech5
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29) Wheat production2
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29) Reviving spirit of "Lal-Bal-Pal"5
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29) national productivity Council (NPC)5
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30) ASEAN summit8
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30) STARS program6
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30) Gynandromorphism5
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30) Nasha Mukt Bharat : Annual action plan (2020-21)3
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30) Dhruva Chip5
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30) Statistics day5
