NASA is set to launch the Double Asteroid Redirection test (DART) spacecraft on November 24, 2021.
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NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will be launched in SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket
The Mission is set to launch on November 24, 2021, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
NASA aims to build advanced technologies to protect the Earth from dangerous asteroid collisions.
There had been numerous warnings from astronomers and scientists that there might be an asteroid Collision without a proper DEFENCE system.
The DART mission is based on the idea of developing a defence system against asteroid collisions. It is in the final stages of advancement.
Under the mission, spacecraft will be sent towards the Didymos asteroid system, approximately 109.4 kilometres away from Earth.
Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) released Multilingual Dementia Research and Assessment (MUDRA) toolbox in five Indian Languages.
Toolbox was launched in order to expand the care and outreach to people suffering from dementia.
Toolbox has been launched in languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam.
MUDRA Toolbox project is led by the ICMR Neuro-Cognitive Tool Box (ICMR-NCTB) PARTNERSHIP. It seeks to improve dementia and mild cognitive impairment research & therapeutic practices in India. To implement this project, ICMR-NCTB has collaborated with Aiims (New Delhi), NIMHANS (Bengaluru), NIMS (Hyderabad), SCTIMST (Thiruvananthapuram), Manipal Hospital (Bengaluru), Apollo Hospital (Kolkata) and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.
Toolbox comprise of several cognitive tests which can be used to examine several aspects of Cognition such as executive functioning, speech, memory, and visuospatial functions. It is sensitive to the Elements affective cognitive test performance like language, Education, and culture.