Shaheed Diwas
Shaheed Diwas observed recently.
- Shaheed Diwas – Observed on 23rd March
- Objective – To Commemorate the execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru
- They were hanged to death for assassinating John Saunders, a British police officer
MTBVAC
Bharat Biotech will conduct the trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of MTBVAC.
- MTBVAC – Spanish Vaccine against Tuberculosis
- Based on – Genetically modified form of mycobacterium tuberculosis, a pathogen that causes disease
- Significance – Promised to be a more effective and potentially longer-lasting vaccine than the BCG vaccine
Vechur Cow
Dr. Sosamma Iype won the Padma Shri in 2022 for one of her remarkable work of saving and resurrecting a breed of indigenous cattle, the Vechur cow.
- Vechur Cow – One of the rare dwarf cattle breeds of India
- Features –
- Considered to be the smallest cattle breed in the world.
- Animals are well adapted to the hot and humid climate
- Milk production is relatively higher than any other dwarf cattle.
Asbestos
Recently, the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a comprehensive ban on all forms of the deadly carcinogen asbestos.
- Asbestos – Generic term for a group of 6 silicate minerals with similar but distinct properties.
- 2 sub-groups – Serpentine and Amphiboles.
- Properties –
- These are resistant to heat and corrosion.
- It is non-flammable even at very high temperatures and is extremely flexible and durable.
- It has good tensile strength.
- It has low heat conductivity and high resistance to electricity.