I6th
JUNE
1.BALSAMS:
Ø Botanists and
taxonomists discovered 23 new species of Balsams from the eastern Himalayas.
Ø A group of plants
commonly known as Balsams or jewel-weeds
Ø Bright beautiful
flowers, these group of plants are of prized horticultural significance.
Ø A majority of them in
the eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats.
Ø They are highly
sensitive to climatic conditions like extreme drought and extended exposure to
sunlight.
Ø Botanists and
taxonomists discovered 23 new species of Balsams from the eastern Himalayas.
2.20th ANNIVERSARY OF KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS:
Ø The nation will
celebrate year 2019 the 20th anniversary of victory in Kargil war with the
theme ‘Remember, Rejoice and Renew’.
Ø ‘Operation VIJAY’ popularly known as the ‘Kargil War’.
3.YUVIKA (YUva VIgyani KAryakram also known
as “Young Scientist Programme”.:
Ø The Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) has, for the first time, opened its laboratories
for Indian school students to undergo two-week training from this year.
Ø Parent agency: Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
4.PRESSURISED INTRAPERITONEAL AEROSOL
CHEMOTHERAPY (PIPAC):
Ø Under PIPAC, the
drugs are not injected into the bloodstream.
Ø Instead, the patient
is put under general anaesthetic and treatment is introduced by laparoscopy and
chemotherapy is introduced into the peritoneal cavity by an aerosol spray.
Ø IT is a minimally
invasive without harmful side effects normally “associated with the circulation
of the treatment within the blood”.
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