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CURRENT AFFAIRS- 16th JUNE


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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