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04TH JULY 2020 – PIB SUMMARIES
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PIB SUMMARIES CONTENTS
1. INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ICAR).
2. ATHMANIRBHAR BHARAT APP INNOVATION CHALLANGE.
3. DHANVANTRI RATH.
4. A NON-CALORIC NATURAL SWEETENER THAT CAN MAKE CANCER THERAPY USING
MAGNETIC NANO PARTICLES MORE EFFICIENT.
5. TYPE-1 DIABETES.
INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ICAR)
Context:
Prime Minister reviews progress of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Details:
Amidst the threat of COVID-19 spread, the Rabi crops are approaching maturity.
Harvesting and handling of the produce including its movement to the market are inevitable as
the agricultural operations are time-bound.
The ICAR has asked the farmers to follow precautions and safety measures to prevent the
disease spread.
Simple measures include social distancing, maintaining personal hygiene by washing
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hands with soap, wearing a face mask, protective clothing, and cleaning implements and
machinery.
Workers to follow safety measures and social distancing at each and every step in the
entire process of field operations.
About ICAR:
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the
Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.
It was established in 1929 as the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research.
Headquartered in New Delhi, it is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing
research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in
the entire country.
With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country, this is one of
the largest national agricultural systems in the world.
The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering the Green Revolution and subsequent
developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that
has enabled the country to increase the production of food grains by 5.4 times, horticultural
crops by 10.1 times, fish by 15.2 times, milk 9.7 times and eggs 48.1 times since 1951 to 2017,
thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutritional security.
It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in agriculture.
It is engaged in cutting edge areas of science and technology development and its scientists
are internationally acknowledged in their fields.
ICAR Functions:
Plan, undertake, coordinate and promote research and technology development for
sustainable agriculture.
Aid, impart and coordinate agricultural education to enable quality human resource
development.
Frontline extension for technology application, adoption, knowledge management and
capacity development for agri-based rural development.
Policy, cooperation, and consultancy in agricultural research, education & extension.
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ATHMANIRBHAR BHARAT APP INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Context:
PM urges tech community to participate in Atmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge.
About the Atmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge:
This has been launched by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology along with the
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog.
The chief aim of the challenge is to identify the best Indian Apps that are already being used by
citizens and have the potential to scale and become world class Apps in their respective
categories.
This innovation challenge will run in two tracks:
Promotion of existing apps
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For promotion of existing apps and platforms across the categories of e-learning,
work-from-home, gaming, business, entertainment, office utilities, and social
networking, the government will provide mentoring, hand-holding and support.
Track-01 will work in mission mode for identifying good quality apps for the leader-
board and shall be completed in around a month.
Track-01 is being launched in 8 categories: office productivity & work from home;
social networking; e-learning; entertainment; health and wellness; business
including agri-tech and fin-tech; news; games.
Development of new apps
For incubating new apps and platforms, Track-02 initiative will work to help create
new champions in India by providing support in ideation, incubation, prototyping and
roll out along with market access.
This challenge will be jointly hosted by the Government and members of the tech
community to make it more holistic.
Expected outcomes of the challenge:
Give better visibility and clarity to existing apps to achieve their goals.
Create tech products to find solutions to tech conundrums with the help of
mentorship, tech support and guidance during the entire life-cycle.
The Innovation Challenge will be available on the MyGov portal.
A specific jury for each track with experts from Private Sector & Academia will evaluate
the entries received.
Shortlisted Apps will be given awards & will also feature on Leader boards for the
information of citizens.
The Government will also adopt suitable Apps, guide them to maturity and list on
Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
Some of the key evaluation parameters will include Ease of use (UI/UX), Robustness,
Security and Scalability.
DHANVANTRI RATH
Context:
A mobile van providing non-COVID essential healthcare services to the doorsteps of the
people in the city of Ahmedabad has been set by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
(AMC).
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About the Dhanvantri Rath:
The mobile van has been named the ‘Dhanvantri Rath’.
These vans have an Ayush Doctor, paramedic and nursing staff along with local Medical Officer
from Urban Health Centre of AMC.
These vans have been visiting various areas and providing OPD services for non-COVID
essential services and field medical consultations to people all over Ahmedabad City at their
doorsteps.
The mobile medical vans carry all essential medicines including ayurvedic & homeopathic
medicines, vitamin supplements, basic testing equipment along with pulse-oxymeter.
In addition to healthcare services reaching the people who cannot access hospital OPD
services for various reasons, Dhanvantri Rath has helped identify those who need further
clinical treatment or an IPD admission, and ensured that they reach the hospital in a timely
manner.
In view of the coming monsoons, the scope of health services of mobile medical vans has
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been extended to include malaria & dengue tests.
A NON-CALORIC NATURAL SWEETENER THAT CAN MAKE
CANCER THERAPY USING MAGNETIC NANO PARTICLES MORE
EFFICIENT
Context:
Researchers at the Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), an autonomous institute of
the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in their recent study have
found that stevioside, when coated on nanoparticles can increase the efficiency of Magnetic
hyperthermia-mediated cancer therapy (MHCT).
What is Stevioside?
Stevioside is a natural plant-based glycoside found in the leaves of Honey yerba (‘Stevia
rebaudiana Bertoni’).
Stevioside is a glycoside derived from the stevia plant, which can be used as a sweetener.
Stevioside is the main sweetener with rebaudioside A, found in the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana,
a plant originating in South America.
Stevioside was discovered in 1931 by French chemists who gave it its name.
The sweetening power of stevioside was estimated to be about 300 times stronger than cane
sugar.
About Magnetic hyperthermia-mediated cancer therapy (MHCT):
MHCT method of cancer therapy is based on heating the tumour tissues using magnetic
nanoparticles in comparison to the routinely used surfactant moieties (oleic acid and
polysorbate-80).
It is based on generation of localised heat at the tumour site on exposure to AMF (alternating
magnetic field) in the presence of magnetic nanoparticles.
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TYPE-1 DIABETES
Context:
Genetics could help diagnose type-1 diabetes in Indians: study reveals
Details:
Researchers at the KEM Hospital and Research Centre, Pune; CSIR-Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad; and the University of Exeter in the UK have found that a
genetic risk score is effective in diagnosing type-1 diabetes in Indians.
Developed by the University of Exeter, the genetic risk score takes into account detailed
genetic information that are known to increase the chance of developing type-1 diabetes. The
score may be used at the time of diabetes diagnosis to help decide if someone has type-1
diabetes.
Significance of the study:
It is widely believed that only children and adolescents get type-1 diabetes and obese and
older (typically after 45 years of age) get type-2 diabetes.
However, recent findings have shown that type-1 diabetes can occur later in life, while type-2
diabetes is on the rise among younger and thinner Indians.
Distinguishing the two types of diabetes, has therefore, become more complex.
The two types follow different treatment regime with type-1 diabetes needing lifelong insulin
injections but type-2 diabetes often being managed with diet or tablet treatment.
Misclassification of the type of diabetes may lead to sub-standard diabetes care and possible
complications. In this context, this particular study gains importance as it helps in diagnosing
diabetes from its type-1 and type 2 variants correctly.
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