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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Ladakh mulling on cultivation of Hing

Leh, May, 10: Secretary Agriculture/Horticulture Department, Ravinder Kumar convened a preliminary meeting regarding the prospects of Hing (asafoetida) cultivation in UT Ladakh.

Asafoetida-Hing cultivation in Kashmir/Ladakh

Secretary, Ravinder instructed the Departments to initiate and explore the cultivation of asfoetida (Hing). He further asked to submit a proposal/plan in this regard. 

He directed all the line Departments to come up with an action plan and more scientific information after consultation with the national research agencies.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Chaurasia Director DIHAR, Dr. Namgyal, Associate Director SKUAST, Chief Agriculture officer and Chief Horticulture Officer Leh. 

(Voice of Ladakh)

Saturday, May 1, 2021

COVID-19 in India

Scientists discovered that 82% of subjects tested for COVID-19 in a study had a Vitamin D deficiency. That makes sense. Exposure to sunlight creates Vitamin D in the human body. Sars-CoV-2 is closely related to the bat virus RaTG13 and other viruses in bats, and they live in deep, dark caves and usually only emerge at night. The lack of Vitamin D made those subjects physiologically similar to the natural host (it's alleged COVID mutated in some unknown vector into a more virulent form) and created ideal conditions for zoonosis to occur.”

India gets 1.5 lakh doses of SputnikV vaccine first consignment from Russia

As many as 150,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine first consignment landed here from Russia on Saturday, Dr Reddys Laboratories said.
The drugmaker, which has tied up with the Russian Direct Investment Fund for the vaccine said in a statement that the initial quantity will be used across different channels as a pilot to line up the supply chain for the larger vaccination program rollout.
Subsequent consignments will arrive in the next few weeks, it further said.

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