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Current Affairs August 2014DRDO developed poly-herbal medicine to treat Leucoderma

August 8, 2015 1 Comment

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) hasdeveloped a poly-herbal medicine by the trade name of for the treatment of Leucoderma.It was announced by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar ina written reply to Rajya Sabha. The medicine was developed byHaldwani (Uttarakhand) based scientists of Defence Bio-EnergyResearch (DIBER), which is a laboratory of DRDO under the aegis

of the Union Defence Ministry.Lukoskin is an ointment which has seven ingredients of plants having properties such asanti-blister, skin photo sensitizer, anti-irritation, wound healing, anti-septic and coppersupplementing properties.DRDO has transferred technology of the herbal product to private firm AIMILPharmaceutical Private Limited for commercial production and marketing. This privatefirm will introduce it in market.

About LeucodermaLeukoderma (also known as vitiligo) is a cutaneous acquired condition causing a rareskin disease which results white patches on skin. This condition is caused due to loss ofpigmentation of the skin that may occur after any number of inflammatory skinconditions such as burns, postdermabrasion, intralesional steroid injections etc. It isneither a infectious nor contagious disease but largely a cosmetic problem.Tags: Diseases • DRDO • Pharmaceuticals

24 Standing Committees formed; BJP to head 11, Congress 5September 3, 2014 2 Comments

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has declared the list of members and chairpersonsfor 24 DRSCs (Department Related Standing Committees) of Parliament. While the rulingBJP grabbed 11 chairperson posts of these panels, the Congress will chair 5, includingthe coveted Committee on Finance.The Trinamool Congress will chair two panels. Members of Bahujan Samaj Party, TeluguDesam Party, Biju Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena and the AIADMK will chairone panel each.Rajya Sabha Panels

Committee on Commerce: Chandan Mitra (BJP)

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Committee on Home Affairs: P Bhattacharya (Congress)Committee on Human Resource Development: JP Nadda (BJP)

Committee on Industries: KC Tyagi (JD-U)Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests:  Ashwani Kumar(Congress)Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture: KD Singh (Trinamool Congress)Committee on Health and Family Welfare: SC Mishra (BSP)

Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice:  EM SudarsanaNatchiappan (Congress)

Lok Sabha PanelsCommittee on Finance: Veerappa Moily (Congress)Committee on Agriculture: Hukm Deo Narayan Yadav (BJP)

Committee on IT: Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP)Committee on Defence: BC Khanduri (BJP)Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution:  JC Divakar Reddy(TDP)

Committee on Labour: Virendra Kumar (BJP)Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas: Prahlad Joshi (BJP)Committee on  Railways: Dinesh Trivedi (Congress)Committee on  Urban Development: Pinaki Mishra (BJD)

Committee on  Water Resources: Hukum Singh (BJP)Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers: Anandrao Adsul (Shiv Sena)Committee on Rural Development: P Venugopal (AIADMK)

Committee on Coal and Steel: Hansraj Ahir (BJP)Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment: Ramesh Bais (BJP)Committee on Energy: Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP)

Committee on External Affairs: Shashi Tharoor (Congress)

Financial CommitteesCommittee on Estimates: Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP)Committee on Public sector Undertakings: Shanta Kumar (BJP)Public Accounts Committee: K V Thomas (Congress)

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PM Modi’s Japan visit: Kyoto-Varanasi partnership agreement inkedAugust 30, 2014 1 Comment

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his maiden bilateral visitoutside the Indian subcontinent to Japan, inked the agreement of Varanasi-Kyoto which spotlights on how topreserve heritage while building Smart Cities.PM Modi visited Kyoto the ‘smart city’ of Japan, to understand the

experiment there bearing in mind that he intends to build 100 smart cities in India. Kyoto,the ancient capital of Japan, had been included in Modi’s schedule as it “dovetails intoModi’s emphasis on rejuvenation of cities while preserving their cultural heritage.”Tags: Culture • IBPS • India-International Relations • India-Japan • Japan • Narendra Modi

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