• In a pathbreaking research, scientists
from Kumaon University in Nainital,
Uttar Pradesh, recently identified
potential biological control agents
for malaria in two parasitic fungi -
leptolegnia caudata and aphanomyces laevis -that kill the anopheles
mosquitoes causing malaria.
• The Patna zoo in Bihar lost six of its
12 leopards in the last week of
Match. They are suspected to have
died due to an attack of 'feline
enteritis', a viral infection which has
no cure.
• Indian space scientists added another
feat to their list of achievements with
the launch of IRS-P3, the country's
fifth remote sensing, satellite, on
March 21. The satellite has started
sending data to the earth station at
Shadnagar in Mahbubnagar district
of Andhra Pradesh.
• The recent outbreak of an unknown
epidemic in the brackish water tiger
prawn culture in the coastal areas of
West Bengal is threatening the livelihood of around one million fisherfolk. it could lead to a loss of Rs 100
crore in exports.
• Nearly 140 million people in
Karnataka, Punjab and West Bengal
will he the beneficiaries of the largest-
ever health sector credit. This will be
provided soon by the World Bank for
a major reform programme, 'India
State Health Systems Development
Project II'.
• The environmental activists of Assam
scored a crucial victory on March 22
when the Guwahati, High Court
stayed the operation of a licence
issued to a Private party, Rock
Product Traders, by the Central and
state governments for removal of
rocks from Chandardinga hills.
• Three new species of migratory birds,
corn hunting, buff-breasted sandpiper and linnet, were spotted
recently for the first time in India
at the Harike wildlife sanctuary
in Punjab, a man-made reservoir
created - by impounding water
seven Ian below the confluence of the
Sutlej and the Beas rivers.
• A Lucknow-based researcher, Brahm
Srivastava of the Central Drug
Research Institute has developed a
new oralchotera vaccine and successfully tested it on animals.
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