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Aditya Kumar Mandi
1. He is the Sahitya Akademi Awardee and is a CISF constable.
2. He got this award for his contribution to poetry in Santhali language.
Virtual Labs
1. It is a collection of 91 online laboratories containing hundreds of experiments in 9 disciplines of science and engineering.
2. It is an initiative of HRD ministry, to provide easy access to education in rural areas.
3. It is a part of governmant's National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMCEIT)
4. It enables sharing of costly equipments across country. Nearly 300 department heads, faculty and staff representing 152 institutions have been trained across India.
CAD106
The protein vaccine is a new exploration of traditional vaccine enginnering. Scientists hope it can delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by five years.
Alzheimer's is caused by amyloid precursor protein, a protein that resides in the outer membrane of nerve cells, which instead of being broken down forms a harmful substance called betamyloid, accumulating plaques and killing brain cells.