Category: Amazing Feats
** Column | The humble origins of Australia’s vibrant Malayali community
** Anshu secures silver, Sarita bags bronze at Wrestling World Championship
** Indian lab may have helped validate research that fetched the medicine Nobel
The Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) under the CSIR had shown in 2018 that the cells of the immune system may also be critically dependent on these channels to sense physical cues.
Back home, a group of IICB scientists led by immunologist Dipyaman Ganguly first showed in 2018 that the cells of the immune system may be critically dependent on these channels for sensing physical cues inside the body.
Their paper titled “Cutting Edge: Piezo1 Mechanosensors Optimize Human T Cell Activation”, published in The Journal of Immunology, provided the first evidence for the involvement of Piezo mechanosensors in immune regulation.
** ISSF Junior World Championship: India wins gold in women’s 25m pistol team event
The Indian women’s team of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan and Naamya Kapoor clinched a gold medal in the 25m pistol event to continue the country’s domination at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship here.
** PM Modi inaugurates 35 PSA oxygen plants established under PM CARES fund
With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA oxygen plants, the PMO has said.
** UN seeking wheat from India for Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is in talks with India for wheat donation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan that is facing a food crisis, according to the WFP official in that country.
Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the WFP country director in Afghanistan, said on Wednesday that discussions have taken place over the last two weeks and she hoped donations from India will resume to that country.
** Madhavan lends voice for new sci-docu ‘India’s Space Odyssey’
Actor R. Madhavan lends his voice for the upcoming science documentary titled ‘India’s Space Odyssey’ that captures the landmark endeavours achieved during India’s space programme which helps understand the tough circumstances under which ISRO succeeded, a victory considered impossible by some around the world.
** The queen of oven fresh
Passion fermented to perfection—that is Bengaluru-based chef Aditi Handa’s story in a nutshell.
From falling in love with sourdough to selling over a million loaves since the inception of The Baker’s Dozen (TBD) in 2013, she helmed the ethnic sourdough explosion.
Handa’s first dalliance with the culinary world came when she began training in a Lebanese kitchen in the US (to perfect the hummus), and then baking bread in Bengaluru— “Where all my friends said they loved the kinds of bread I baked, but everything tasted the same! I realised that since bread wasn’t birthed here, I had to learn from the best hands to get that expertise home.” She soon left to pursue a Diploma in International Bread Baking from International Culinary Institute (New York), followed by a Diploma in Patisserie from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, to power her own.
** COVID vaccine delivery through drones has started in Northeast, says Health Minister
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday launched an initiative to facilitate COVID-19 vaccine delivery to tough and hard-to-reach terrains of the Northeast through drones.
The ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone), a delivery model to make sure that life-saving COVID vaccines reach everyone, is in line with the government’s commitment to ‘Antyodaya’ in health – making healthcare accessible to the last citizen of the country, officials said.
“This is for the first time that a “Make in India’ drone has been used in South Asia to transport COVID-19 vaccine over an aerial distance of 15 km in 12-15 mins from the Bishnupur district hospital to Loktak lake, Karang island in Manipur for administration at the PHC