INDIA-POLITICS-ANGANWADI-PROTEST

8 lakh fake beneficiaries identified in Maharashtra anganwadis: WCD

A senior WCD official said a total of 61 lakh beneficiaries registered in these anganwadis and of them 8 lakh names were fake. Anganwadis or rural childcare centres were set up by the government to combat undernutrition and stunting among children below the age of six years. Dec 17, 2018
Deadly viral diseases

Protein to combat Ebola discovered in humans

In the study, the team from Northwestern University used mass spectrometry -- a technique that identifies specific elements in a sample by mass -- to search for interactions between human proteins and Ebola virus proteins. Dec 15, 2018