20.05.23 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

UP has made an aromatic and eco-friendly start in the green world. The CSIR-Central Institute <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/medicinal-and-aromatic-Plants“>Medicinal And Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) on Thursday launched Uttar Pradeshs first Sustainable Aroma Cluster in Bhagauli locality of Barabanki, demonstrating tofarmershow modern technology can be used for <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/sustainable-<a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture“>Sustainable Agriculture practices that do not harm the ecosystem.
The sustainable aroma cluster has been developed by CIMAP on the land of 30 farmers by cultivating aromatic plants in an eco-friendly manner. The cluster will set an example of use of sustainable practices in agriculture and help the country attain zero-Carbon Emission goals.
CIMAP has planted a high-yielding mint variety (CIM-Unnati) in the cluster which is resistant to biotic Stress, including plant pests and diseases and tolerant to abiotic stresses, including drought, untimely rains, salinity, heat, cold and heavy metals. The cluster will serve as a model for farmers to replicate across the state.

Using a new visualisation tool known as false fluorescent neurotransmitters, neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered how vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in Schizophrenia, a serious mental Health disorder.

In a nutshell, the study, which comes a day after World Schizophrenia Day is marked,highlights the importance of vitamin D in brain development and the potential impact of deficiency on the onset of the mental condition.

Schizophrenia is associated with many developmental risk factors, and while the precise neurological causes of the disorder remain unknown, the mental health disorder is associated with a pronounced change in the way the brain uses dopamine.