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- On the eve of Independence Day, President and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces has approved 131 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces.
- Kirti Chakra has been given posthumously to the Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh of 44th Rajput Regiment. Apart from this, 20 Shaurya Chakras, 3 Bar to Sena Medals for Gallantry, 93 Sena Medals, 11 Nao Sena Medals and 3 Vayu Sena Medals will be awarded.
- 942 police medals announced - Ministry of home affairs has announced 942 Police Medals. President's Police Medal for Gallantry has been awarded to 2 personnel, Police Medal for Gallantry to 177 personnel, President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service to 88 personnel, and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 675 personnel.
- CRPF constable Sharief-ud-Din Ganaie and head constable Mohammad Tafail, who lost their lives in 2017 while fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, have been posthumously selected for the President's Police Medal for Gallantry, the highest police medal.
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- ALBANY Three scientists whose work in the fledgling field of immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment are the recipients of this year's Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
- The 2018 awardees hail from around the nation: James P. Allison, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; Carl June, of the University at Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia; and Steven A. Rosenberg, of the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute in Maryland.
- The $500,000 award has been given annually since 2001 to those who have altered the course of medical research, and is one of the largest prizes in medicine and science in the U.S. It was founded by the late philanthropist Morris "Marty" Silverman.
- "Because of the work of these three researchers, the nascent field of immunotherapy has already had spectacular success, leading to effective mitigation and often cures for thousands of cancer and HIV patients whose diseases were not treatable by other methods," said Vincent Verdile, chair of the Albany Prize National Selection Committee.
- "Their research has given hope to many who otherwise faced a certain death sentence, and has inspired the work of hundreds of other researchers to investigate new pathways for treatment," he added. "Their impact on the development of cancer immunotherapy and where it goes from here is unsurpassed."
- Consider the story of Emily Whitehead. At 5 years old, Whitehead was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. She was treated twice with chemotherapy, but relapsed both times. Desperate and running out of options, her parents enrolled her in in a clinical trial she would be the first child ever treated with something called CAR T cell therapy.
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- Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on 15 August took oath as the Governor of Chattisgarh.
- She took the additional charge of Chhattisgarh following the demise of its Governor, Balramji Dass Tandon. Anandiben will discharge the additional duties until the regular arrangements for the office of governor of Chhattisgarh are made.
- Balramji Dass Tandon died after suffering a heart attack at the government-run Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in Raipur
- The six-time MLA was also jailed from 1975 to 1977 during Emergency and also served on various posts, including as deputy chief minister of Punjab. He was one of the founding members of the BJP's parent organisation Jan Sangh.
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- Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh has proposed to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to declare the year 2019 as international year of millets, said officials in the Agriculture ministry. This will promote cultivation by amending cropping patterns of areas which are especially susceptible to climate change, they said
- The minister has requested the inclusion of this proposal in the agenda of the 26th session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) meeting, scheduled during October 1-5, 2018 in Rome, they said.
- In a letter addressed to Jose Graziano da Silva, director general, FAO, the minister said, “Along with the high nutrients and usefulness in various lifestyle diseases including obesity, diabetes etc, millets have an important role in enhancing resilience and risk management in the face of climate change, especially for small farmers and family farmers.
- Hence it is highly desirable that global efforts are stepped up to bring these nutri-cereals back to the food baskets of a wide range of consumers, rural and urban as well as rich and poor, for boosting their production as well.”
- Officials said that the matters has received support of the member countries when placed in the bureau meeting of the Committee on Agriculture held on July 5.
- The minister had earlier written to the UN Secretary General pursuing on the said issue. India is celebrating 2018 as the national year of millets.
- Millet is a common term to categorize small-seeded grasses that are often termed nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals, and includes sorghum, pearl millet, ragi, small millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet and other millets.
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