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  WHAT HAS HAPPENED? An unknown brain disease has caused panic in the New Brunswick province of Canada after a string of cases were reported that involved memory loss, hallucinations and muscle atrophy. People living in the province became cognizant of the disease after a memo from the province's public health agency leaked last week, Which asked doctors to look for symptoms relate to Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). CJD is a rare brain disease which is caused due to abnormally folded proteins called prions. Creutzfeldt-Jakob (KROITS-felt YAH-kobe) disease (CJD) is a degenerative brain disorder that leads to dementia and, ultimately, death. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease symptoms can be similar to those of other dementia-like brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. But Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease usually progresses much more rapidly. Transmitted by contact with infected tissue, such as during a transplant or from eating contaminated meat. CAUSES NOT KNOWN FOR CURRENT DISE...

  Experts are saying that a new Andhra Pradesh variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus is at least 15 times more virulent than the earlier ones. May be even stronger than the Indian variants of B. 1.617 and B. 1.618 . Speculation is still on regarding whether it is a new strain or the old N440K. The N440K variant was first discovered by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).However, data is still insufficient to confirm anythin. The impact of AP Strain Authorities say that the variant at present which is in circulation in Visakhapatnam is different from what we have seen during the first wave last year. Samples have been sent to CCMB for analysis, in order to find out which strain is in circulation right now.It has been observed that the new variant has shorter incubation period and the progress of the disease is much rapid. In the earlier cases, a patient infected with the virus would take at least a week to reach the hypoxia or dyspnea stage. But in the present context,...

  WHAT HAS HAPPENED? The Democrat-controlled lower chamber of US Congress on Thursday approved a bill to make the nation's capital eity the 51st state. Voting strictly along party lines, the House of Representatives gave the go-ahead for Washington DC's long-held demand of obtaining representation on par with the remaining 50 US states. The bill has also received support from the Biden White House, which has called the city's current status "an affront to the democratie values on which our Nation was founded". WHY IS WASHINGTON DC NOT A STATE? After the US declared independence from British rule in 1776 , the country's founding leaders desired that the new national capital should be founded on a federal district, and not be a part of any state. The district which was thus created was named after the explorer Columbus, and the city after George Washington, the first US president. Since its founding, numerous legislative initiatives tried to expand representat...

  WHAT HAS HAPPENED? A bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, has killed five people and wounded 12. The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind the blast in the car park of the Serena Hotel, to target police officers and other officials. A Taliban spokesman described it as an attack by a suicide bomber using a car filled with explosives. Initial reports had suggested the target was China's ambassador. "At least five people have been killed and 12 others were injured," Pakistan's interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said, deseribing it as "an act of terrorism". "A Chinese delegation of around four people led by the ambassador was lodging in the hotel. "The ambassador Nong Rong was out for a meeting when the explosion took place," he added. On Thursday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was "deeply saddened by the loss of innocent lives in the condemnable and co...

Scientists from the ISRO have reported the existence of a new glacial lake in the Northeast Himalayas. On the basis of satellite images taken over the past 20 years, it is said to have reddish brown waters. Location: 5060 meters above sea level, near the Zanskar valley, Ladakh It is 11 kilometers from the nearest village, and covers an area of approximately 0.2 square kilometers. The lake is being fed by a glacier, and the researchers suggest that it has either been formed or expanded due to glacial melt caused by climate change. Red color Due to the local geology and iron-rich minerals of the region, like hematite and goethite, that interact with snow and glacial meltwaters and subsequently deposits red suspension in the lake. The lake's unique geochemistry and the molecules reflect the light at longer wavelengths, making the Himalayan glacial lake appear red.   Melting Glaciers and Climate Change Glaciers are melting and lakes are swelling rapidly Example: Lake in Sik...

 The German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island of Bali but failed to relay the results as expected. German Built Refitted by South Korea The 1,395-tonne KRI Nanggala-402 was built in Germany in 1978 , according to the Indonesian cabinet secretariat's website, and underwent a two-year refit in South Korea that was completed in 2012 . "We know the area but it's quite deep," First Admiral Julius Widjojono Indonesia's navy is searching for a missing submarine with 53 people on board that went missing on Wednesday and is seeking help from neighbouring Australia and Singapore in the hunt,  Indonesian military chief said. The military chief confirmed that assistance in the search for the submarine and missing crew members had been sought from Australia and Singapore. The Indian Navy on Thursday dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) from Visakhapatnam to support the Indonesian Navy. Singapore...