Mosquirix
- It is an injectable vaccine, also called as RTS, S.
- It was developed by the British drug-maker to protect children from the most deadly form of malaria in Africa.
- It is the world’s first malaria vaccine and first regulator WHO approved vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease.
- Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will pilot the vaccine from 2018.
Goldman Environmental Prize
- The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island Nations, North America, and South & Central America.
- The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk.
- The Prize is given by Goldman Environmental Foundation, which was launched by late Philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman.
- This year, an activist from India has been chosen for this Prize.
- Samantara, an iconic leader of social justice movements, led a historic 12-year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s land rights and protected the Niyamgiri hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine.
Dongria Kondh
- The Niyamgiri hill range in South-West Odisha State is home to the Dongria Kondh tribe.
- They practice shifting cultivation and horticulture.
India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge
- The bridge is constructed on the river Feni in Tripura State.
- The 150-metre bridge will connect Sabroom of India and Ramgarh in Bangladesh.
- Chittagong port is located 72 kilometre away from Sabroom. Thus this bridge would facilitate implementation of a protocol India earlier signed with Bangladesh to use Chittagong sea port as a ‘port of call’.
- This connectivity plan is to benefit Tripura and other landlocked northeastern States with international and domestic shipments using the sea port.
River Feni
- Feni River is a trans-boundary river, originated in the state of Tripura and passes through sabroom town and finally enters into South Eastern border of Bangladesh.
- Muhuri is the tributary of Feni, which originates from Tripura and combines with feni near to the region of Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
- Muhuri River is also called as the Little Feni.
