Poultry Culling ordered by Kerala Government to control Bird Flu

On March 14, 2020, the Kerala Government ordered poultry culling. Parappanagadi has been identified as the Epicenter of bird flu. The Government of Kerala is to cull poultry within one-kilometer radius. What is poultry culling? Poultry Culling is the process by which unwanted chicks or male embryo are disposed. This is done in industrial egg ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: APEDA • Bird Flu • Egg • exports • Karanataka • Kerala • poultry

Three-person Baby Boy Born in Greece

A team of doctors from Greece and Spain have reported the birth of a baby using DNA from three people. The baby boy has inherited the genetic material from two women and a man. How did the new IVF method work? Doctors used an egg from the infertile mother, the father’s sperm and another woman’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: DNA • Egg • genetic material • Greece • In-vitro Fertilization • infertile mother • IVF • Mexico • Spain • Sperm • Three-person Baby

2018 World Egg Day (WED)

The World Egg Day (WED) is celebrated every year on the second Friday in October and was first celebrated in 1996. The day helps to raise awareness of the benefits of eggs and their importance in human nutrition. Eggs are one of nature’s highest quality sources of protein, and indeed contain many of the key ..

Topics: Academic disciplines • Applied sciences • Aviculture • Egg • Egg as food • Food science • Health • Human nutrition • Nutrition • Protein • Self-care