Jharkhand Affairs
Supreme court panel to assess road safety across Jharkhand
TheSupreme Courtcommittee on road safety has sent a team toJharkhandto assess and audit the compliance of its guidelines on road safety in the state.
The committee comprising members from theIndian Institute of Technology(IIT) Delhi and Delhi Integrated Multi-Transit System would visit Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad andBokaroand also conduct separate meetings with officials of different departments.
The committee members held introductory session with different departments on the first day. It appreciated implementation of helmet wearing in the state.
The apex court committee had issued direction to various departments including Police, road transport, Health, and Education on road safety. The guidelines relate to driving training centres, digitization of driving license, safe road engineering, trauma centres with doctors on roads and education on road safety in schools.
National and International Affairs
Vitamin-D deficiency hits developing neurons in schizophrenia: Study
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.