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.
