Malabar is a trilateral naval exercise of the US, Japan and India.
The Malabar exercise usually features both ashore and at-sea training.
The maritime exercise has grown in scope and complexity and aims at increasing the level of mutual understanding of the best practices among the three navies.
This is the first time that the prestigious Malabar exercise is being conducted off Guam, a major US Naval Base in the Western Pacific.
The Hornbill Housing Crisis
Great hornbills are found in the forests of North eastern region of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Mainland South East Asia, Indonesian Islands.
Hornbills propagate forests by eating fruits and pooping their seeds far and wide and in turn, they rely on stately old trees to survive.
During breeding season they need ready-made cavities in soft wood trees made either by a broken branch or the drilling efforts of woodpeckers and Mynas.
The female squeezes herself into the hollow and uses her droppings to seal the entrance until a only narrow slit remains.
Humans threaten the bird’s habitat by hunting the birds and Illegal logging of their forests, due this there is a habitat crisis for these species.
Nest adoption programmes to save hornbill habitats in Arunachal Pradesh has been recently launched.
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts, it can occur in women and rarely in men.
Symptoms of breast cancer include a lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple and changes in the shape or texture of the nipple or breast.
Its treatment depends on the stage of cancer, It may consist of chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy and surgery.
In India there are more than 1 million cases of breast cancer are reported per year.
A recent study on breast cancer has found Higher levels of vitamin D are associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer.
Functional Cure for HIV
Recently 'functional cure' for HIV has been found in Hong Kong, according to the research treatments must be taken daily and do not eliminate the infected cells from the body
This is found to be a major breakthrough that could see a new antibody be used for both prevention and treatment.
People infected with HIV can keep the virus under control with antiretroviral drugs, which stop the virus from infecting new cells.
HIV Virus
The HIV virus disables the immune system and makes people far more vulnerable to infections and disease.
The virus can be transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids.
Within a few weeks of HIV infection, flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat and fatigue can occur.
Then the disease is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS.
AIDS symptoms include weight loss, fever or night sweats, fatigue and recurrent infections.
