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15 July 2019

1) News:- Punjab Scientist honoured

Gagandeep Kang hailing from Samrala in Ludhiana district has made history by getting elected to the Royal Society( a league of Scientists).

She is the first women working in India to be elected in Royal Society.
She played a pioneering role in the development of various vaccines especially the ROTAVAC for Rotavirus, for preventing children die from diarrhoea.
She is known for her interdisciplinary research on transmission, development and prevention of enteric infection.

It is an award granted to individuals that the London Royal Society bestows for the contribution in the field of natural knowledge including Maths, Engineering and Medical Science.
It is based in the UK.
Scientists like Newton, Charles Darwin, Srinivasa Ramanujan had also received it.
Every year around new 51 fellows get elected from the UK and Common Wealth of nations.

It is proposed border corridor between neighbouring nations of India and Pakistan.
It will connect the Sikh shrines of Dera Baba Nanak(Gurdaspur district) and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also called Kartarpur Sahib, is a gurdwara in Kartarpur, Narowal District, Pakistan.
Kartarpur is located 4.7 KM from the border.
In 1999, former PM late Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had promoted this corridor.
On 550^th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji, it is planned to get operational.