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18 May 2016 Current Affairs

Women’s 4x100m Relay Team Breaks Indian National Record 

The Indian 4x100m women’s relay team broke the 18-year-old national record to finish in 4th position at the IAAF World Challenge held on 18 May in Beijing, China. The 4x100m women relay team, which included Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, HM Jyoti and Merlin Joseph, clocked 44.03 seconds to finish the race. The clocked time broke the 18-year-old record of 44.43s created by the quartet of Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, EB Shyla and PT Usha on 22 July 1998 in Fukuoka, Japan.

India Successfully Test Fires Prithvi-II Missile

India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile on 18 May 2016. The short-range surface-to-surface missile was tested from test range at Chandipur in Odisha. Inducted into India’s armed forces in 2003, Prithvi II, it is the first missile to be developed by DRDO under India’s prestigious IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile Development Program) is now a proven technology.It weighs 4600 kilogram and has a strike range of 350 kilometer. It is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.

Worlds First Zika Virus Clone Developed

Scientists from The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have developed world’s first genetically engineered clone of the Zika virus strain. The development of cDNA clone, as it is called, is expected to speed up many aspects of Zika research, including vaccine and therapeutic development. It allows researchers to make Zika virus from test tube and cells on petri dishes. The clone comprises of five fragments of complete zika viral genome which were individually cloned and assembled into the full-length Zika virus clone.

World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant Inaugurated in Amritsar

World’s largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant with capacity of 11.5 MegaWatt (MW) at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh at Beas, in Amritsar, Punjab. It was inaugurated by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal on 18 May 2016. This is the largest Solar Power Plant spread over 82 acres of rooftop in single campus on multiple roofs with installed capacity of 19.5 MW. The plant has been set up with the cost of 139 crore rupees. This state-of-the-art project was installed by the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Educational and Environmental Society with technical collaboration of Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).

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