7 December 2013 Current Affairs
Venezuela’s Alyz Henrich Won Miss Earth 2013 Title
Alyz Henrich of Venezuela has been crowned Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines on 7 December. She was crowned with the pageant of Miss World by Tereza Fajksova, the Miss Earth 2012 from Czech Republic. This was the 13th edition of the annual Miss Earth.The runners-up are Miss Austria, who was crowned Miss Air, Miss Thailand won the Miss Water title and Miss Fire went to Miss Korea.This is the second time the title has been given to a beauty from Venezuela. Alexandra Braun had won the pageant in 2005.
Oxford Researchers Developed New Malaria Vaccine
In a major scientific development, scientists at Oxford University have developed a new malaria vaccine which can guard against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.The vaccine has shown promising results in the first clinical trial in which some of the adult volunteers were completely protected against malaria.It’s the first time that a vaccine has been shown to have a protective effect through a sufficiently high immune response involving cells called CD8 T cells. It is CD8 immune cells that are seen to vanguard a protective response against malaria in similar studies in mice.