{"id":33493,"date":"2017-10-27T07:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T07:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=33493"},"modified":"2017-10-27T07:50:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T07:50:23","slug":"lab-on-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/lab-on-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab on Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Biotechnology department is planning to launch &#8216;Lab on Boat&#8217; for biological analysis of which of the following river system?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Ganges River<br \/>\n(b) Yamuna River<br \/>\n(c) Brahmaputra River<br \/>\n(d) Godavari River<br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Department of Biotechnology aims at starting a &#8216;lab on boat&#8217; on Bramhaputra River for biological analysis of the river system.<\/li>\n<li>This laboratory will be used for biological analysis of the river system.<\/li>\n<li>Through this ambitious project, it is proposed to build several laboratories and access to local research institutes on Brahmaputra and its tributaries.<\/li>\n<li>The first laboratory under the Bramhaputra Biodiversity Biology Boat (B4) initiative will cover Pasighat, Dibrugarh, Neemati, Tejpur and Guwahati in Assam.<\/li>\n<li>B4 will establish a large barge on the river with a well-equipped laboratory for the analysis of all components of the entire ecosystem of the river and its surroundings.<\/li>\n<li>The nearly 3,800 kms long river, one of the longest in the world, traverses three countries to empty itself in the Bay of Bengal.<\/li>\n<li>The project is expected to commence by the year (2017)-end.<\/li>\n<li>Anchored by IIT-Guwahati, the project is also supported by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).<\/li>\n<li>Under the Ministry of Science and Technology, there are a number of institutes and ships for research on the river, but this will be the first time that the Ministry will have a boat \/ barrage for research on a river.<\/li>\n<li>Biotechnology Department also announced the projects of Phyto-Pharma Plants Mission and Frugal Microscopy for the north-east region.<\/li>\n<li>The Rs 50 crore Phyto-Pharma Plants Mission programme will promote cultivation and conservation in the north-eastern states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptinews.com\/news\/9088204_Govt-plans---lab-on-boat---for-analysing-Brahmaputra-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ptinews.com\/news\/9088204_Govt-plans&#8212;lab-on-boat&#8212;for-analysing-Brahmaputra-river <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/a-boat-lab-to-study-brahmaputra\/article19722816.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/a-boat-lab-to-study-brahmaputra\/article19722816.ece<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/govt-plans-lab-on-boat-for-analysing-brahmaputra-river\/1\/1052426.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/govt-plans-lab-on-boat-for-analysing-brahmaputra-river\/1\/1052426.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Biotechnology department is planning to launch &#8216;Lab on Boat&#8217; for biological analysis of which of the following river system? (a) Ganges River (b) Yamuna River (c) Brahmaputra River (d) Godavari River Answer: (c) Related Facts: Department of Biotechnology aims at starting a &#8216;lab on boat&#8217; on Bramhaputra River for biological analysis of the river [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}