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The fruit is closely associated with the Junagadh–Gir region of Saurashtra, particularly the orchards around Talala and the wider landscape adjoining Gir. Its distinctive qualities eventually earned formal recognition through India’s Geographical Indications system. The Gir Kesar Mango received its GI registration certificate on 24 June 2011, making geographical origin an integral part of its protected identity.
The medicinal portion consists of the dried red stigmas of the purple saffron flower. Only a few stigmas are produced by each flower, which explains both the extraordinary labour involved in its cultivation and its high value. In India, saffron is particularly associated with Kashmir, where the crop has acquired an important cultural as well as medicinal identity.
Green gram, black gram, chickpea, horse gram, lentil, pigeon pea, moth bean, sesame, flax and several other traditional foods appear throughout India’s Ayurvedic dietary culture. Modern nutritional science now reveals something remarkable about many of them: when measured in their dry state, several contain around one-fifth to more than one-quarter of their weight as protein.
The collaboration was announced on 31 August 2026 after an agreement was signed during the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Conference 2026 in Chennai. Around 350 gynaecological surgeons and healthcare professionals attended the conference. Under the initiative, Stryker and IAGE plan to conduct clinical education programmes across India over the next two years, including training and interaction with Indian and international specialists experienced in fluorescence-guided surgery.
Botanically known as Terminalia catappa L., Jangli Badam belongs to the Combretaceae family. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew recognises it as an accepted species with a natural range extending across tropical and subtropical Asia, parts of the western Indian Ocean, the Pacific and northern Australia. It is now cultivated widely throughout the tropics for shade, food and several traditional uses.
Modern botanical authorities recognise Ficus racemosa L. as an accepted species in the Moraceae family. Its native range stretches from Pakistan and India through Southeast Asia to northern Australia. The older botanical name Ficus glomerata Roxb. is now treated as a synonym.
Another significant milestone is the emergence of 160 districts that reported zero indigenous malaria cases during 2022–2025. Indigenous cases refer to infections acquired through local transmission rather than cases imported from another area, making sustained zero indigenous transmission an important indicator of progress towards malaria elimination.
Botanically, Karanja is Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, a member of the Fabaceae family. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew currently accepts Pongamia pinnata as the botanical name and treats Millettia pinnata as a synonym. The tree is native across tropical and subtropical Asia and extends eastwards into the western Pacific.
Instead of requiring a blood sample, Healthstring uses DNA collected from cells inside the cheek. The sample can be collected using a home kit and then sent for sequencing and computational analysis. SugarStrings.ai combines next-generation sequencing with bioinformatics and machine-learning-assisted interpretation to identify potentially significant genetic variants.
Sophorolipids are produced by certain yeasts through fermentation using suitable carbon sources such as sugars, oils, fatty acids or related compounds. These molecules contain both water-attracting and oil-attracting regions, giving them the ability to reduce surface tension and interact with oily or hydrophobic substances that ordinary water may struggle to remove.
