20.05.23 Daily [Madhya Pradesh] MPPSC Current Affairs

The has amended the Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Admission Rules-2018. According to the amendment, 5 percent seats have been reserved for government school students out of the total seats sanctioned for MBBS and BDS in all government and private colleges. 30 percent reservation has been fixed for Women candidates in all courses in all colleges, 5 percent for Divyang candidates in all courses in all colleges and 3 percent each of total seats for MBBS and BDS for freedom fighters and Army candidates only in government colleges.

According to the amendment, while clarifying the category, it has been told that it includes women, freedom fighters, soldiers, Divyang, non-resident Indian category and government school students. Similarly, according to the added sub-rule, government school means the government schools run by the Madhya Pradesh government. Among the students of government schools, such students have been included who have passed the examination after studying regularly from class 6 to 12th in government school or those who, after studying in private schools from class 1 to 8 on the basis of admission through the Right to Education Act, have passed the examination after studying regularly from class 9th to 12th in government school.

Using a new visualisation tool known as false fluorescent neurotransmitters, neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered how vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in Schizophrenia, a serious mental Health disorder.

In a nutshell, the study, which comes a day after World Schizophrenia Day is marked,highlights the importance of vitamin D in brain development and the potential impact of deficiency on the onset of the mental condition.

Schizophrenia is associated with many developmental risk factors, and while the precise neurological causes of the disorder remain unknown, the mental health disorder is associated with a pronounced change in the way the brain uses dopamine.