20.05.23 Daily [Assam] APSC Current Affairs

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his government is linking every assembly constituency to just one circle office in a bid to streamline the administration. Currently, assembly seats are linked to the district headquarters and one district may have several circles and constituencies.

Sarma said that his government has initiated large-scale changes in the District Administration and a deputy commissioner must not get involved in routine administrative work but spend time on the overall progress in the district across key developmental parameters.

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.