There are three strains of wild Polio virus namely P1, P2 & P3. Type 2 wild Polio virus (P2) was eliminated from the world in 1999.
50th anniversary of creation of LASER is being celebrated in 2010.
Theodore Maiman constructed the first LASER in May 1960.
LASER stands for Light Amplification for Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Charles H Townes was father of LASER.
· World Cancer Day – 04 Feb
Awards:
- 19Th Bihari Puraskar 2009 has been awarded to Hemant Shesh for his collection of poetry ‘Jagah Jaisi Jagah’.
- 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best first Book was awarded to Glenda Guest for the novel ‘Siddon Rock’. Rana Dasgupta won Commonwealth Writers Prize for best Book 2010 for book ‘Solo’.
- Carl Zeiss wildlife conservation award was won by Joydip Kundu.
- Amitav Ghosh won the Dan David Prize alongwith Margaret Atwood for ‘Rendition of the 2oth century’.
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