20-05-23 Daily-Tamilnadu-TNPSC Current Affairs

Nadutourism departmentjointly with the department of museums plans to improve the basic amenities and Infrastructure at theGangaikonda Cholapuramtemple near Jayankondam in Ariyalur district to boost domestic and international tourism. While the tourism department will prepare a comprehensive tourism development plan at Rs 5 crore, the museums department will construct a museum to display antiques and edutainment facilities.GangaikondaCholapurams archaeological significance stems from its links to the Cholas who made it their capital.

One site belongs to the HR&CE department while the other is owned by the local village panchayat. The site may house the archaeological museum and additional facilities for tourists. Improving basic amenities for tourists is the major focus. The tourism department alone plans to spend Rs 5 crore.

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.