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What is the role of the Central Leather Research Institute in developing the leather industry?

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If you want to go through the history of the Indian leather industry then you should start with the formation of the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) . Founded in 1948, CLRI is a premier institution of research and development that has achieved many milestones.      CLRI is an institution of repute that has produced many research papers and completed many patents. It came into being after independence but the ground for such an institute was already here. India has an advantage over others. It has the livestock that enables the country to take centerstage in leather production. But it became possible only after CLRI came into being. Let’s understand the work culture of CLRI  It is a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. It works like a lab where research work is conducted and it works on the development of leather tanning in India. If you go through the number of livestock available in the country and the amount of leather produced,

What is the Most Effective Treatment of Malaria?

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Malaria is a deadly disease caused by a bite of an infected mosquito. It starts with a chill followed by a high fever and could lead to damage to the heart, kidneys, lungs, and brain. Today medical sciences can answer all the questions related to malaria. Malaria is an infectious disease, but it is vector-borne, which means it needs a carrier to transmit parasites from an infected person to a healthy person. Anopheles mosquito bites a person that is infected with malaria. The mosquito draws the infected blood from that person. Now the insect has the infection and if it bites anyone, he/she will get infected with malaria parasites. National Institute of Malaria Research identifies five different types of malaria parasites. Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium knowlesi While all types of malaria have similar symptoms but Plasmodium falciparum could be fatal. It could lead to liver and kidney failure. Also, the patient could develop conv