National Space Day, India

                                                                    August 23, 2023

                                 India is the first country to land near Moons South Pole

National Space Day

Chandrayaan 3 Success

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Hemoglobin

                                                                       F.L. Hünefeld 

F.L. Hünefeld discovered hemoglobin in 1840 when he observed bright-red crystalline structures in earthworm blood under a microscope.

Felix Hoppe-Seyler's 

Investigated the chemistry of the red blood pigment. He coined the term hemoglobin and demonstrated how it binds oxygen to form oxyhemoglobin.

Hans Fischer

German chemist Hans Fischer won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mapping the structure of heme (the iron-containing pigment in blood) and showing that it features an iron atom at the center of a large porphyrin ring system 

Max Perutz

Max Perutz used X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular structure of hemoglobin, the blood protein that carries oxygen. It took him over 20 years of research to solve the complex structure, earning him the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

              

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Blast From The Past: Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius

                                                                   August 23 

                                                   Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius

79 AD: Mount Vesuvius began its fateful activity, leading to the destruction of Pompeii.

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Ribose and ATP

    Ribose is a five-carbon monosaccharide (pentose sugar) with the formula C₅H₁₀O₅. 

                                                   

                                                                          ATP

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) contains:

Adenine + ribose + three phosphate groups

The ribose-containing molecule adenosine forms the foundation of ATP

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Ribose Supplement To Boost Energy 

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World Folklore Day

 The Panchatantra is one of the world's oldest and most influential collections of animal fables and moral stories. It originated in ancient India and later spread across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, influencing many traditions of storytelling.

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Eleks Test

1950 – L. J. Elek introduced the in vitro precipitation test for determining toxin production by C. diphtheriae. This became known as Elek’s test.

Elek’s test is based on immunodiffusion:

Diphtheria toxin + diphtheria antitoxin → visible precipitin line

A strip of filter paper containing diphtheria antitoxin is placed on an agar plate. The suspected C. diphtheriae strains are streaked perpendicular to the strip.

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World Entrepreneurs Day

Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal was named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 in Mumbai, recognized for scaling Zomato into India's largest food delivery platform and creating widespread employment. 

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World Goat Day

 The goat (Capra hircus or Capra aegagrus hircus) is one of humanity's oldest domesticated animals. Its history stretches back roughly 10,000–11,000 years, beginning in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East.

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World Goat Day is celebrated annually on August 21 to honor goats as one of the first animals domesticated by humans 

                              

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World Mosque Day

 The first mosque built in Islam is generally recognized as the Quba Mosque, located just outside Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Built in 622 CE during the Prophet Muhammad's migration (Hijrah) from Mecca to Medina.

Founded by the Prophet Muhammad and his companions.

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World Mosque Day is observed annually on August 21 to commemorate the 1969 arson attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The day was designated by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

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