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Lesson Contemporary Activities of the world
8.4

Indo-Nepal Joint Military exercised Surya-Karin X commenced
FACTS on 31 October 2016 at army Battle School Saljandi Nepal.
to Understand The exercise was concluded on 13 November 2016. The
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exercises are being conducted annually alternatively in
Nepal and India. The aspects of Disaster Management have
also been included in the exercise.

The word 'contemporary' refer to the current or belonging to the same period.
Many things happen around the world because people are doing something
regularly. Some are doing political activities some economic and some socio-
cultural activities.

This lesson is related to such contemporary activities performed around the world.
1. Zika virus-26 January, 2016-11-12
2. It has been reported that the mosquito-borne Zika Virus was first identified
on Uganda is 1947 in a forest called Zika. Thenafter slowly it spread in
many south American and central American countries including Brazil.
It is spread by day time active mosquitoes called Aedes. Some important
information about Zika Virus is as flows:
Zika can be passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus. Infection
during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects.
There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika.
It is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito

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