Fun Fact of the week: The fear of feathers is called Pteronophobia. It is also known as the fear of being tickled by a feather. The "ptero" is the Greek word for feather and "phobia" is the Greek word for fear. Let's begin with the weekly updates for this week. August 17, 2020 (Monday) :::The number of Corona Cases were: Confirmed - 26,47,663 Recovered - 19,19,842 Deceased - 50,921 ::: Dr.John Craig Venter received "The Edogawa NICHE Prize" for the year 2020, towards his contribution to research and development that pertains to the human genome. Gary Levy, Chair of Edogawa NICHE Awards committee, said that the honor reflects his lifetime accomplishments in the power of genomics and in the identification of the human genome which has radically transformed healthcare. Dr.John Craig Venter is an American Bio-technologist who has earlier been listed in 'Time's 100 List of the most Influential People in the World' in 2007-2008 and
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