{"id":15028,"date":"2023-09-20T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T03:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15028"},"modified":"2025-04-03T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:02:16","slug":"nyukmadung-dairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nyukmadung-dairy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyukmadung Dairy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Nyukmadung Dairy:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located at the farm of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research-National Research Centre on Yak.<\/li>\n<li>The farm in the West Kameng district is about 25 km from Dirang, where the yak research centre is situated.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>To make yak farming more remunerative by making yak milk and its diverse derivatives popular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key points about Yak<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The yak (<strong>Poephagus grunniens<\/strong>) is the lifeline of highland ethnic communities living in the\u00a0<strong>Himalayan and trans-Himalayan regions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is found on the heights of Arunachal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh.<\/li>\n<li>The animal sustains the livelihood of the highlanders by yielding milk, meat, fibre, hide, and dung apart from being used for transportation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Yak milk and milk products are the\u00a0<strong>integral components of the diet of these<\/strong> highland communities thriving in an extremely hypoxic and harsh environment without vitamin and mineral supplements.<\/li>\n<li>Yak milk is creamy white, thick, sweetish, fragrant, and richer in protein, fat<strong>, lactose, minerals, and total solids than cow milk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In general, yak milk is considered naturally concentrated milk enriched with a higher\u00a0<strong>nutrient density<\/strong> and loaded with\u00a0<strong>omega-3 fatty acids<\/strong>, amino acids, and antioxidants.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Omega-3 fatty acids?<\/h3>\n<p>Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fat that is considered essential for human health. They are called &#8220;essential&#8221; because the human body cannot produce them on its own, so they must be obtained through the diet. Omega-3 fatty acids are known for their numerous health benefits and are often associated with heart health, brain function.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/in-arunachal-a-parlour-for-yak-milk\/article67315038.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>In Arunachal, a parlour for yak milk<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyukmadung Dairy is located at the farm of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research-National Research Centre on Yak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}