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“The Knowledge Library”
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“The Knowledge Library”
Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
Knowledge for All, without Barriers…
Overview Despite its name, ringworm isn’t actually caused by a worm or any type of living parasite. Instead, it’s a skin condition that’s caused by a type of fungus called tinea. It lives on the dead tissues of skin, including …
What is fungal infection? Fungal infections can affect anyone, and they can appear on several parts of the body. A jock with athlete’s foot, a baby with thrush, and a woman with a vaginal yeast infection are just a few …
What is a fracture? A fracture is a broken bone. It can range from a thin crack to a complete break. Bone can fracture crosswise, lengthwise, in several places, or into many pieces. Most fractures happen when a bone is …
What is Food Poisoning? Foodborne illness, more commonly referred to as food poisoning, is the result of eating contaminated, spoiled, or toxic food. The most common symptoms of food poisoning include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Food poisoning symptoms If you …
What is fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a long-term, or chronic, condition. It causes symptoms such as: musculoskeletal pain, or pain in the muscles and bones tenderness general fatigue sleep and cognitive disturbances This condition can be hard to understand, even for …
⦁ Sindhu Darshan Festival is a festival of India held every year on full moon day (on Guru Purnima) in the month of June. ⦁ It is held at Leh, in Ladakh District of Ladakh. It stretches for three days. …
About Bundi Bundi erstwhile capital of Hada Rajput province known as Hadauti located in south-eastern Rajasthan is one such place. Bundi is also known as City of step walls, blue city and also as Chotti Kashi. In ancient times, the …
Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao has received the International Eni Award 2020 for research into renewable energy sources and energy storage, also called the Energy Frontier award. Who is CNR Rao? Rao is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly …
The world-famous Kesaria Buddha stupa in east Champaran district of Bihar is waterlogged following floods in some parts of the district after heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of river Gandak in neighbouring Nepal. Kesaria Stupa The Kesaria stupa, located …
Manipur’s connection to Mount Harriet After the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891, several Manipuris who had fought the British in the war, including Maharaja Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, were exiled to the British penal colony in the Andaman Islands. Since the cellular …
George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland. He studied architecture in Perth, Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh and York before arriving in India in 1904. In India, he became assistant to John Begg, consulting architect to the Government of …
Under the CVI, INCOIS has brought out an Atlas comprising 156 maps on 1:1,00,000 scales to prepare a CVI. These maps determine the coastal risks due to future sea-level rise based on the physical and geological parameters for the Indian …
The Eighth Schedule lists the official languages of the Republic of India. At the time when the Constitution was enacted, inclusion in this list meant that the language was entitled to representation on the Official Languages Commission. This language would …
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the RBI, which is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) to contain inflation within the specified target level. The RBI Act, 1934 was amended …
Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. It is used by monetary authorities …
The FSSAI is an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. It has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and …
FSSAI has developed State Food Safety Index to measure the performance of states on various parameters of Food Safety. This index is based on the performance of State/ UT on five significant parameters set by the Health Ministry, namely Human …
The 83-indicator-based PGI for District (PGI-D) has been designed to grade the performance of all districts in school education. The data is filled by districts through an online portal. The indicator-wise PGI score shows the areas where a district needs …