Mexico's Andrea Meza has been crowned Miss Universe 2020 at the 69th edition of the pageant.
🔰Amazon India has launched a free video streaming service named mini tv. Amazon now has two video streaming services- Prime Video and mini TVs.
🔰The Union Health Ministry announced that the second dose of the Covishield vaccine will be given after 84 days now.
🔰World Hypertension Day is celebrated on 17 May worldwide.
🔰The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over possession to 640 homebuyers of the first stalled project completed with funding by SWAMIH Fund managed by SBICap Ventures Ltdand.
🔰The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for 'Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, a centrally sponsored scheme.
🔰The 43rd GST Council meeting will take place on May 28, 2021, through video conference.
🔰Miss India Adeline Castelino was the third runner-up at the 69th Miss Universe pageant. She finished fourth behind Peru's Janick Maceta.
🔰The theme of 2021 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is "Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times".
🔰The 6th UN Global Road Safety Week has been organized from 17-23 May 2021.
🔰In Tennis Rafael Nadal (Spain) has won the men's singles title at the Italian Open 2021.
🔰the book titled "Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance", written by former diplomat Preet Mohan Singh Malik.
🔰The Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh has launched the MOMA Market mobile application for home delivery of fresh vegetables.
🔰The Indian Railways has completed the Wi-Fi-based internet facility has been provided at 6000 railway stations in the country till now.
🔰The World AIDS Vaccine Day, (also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day), is observed annually on May 18.
🔰the tennis player who represented Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup has been banned for 10 years after admitting a string of corruption charges.
🔰The Himachal Pradesh government has launched a state-wide wellness program called 'AYUSH Ghar Dwar' for home isolated Covid-19 positive patients, to keep them healthy by practicing Yoga.
🔰Iga Swiatek (Poland) has won the women's singles title at the Italian Open 2021 Tennis tournament.
🔰The Pune has been topped the State of Indian Healthcare- Indian cities through the lens of healthcare report 2021, report by Elara Technologies.
🔰As per the analysis, India is the most at-risk country, with 43 of the top 100 cities on the list.
Hypothermia is a severe medical condition where the body loses heat before it can generate it, resulting in a dangerously low body temperature.
? While normal body temperature lies at around 37 degrees Celsius, the body temperature of a person suffering from hypothermia drops to below 35 degrees Celsius.
? Heavy alcohol consumption is often linked to an increased risk of hypothermia and other conditions linked to extreme cold weather.
? Alcohol can decrease the core temperature of the body and increase the risk of hypothermia during cold exposure.
The coast of Odisha in India is the largest mass nesting site for the Olive-ridley.
? They are found in warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.
? The Olive ridley turtles are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.
? They are best known for their unique mass nesting called Arribada.
? They migrate thousands of kilometers between feeding and mating grounds in the course of a year.
? They are extensively poached for their meat, shell and leather, and their eggs.
COAL RESERVES IN INDIA
The Coal resources of India are available in older Gondwana Formations of peninsular India and younger Tertiary formations of the north-eastern region.
? About 80 percent of the coal deposits in India are of bituminous type and are of non-coking grade. ? Jharkhand has the largest reserves of coal in India followed by Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
? The most important Gondwana coal fields of India are located in Damodar Valley. They lie in the Jharkhand-Bengal coal belt and the important coalfields in this region are Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Giridih, and Karanpura. Jharia is the largest coalfield followed by Raniganj.
? The other river valleys associated with coal are Godavari, Mahanadi, and Sone.
IISCO
The Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) set up its first factory at Hirapur and later on another at Kulti. In 1937, the Steel corporation of Bengal was constituted in association with IISCO and set up another iron and steel producing unit at Burnpur (West Bengal).
? All the three plants under IISCO are located very close to Damodar valley coalfields (Raniganj, Jharia, and Ramgarh). Iron ore comes from Singhbhum in Jharkhand.
? Water is obtained from the Barakar River, a tributary of the Damodar.
? All the plants are located along the Kolkata- Asansol railway line. Unfortunately, steel production from IISCO fell considerably in 1972-73 and the plants were taken over by the government.
HOW DESERT PLANTS CONSERVE WATER?
They are mostly shrubs.
? Leaves are absent or reduced in size.
? Leaves and stems are succulent and water-storing.
? In some plants even the stem contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
? Root system is well developed and spread over a large area.
? The annuals wherever present germinates, bloom, and reproduce only during the short rainy season, and not in summer and winter.
? Various other xerophilous adaptations are resorted to such as reduced leaves, thick hairy growth, succulence, coatings of wax, thick cuticle, protected stomata, etc., all having for their object of reduction of transpiration.
TISCO
? The Tata Iron and Steel plant lies very close to the Mumbai-Kolkata railway line and about 240 km away from Kolkata, which is the nearest port for the export of steel.
? The rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai provide water to the plant. The iron ore for the plant is obtained from Noamundi and Badam Pahar and coal is brought from Joda mines in Odisha.
? Coking coal comes from Jharia and west Bokaro coalfields.
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