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Pattern change in casting vote in Elections - History

Improvement Track of Casting Vote during Elections: ELECTION IN INDIA BEFORE EVM: During the first two Lok Sabha elections in 1952 and 1957, and simultaneous Assembly polls, each candidate was allotted a separate ballot box. The poll symbol of the candidate or his party was pasted on the respective ballot boxes. There was no ballot paper yet with names of the candidates and respective poll symbols printed on it. The voters were required to drop a pre-printed ballot paper in the box of the candidate of their choice. The literacy in India was less than 30 per cent and such a system led to fears of manipulation, tampering and booth capturing. The separate ballot box system was replaced with a single ballot box one and now the voters were given a ballot paper with names and symbols of the candidates printed on them. WHY BALLOT PAPER WAS GIVEN UP: The printed ballot paper system was first used in the mid-term polls in Kerala and Odisha. The same system continued till 19

Cure for hematopoietic and genetic disorders - Stem cells

What is stem cell? A cell from multi cellular organism, which capable of raising new cells or more cells of same type and from which different kind of cells can be raised by differentiation. ( Organisms which are having more than one cell are called multi cellular organisms ) What is Card Blood? Umbilical cord blood is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because it contains stem cells, which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders. What is the use of Preserving Stem cells? To treat diseases that harm the blood and immune system, such as leukemia and certain cancers, sickle-cell anemia, and some metabolic disorders. Any type of organs can be created and any almost all deadly diseases can be cured. Two ways: a) Embryonic Stem cells b) Adult stem cells a) Embryonic Stem cells: Embryonic stem cells are derived from a four- or five-day-old human embryo that is in the bl

The BEAST of INDIAN Ocean - INS VIRAAT

INS VIRAAT Originally: INS VIRAAT was originally commissioned by British Royal Navy in 1957 as HMS HERMAS. It served for 14 years as HMS HERMAS and decommissioned from active duty at 1985. In April 1986, Hermes was towed from Portsmouth Dockyard to Devonport Dockyard to be refitted, re-activated and sold to India. Introduced: INS VIRAAT was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987 and served for 3 decades(30 years).It was the oldest aircraft carrier in the world and today 6 March 2017, it was taken out from the its active duty for Indian Navy. Symbolize: The crest of VIRAAT shows an eagle which symbolizes air power and the five arrows held in the talons of the eagle depict the ship’s versatile weapon capability. Carrier: The operational birds on the carrier were Sea Harrier — (White Tigers-fighter aircraft), Speaking 42B (Harpoons- Anti-Submarine helicopters) & Speaking 42C (Commando Carrier helicopters) and Chetak (Angles- SAR helicopter).

Ghazi Attack (Indo-Pak War in 1971)

Ghazi Attack Introduction: PNS Ghazi (previously USS Diablo (SS-479); reporting name: Ghazi), SJ, was a Tench-class diesel-electric and the first fast-attack submarine of Pakistan Navy (PN), leased from the United States in 1963. Ghazi Attack: In 1971, during the period of East Pakistan fighting for freedom to Bangladesh from Pakistan. To control over East Pakistan, Ghazi has sent by Pakistan to destroy the INS Vikrant (the biggest Aircraft carrier). During the time, the INS Vikrant is not ready for attack due to some internal failures. The commander of INS Vikrant moved it to Andaman Islands to secure from the attack, replaced with the INS Rajput. Indian Navy has fooled spy with INS Rajput with heavy sonar signals that it was INS Vikrant. When Ghazi came to Vishakhapatnam coastal area, came to know that it was not INS Vikrant and placed water mines over the coastal area of Vishakhapatnam. As per the Indian Records, Due to some under water disturbance INS Rajput ha

PSLV - C37 going to be a World Record

PSLV-C37 ISRO is going to launch a record 103 satellites at one single rocket, PSLV – C37.It has planned to launch at first week of Feb. The space agency had earlier planned a launch of 83 satellites in the last week of January, of which 80 were foreign ones. With the addition of 20 more foreign satellites,100 out of 103 are foreign once while only 3 are Indian. PSLV – C37 planned to launch at first week of Feb. History: The highest number of satellites launched in a single mission is 37, a record that Russia set in 2014. The US space agency NASA launched 29. The launch will be a major feat in country’s space history as no exercise on this scale has been attempted before. What is PSLV? Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organizatio

Pixel World

Pixel World Pixel: The minute area of illumination on display screen, one of many image is composed. Usage: Taking an example,Camera captures the data, line to line from top to bottom in a single click. In projection, cathode ray tube fires the electrons according by line to line from top to bottom on pixel elements. Each pixel elements contributes to final image. Projection: In present generation, we have different pixel sizes like 1080p, 720p.Here the pixels are formatted like width x height with the units in pixels.eg: 1920 × 1080.In the example 1920 pixels in width and 1080 pixels in height to the total screen. If we have less count of pixels i.e., screen resolution, projection of the image on the screen will distribute to only those number of pixels. Taking an example, we have a screen with 4 pixels. The projection of image need to be distributed to only 4 pixels, leads to less quality of image. If the screen resolution has high count, pr