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India Political Map

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World Political Map

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Corona Virus Strain

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                                                                   The mutated coronavirus strain that’s been spreading in the U.K. , Africa and other parts of Europe appears to be more contagious and variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study by the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  In medical terms, a strain is a genetic variant, or a subtype within a biological species. Strains are often seen as inherently artificial concepts, characterized by a specific intent for genetic isolation. Human Coronavirus Types: Scientists have divided coronaviruses into four sub-groupings, called alpha , beta , gamma , and delta . Seven of these viruses can infect people: 229E (alpha) NL63 (alpha) OC43 (beta) HKU1 (beta) MERS-CoV, a beta virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) SARS-CoV, a beta virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) SARS-CoV-2, which cau

Statue of Unity

The world’s tallest statue has been completed in Gujarat, India. Standing almost 600 feet tall, the Statue of Unity depicts Indian freedom fighter and politician Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement, and the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Brought to fruition by Michael Graves & Associates in collaboration with Turner Construction and Meinhardt Group, the memorial took around 4 years to design and construct. Approximate cost of building the statue of liberty is about $430m. There are approximately 12,000 bronze panels covering the structure, weighing around 1,700 tons. The statue is located at the shore of the Narmada River facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam . The statue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31, 2018 , on the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The world’s tallest “Statue of Unity” is a pride of India and a decent honor to the fearless who undivided and integrated

India Farm Bill 2020

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The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020: This Bill allows the farmers to sell their produce outside the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) regulated markets. The APMCs are government-controlled marketing yards or mandis. So, the farmers clearly have more choice on who they want to sell. The government's logic, economic expert Gurcharan Das writes in TOI, is that the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) is an obsolete institution from an age of scarcity, meant to protect the farmer but has now become his oppressor, a monopoly cartel fixing low prices for the farmers' produce, forcing distress sales. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and   Farm Services Bill, 2020: This Bill makes provisions for the setting up of a framework for contract farming. The farmer and an ordained buyer can strike a deal before the production happens. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020:  The Farm